Written answers
Thursday, 20 November 2025
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Sports Events
4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support the exclusion of teams representing Israel from international sport in the context of the genocide in...
- Online Safety
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that his Department works closely with Coimisiún na Meán, An Garda Síochána, and...
- Broadcasting Sector
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the immediate financial and governance sanctions that will be applied to the RTÉ board and senior management...
- Sports Facilities
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of his efforts to enable sports clubs and local schools to collaborate on the construction of...
- National Broadband Plan
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the roll out of the National Broadband Plan as of November 2025, including progress in rural...
- Sports Facilities
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress of a nationwide audit of sports facilities to address shortages in areas underserved...
- Sports Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [64392/25]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the work his Department is doing to improve communication infrastructure, and in particular to...
- Sports Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will take measures to make his Department’s sports capital funding schemes more accessible and more suited...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new emergency communications system will be fully operational, given the provision of such technology would be...
- National Broadband Plan
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that will be implemented to improve on the current anticipated connection timeframe given for the roll out...
- Sports Funding
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of sports capital grants and LSSIF projects that have been drawn down to date; the number of projects still...
- Sports Organisations
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to ensure that female sporting organisations receive appropriate attention, recognition and adequate funding from Sport...
- Sports Facilities
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current funding allocations for grassroots sports infrastructure in Dublin Bay North, with specific reference to...
- Arts Funding
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase long-term investment in arts and cultural infrastructure in County Louth; if he will commit to a...
- Sports Funding
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to increase funding for high performance coaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sport and Recreational Development
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to encourage teenagers to participate in sport. [64567/25]
- Sports Facilities
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the development of the national cricket stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64632/25]
- Culture Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment that funding will be made available in 2026 to enhance and develop community sports, arts, and cultural facilities in...
- Sports Funding
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of payments of sports capital grants to Kildare in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Broadband Plan
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for completing fibre broadband roll out in towns with partial coverage under the National Broadband Plan;...
- Sports Facilities
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to upgrade local sports facilities to ensure full accessibility for children and adults with...
- Irish Language
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to encourage people who speak the Irish language to progress within the field of arts. [64063/25]
- Sports Facilities
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department plans to invest in a new regional sports complex in County Laois to support community participation,...
- Culture Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for inclusion of Macroom, County Cork in further roll-out or expansion of the Night-Time Economy Programme; and if he...
- Sports Funding
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received a further update from an organisation (details supplied) regarding a new location for a...
- Arts Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocation to arts funding in 2025 and 2026 [64551/25]
- Sports Funding
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider expanding his Department’s sports capital funding schemes to enable clubs to purchase land...
- Online Safety
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in light of other countries introducing restrictions on social media for under 16s or requiring parental consent, if his...
- Museum Projects
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with museums in other countries regarding the potential repatriation of Irish artifacts on...
- Sports Funding
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on funding opportunities to support youth sports clubs and facilities in Cork northwest,...
- Culture Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support the creation of a youth culture pass, similar to the KulturPass in Germany, for 18-year-olds in...
- Artists' Remuneration
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken to engage with the Department of Social Protection to ensure artists with disabilities are able...
- Commemorative Events
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he has undertaken in his role to promote Ireland’s republican history. [63076/25]
- Artists' Remuneration
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider increasing the rates of remuneration for artists who will be chosen to avail of the basic income for...
- Sport and Recreational Development
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the national swimming strategy. [64151/25]
- Pension Provisions
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the An Post pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64604/25]
- Departmental Funding
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the funding from Budget 2026 for local and community radio stations across the country; and if he...
- Artists' Remuneration
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider expanding the number of artists who will be chosen to avail of the basic income for the arts scheme....
- Sport and Recreational Development
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the integration of organisations (details supplied). [64540/25]
- Sports Organisations
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will act on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for the removal of the Israeli Basketball Association...
- Sport and Recreational Development
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to encourage the over 60s to participate in sport. [64541/25]
- Post Office Network
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider permitting community social enterprises to operate post offices; and if he will make a statement on...
- Sports Funding
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that darts players cannot access funding through Sports Ireland. [63077/25]
- Sports Facilities
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to expand accessible municipal and publicly owned swimming pool facilities across the...
- Artists' Remuneration
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the application process for the new basic income for artist scheme will be opened; the work that has been carried...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
80. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to address the issue of discharging people from acute hospitals, in particular elderly people, who need a home care package in place in...
- Vaccination Programme
90. To ask the Minister for Health whether, in response to HIQA and NIAC advice supporting the roll-out of enhanced influenza vaccines for the over-65 population, HSE officials have been given...
- Health Services
91. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the recent reduction in funding for an organisation (details supplied); if she is aware that discontinuing the twelve-week introductory...
- General Practitioner Services
92. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken with regard to the recruitment of GPs in areas of urban disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63969/25]
- Medicinal Products
93. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision not to reimburse for belimumab will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64337/25]
- Healthcare Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of ‘Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
95. To ask the Minister for Health the reason clinics in Romania and Greece that currently provide the majority of treatment abroad services to women travelling from Ireland were excluded from...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
97. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to expand eligibility for funding for diabetes glucose monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64219/25]
- Hospital Staff
98. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made to fill the vacancy of clinical specialist sonographer in ultrasound at the Louth County Hospital; if the...
- National Children's Hospital
99. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Children's Hospital; the current timelines for when the project will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Facilities
100. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the new critical care unit at Beaumont Hospital [64414/25]
- Health Services Staff
101. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider her decision not to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid past 31 December 2025; if she will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
102. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [63788/25]
- Meals-on-Wheels Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health the total amounts paid in 2024 and in 2025 to Gorey/Courtown Meals on Wheels, County Wexford; the number of service users for which meals were claimed; and if...
- Qualifications Recognition
104. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expedite the long delays in processing the applications for recognition to practice for psychologists; and if she will consider...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
105. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for primary care psychological services at each RHA from 2021 to date; the plans there are to deal with the backlogs, in tabular form; and if...
- Community Care
106. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the opening of all residential beds for older people in community units in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any plans to expand the list of conditions qualifying a person for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will consider including individuals...
- Hospital Services
108. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to a definite date for delivery of 24/7 cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; and when the people of the South East can expect such...
- Qualifications Recognition
109. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider revising plans in place to modify standards for registration as a counsellor or psychotherapist currently under consideration by CORU, in...
- Hospital Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork city. [63075/25]
- Health Services
111. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that children in Offaly and Laois can access local primary care occupational therapy services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Facilities
112. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. [64413/25]
- Vaccination Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of plans for vaccination roll-out for the forthcoming influenza season; the additional measures, compared to previous years, that...
- General Practitioner Services
114. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of additional GPs around Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64153/25]
- Medicinal Products
115. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the MCAP review; the way in which and when the membership was constituted; the frequency with which they have met; and when they are...
- Tobacco Control Measures
116. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including restrictions on nicotine pouch products in the public health (nicotine inhaling products) Bill when presented; the current...
- Cancer Services
117. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of breast cancer services in County Monaghan. [64519/25]
- Medicinal Products
118. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the approval status of the drug givinostat; if officials from her Department have been in contact with their counterparts in the North of...
- Vaccination Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free vaccination for shingles; and if she will consider adding coverage for shingles vaccination to the medical...
- Health Services Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent psychologist position at Athenry primary care centre will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63328/25]
- Hospital Staff
121. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve staff morale at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [64598/25]
- Hospital Facilities
122. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on additional inpatient capacity she intends to create for people with severe eating disorders who require hospital admission; the number of...
- Health Service Executive
123. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of Regional Health Authority in Dublin north-east; the date on which issues with referral pathways between primary care and CDNTs...
- Healthcare Policy
124. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which her Department plans to keep Irish residents safe and healthy in the face of other large, populous countries which have recently backed away...
- Community Care
125. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the progress of the development of the community nursing unit, Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in UK, the US and in private facilities in Ireland for the period January 2025 to...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the capital investment promised for Belmullet Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64581/25]
- Dental Services
128. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address ongoing shortages in dental services in Cork northwest, including long waiting times for dental treatment under the dental...
- Mental Health Services
129. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list figures for a first assessment in child and adolescent mental health services; the number of children waiting longer than 12-months;...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
130. To ask the Minister for Health the policy measures in place to ensure timely assignment of case managers or social workers for adults with complex needs who are identified as high clinical...
- Mental Health Services
131. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on recommendation 21 of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan 2025-2027 proposal for the completion of a situational analysis of the...
- Primary Care Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on primary care psychology waiting lists and staffing levels, including vacancies in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
133. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the unacceptable wait times for trans healthcare and to improve healthcare for trans people within the primary...
- Hospital Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours of the minor injuries unit in Monaghan Hospital; and the latest time at which a person may present themselves for care. [64411/25]
- Health Strategies
135. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the National Rare Disease Strategy; the status of each recommendation; if the implementation oversight group has been...
- Primary Care Services
136. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department and the HSE are taking to recruit for the number of vacancies across all primary care roles in Balbriggan and Swords, including...
- Hospital Staff
137. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide mental health specialist nursing teams in the emergency departments of all model 4 hospitals out-of-hours; and if she will make a...
- Primary Care Services
138. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department and the HSE are taking to address the long waiting lists for psychology appointments in primary care in the areas of Balbriggan and...
- Primary Care Centres
139. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Finglas primary care centre; the latest expected timeframe for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64355/25]
- Mental Health Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health the plans within her Department to increase the number of acute mental health beds within CHO2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64326/25]
- Ambulance Service
141. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions her Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64636/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 60-bed community nursing unit for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64583/25]
- Healthcare Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who died from lung cancer in the last full year for which statistics are available; how this compares to deaths from other cancers; the...
- Public Inquiries
144. To ask the Minister for Health if she anticipates that a full public statutory inquiry into the treatment of children with scoliosis and spina bifida will commence in the new year; and if...
- Ambulance Service
145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance training base centre for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64584/25]
- Primary Care Centres
146. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether the leasing of primary care centres represents value-for-money. [63074/25]
- Nursing Homes
147. To ask the Minister for Health if work will be carried out to exclude land gifted to a grandchild from the current situation where it is included in the fair deal assessment with no time...
- Health Screening Programmes
148. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the expansion of the newborn bloodspot screening programme to include spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency has still not...
- Healthcare Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to establish a local nurse-led respite facility in Laois where children with complex medical needs, can access safe, medically appropriate overnight...
- Cancer Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health if financial advice can be provided to cancer patients to make them aware of entitlements available to them during and after treatment; and if she will make a...
- Health Screening Programmes
151. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available for the scanning of women with dense breasts, in whom cancer may not be detectable by mammogram; the protocols which...
- Vaccination Programme
152. To ask the Minister for Health to consider adding the shingles vaccine to the national immunisation programme for over 70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64635/25]
- Voluntary Hospital Sector
153. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on advancing the delivery of a day care centre at a building on the grounds of Macroom Community Hospital, Macroom, County Cork; and if...
- General Practitioner Services
154. To ask the Minister for Health when the strategic review of general practice will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64095/25]
- Hospital Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Government has to address the lack of services regarding diabetes care at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centres
156. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to introduce primary care centres in the towns of Leixlip and Maynooth to meet the growing population demand; and if she will make a...
- Voluntary Hospital Sector
157. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the operation of a community hospital Cobh Community Hospital, Aileen Terrace, Cobh, County Cork; the engagement she has had to date...
- Health Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand regional specialist FGM services beyond a single national clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64617/25]
- General Practitioner Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on general practitioner services in Mullinavat, County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64381/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the planned redevelopment of the emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; the current status of the design and planning...
- Vaccination Programme
161. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to recommend that visitors from large, populous countries that have recently reduced their vaccination requirements for illnesses such...
- Cancer Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of an oncology unit at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64092/25]
- Mental Health Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure timely access to an initial CAMHS appointment, given that 4,047 children are currently waiting for their first appointment;...
- Health Services Staff
164. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed update on the recent targeted recruitment campaign for healthcare assistants in south Tipperary; the number of applications...
- Regulatory Bodies
165. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for legislative changes to advance regulation of AHSCP in line with the requirements of CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64615/25]
- General Practitioner Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to improve access to GP and dentistry services. [64614/25]
- Healthcare Policy
168. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of amending the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 to remove the loophole that allows advertising by alcohol companies to advertise 0.0%...
- Legislative Measures
169. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons she has yet to bring forward interim amendments to the Dentists Act 1985 to address the priority areas identified by an organisation (details...
- Public Inquiries
170. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will hold a statutory public inquiry into issues relating to the healthcare of a child (details supplied); the timeline for this inquiry; and...
- General Practitioner Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the policy that requires GPs to prioritise GMS obligations, as this creates discrimination against individuals who do not qualify for GMS...
- Hospital Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the crisis with emergency department wait times at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Screening Programmes
174. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department will ensure the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme, which is crucial to early diagnosis and...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the plans for the promised upgrade and extension of Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64582/25]
- Hospital Facilities
177. To ask the Minister for Health for an update as of November 2025 on the commencement date for the new 24-inpatient beds in Mallow General Hospital, and the opening of the last remaining...
- Primary Care Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health when primary care occupational therapy services will be restored in Offaly and Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64085/25]
- Hospital Equipment
179. To ask the Minister for Health the age of all 22 linear accelerators for radiotherapy across public facilities in Ireland; the expected lifetime of each machine;the specific dates by which...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
180. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE orthodontist positions in County Monaghan; the WTE equivalent vacant and the duration thereof; and the number of people on waiting lists to access...
- Cancer Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the action can be taken to improve services and supports for cancer patients in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64445/25]
- Voluntary Hospital Sector
182. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new community nursing unit in Clonmel; the handover date and progress on registration with the relevant regulatory bodies; if she will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
183. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and the urgent steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients who need...
- Healthcare Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the results of the 2025 Healthy Ireland survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63970/25]
- Health Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health the action she is taking to improve stroke care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63884/25]
- Dental Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s plans to address the crisis in dental care, given access to care is becoming increasingly difficult for patients in general, as many...
- Health Strategies
188. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the National Breastfeeding Strategy; the timeframe for its publication; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
189. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been secured to ensure the delivery of the new primary health care centre in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; the timeline for completion of the...
- Ambulance Service
190. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including a 24-hour rapid response vehicle at Tuam ambulance base in the HSE Capital Plan; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the Dublin mid-west area; the number of vacant positions for public health nurses in the area; when P2 and P3...
- Cancer Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided for the national cancer strategy in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63980/25]
- Healthcare Policy
193. To ask the Minister for Health for a report on introduction of the national shared care record; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64087/25]
- Primary Care Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people, where waiting-lists across the disciplines of psychology,...
- Health Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has engaged with the private owners of a clinic (details supplied) following its closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63719/25]
- Hospital Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the three options outlined by HIQA into urgent and emergency healthcare services in the HSE Midwest region; her plans for their prompt...
- Hospital Facilities
197. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that when the new wing of St. Vincent's Hospital, Mountmellick, is open, the existing section of the hospital that is in use continues to be...
- Parking Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital car parking charges in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny will be phased out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64382/25]
- General Practitioner Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken with regard to the recruitment of GPs in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64086/25]
- Mental Health Policy
200. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent statistics on mental health outcomes among the Travelling community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64618/25]
- Regulatory Bodies
201. To ask the Minister for Health if she or her Department are aware of the concerns of practicing psychotherapists with the proposed changes to CORU regulation on psychotherapy; the way in...
- Food Labelling
202. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the large number of small retail shops selling unregulated food and drink products, particularly energy drinks, which are not labelled in...
- Medicinal Products
203. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by her Department regarding the Programme for Government commitment to explore early access schemes for medicines; and if she will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in processing of passports for two persons (details supplied). [64936/25]
- Departmental Inquiries
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of Irelands contribution to the OSCE; the details of some of its functions; the details of Ireland's role within it as a member...
- Departmental Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at the recent General Affairs Council with reference to the EU multi-annual budget (2028-2034); and the need to...
- Official Engagements
210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the US Secretary of State in the past two months. [65172/25]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Inquiries
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is planning a visit to Cong hatcheries in County Mayo. [64677/25]
- Energy Prices
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the latest Commission for Regulation of Utilities analysis on supplier margins in the retail energy...
- Departmental Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the financial supports which have been considered or put in place to assist persons who have significant waste bills due...
- Departmental Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacancies currently at each grade from higher executive officer level and above within his Department; and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time for all second permit holders to be written to by the Road Safety Authority in 2026; to provide details of what the...
- Departmental Inquiries
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide detail on the 11 IT systems being changed by the Road Safety Authority; to provide a timeline on the completion of these...
- Driver Test
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Road Safety Authority closed the priority re-test list for customers who have been previously unsuccessful in their driving...
- Coast Guard Service
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the commitments made by Ministers in his Department (details supplied) to this Deputy concerning Courtown Coastguard have not...
- Driver Test
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests have been carried out in the Dungarvan driving centre, in each month of 2024 and from January to October...
- Transport Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the enforcement of regulations banning the use of e-scooters by children under the age of 16 on public...
- Road Tolls
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support motorists who will be affected by recently announced road toll charge increases; whether there are plans to support...
- Driver Licences
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the current eyesight-report requirements for applicants seeking a Category C learner permit, including whether applicants who...
- Rail Accidents
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reported incidents of passengers fainting or experiencing medical distress due to overcrowding on the early morning Athenry...
- Departmental Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the low cost safety improvement scheme application for Kilrickle submitted by Galway County Council; and if he will...
- Road Network
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which Transport Infrastructure Ireland have raised charges on the M50 from 1 January 2026; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed second platform at the train station in Clara, County Offaly. [64956/25]
- Road Tolls
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the current tolling structure on the M50, given increased numbers of workers returning to office-based employment...
- Departmental Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of VRT relief for importing electric vehicles; if he will consider extending the relief beyond 2025; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Strategies
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in delivering the commitment in the Programme for Government to publish an electric vehicle strategy; his plans to ensure...
- Electric Vehicles
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total level of Exchequer funding allocated and drawn down for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in 2021 to 2025, including...
- Road Network
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact that Circular RW18 and the new regime for exceptional abnormal loads has had on the timing and cost of moving very heavy...
- Rail Network
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the Christmas and New Year 2025 operating arrangements for DART and Irish Rail commuter and intercity services, including any...
- Bus Services
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the Christmas and New Year 2025 arrangements for Dublin Bus and Go Ahead, including any expanded late-night services, Nitelink...
- Public Transport
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set targets for punctuality, reliability and customer information during the Christmas and New Year 2025 period across DART,...
- Departmental Inquiries
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met formally with the new CEO of Iarnród Éireann since her appointment. [65173/25]
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services
255. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will bring forward a medium term fiscal plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60196/25]
- Departmental Data
257. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the governance and lending practices of Finance Ireland, given reports in March 2024 that the institution advanced a loan of...
- Departmental Correspondence
260. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been in contact with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage or his Department in relation to the decisions of An Bord...
- Departmental Data
265. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used by his Department to classify a credit-facility, loan-commitment or standby line as a contingent liability for inclusion in the Government's...
- Departmental Policies
367. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any internal briefing notes, modelling papers or impact assessments were prepared within his Department or by Revenue regarding the effect of higher...
- Departmental Meetings
370. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has met with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or the Housing Agency to assess whether increased LPT liabilities for...
- Departmental Data
371. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected number of Band 1 properties in local authority or approved housing body ownership nationally for 2026-2030; and whether Revenue has issued...
- Departmental Reviews
372. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the potential administrative burden arising from revaluation disputes for 2026-2030; and the estimated impact on Revenue...
- Tax Data
373. To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to publish updated LPT statistics reflecting the band movements from the October-November 2025 valuation returns; and whether these statistics...
- Departmental Data
378. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated percentage of homes built between 2021 and 2025 that will fall into higher LPT bands under the 2026 valuation; and whether this was considered...
- Departmental Meetings
383. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of internal Department of Finance or Revenue Commissioners meetings held between January and September 2025 concerning the LPT revaluation cycle,...
- Tax Reliefs
404. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will equalise tax relief on taxsaver commuter tickets to ensure that lower paid workers are not forced to pay more for public transport; and if he will...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a location (details supplied) is showing on the flood plain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64727/25]
- Office of Public Works
407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of female apprentices, by trade that are currently employed by the OPW, in tabular form. [65175/25]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Grant Payments
408. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of applicants in each local authority for the power-up grant in 2025; the number of successful applicants; the total...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school building project (details supplied) has gone to tender, as mentioned in her statement in Dáil Éireann on 12 November...
- Pension Provisions
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a pension anomaly situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64667/25]
- Schools Building Projects
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a proposal for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64683/25]
- School Transport
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the processing of school transport applications for children with disabilities for the current school year; whether it is the...
- Special Educational Needs
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there is a mandate for the inclusion of special education classes in all new schools sanctioned by her Department; and if so, whether...
- Schools Building Projects
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school in Dublin 11 (details supplied) has scope for expansion beyond its current size; and whether any such expansion is being planned...
- Education and Training Provision
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the availability of early intervention preschool places on the northside of Dublin; the plans to provide new early intervention...
- Climate Action Plan
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the climate action plan for schools will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64712/25]
- Equality and Inclusion
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational initiatives currently being undertaken to promote equality and inclusion in schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Education Policy
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formal policy or contractual requirements in place to ensure that all publisher-produced resources, particularly those accompanying mandatory...
- Departmental Data
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will grant full approval to a school (details supplied). [64729/25]
- Departmental Reviews
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review a schools (details supplied) SNA allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64738/25]
- Special Educational Needs
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Cork who notified the NCSE by 1 October 2025 that they require an autism-specific class or special school place for the...
- School Staff
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions her Department is putting in place for schools to pay part-time staff such as SNAs, secretaries and caretakers for attendance at...
- Education and Training Boards
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed ETB development at Drayton Villa, Clara, County Offaly. [64954/25]
- Special Educational Needs
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Cork that reported having no available accommodation for a new autism class during the 2025 NCSE planning process. [64979/25]
- Educational Disadvantage
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a further review will take place of the level of disadvantage within schools towards establishing whether more schools meet the requirements...
- Schools Building Projects
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the development of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65008/25]
- School Enrolments
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available for incoming first year students in mainstream secondary schools within the school planning area of Galway city;...
- Schools Building Projects
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development and enhancement works at a school (details supplied) in Galway city; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of first-year places available in each of the three secondary schools in Greystones (details supplied) for the 2026/2027...
- School Staff
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will address the issue whereby primary schools are unable to input casual substitute work undertaken by teachers who are on...
- Education Policy
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the primary school parent survey given the survey is currently open and is subject to misuse (details...
- School Staff
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all appointments regarding maternity leaves, fixed-term contracts of teachers have complied with DES regulations regarding advertising...
- Schools Building Projects
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [65176/25]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Online Safety
474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s position on the adequacy of social media and online regulation to promote a safe online...
- Broadband Infrastructure
475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the new measures his Department is proposing to enhance online safety; if these measures will also work to protect all...
- Business Supports
478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the supports available to remote workers and small businesses in towns like Skerries who are still...
- Sports Funding
479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the sports capital and equipment programme and large-scale sport infrastructure fund will open for new...
- Legislative Measures
480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the revised general scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023; if he will provide empirical...
- Arts Policy
481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to support the recovery and growth of the live arts and events sector, which continues to face...
- Sports Funding
482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on investment in local sports facilities and community clubs across rural Ireland; whether...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Fire Service
483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if she is aware of the current underfunding of emergency medical services for the fire brigade (details supplied); and if she...
- Emergency Accommodation
484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish homeless families in emergency hotel accommodation do not have hot meals provided, when Ukrainians in the...
- Local Authorities
485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the determinants for the allocation made to each local authority through the local Government fund; and if he...
- Housing Provision
487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to families with a child that is a wheelchair user and who are seeking accessible housing, but do not...
- Local Authorities
488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local service sites acquired by each county council for each of the past five years. [64669/25]
- Departmental Data
489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the proportion of Irish land which has been sold to individual and investment firms outside the State of...
- Departmental Schemes
490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider proposals (details supplied) to alter the vacant property refurbishment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Local Authorities
491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensuring that all advertised vacancies for clerks of works and building control inspectors are in...
- Inland Fisheries
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on work being carried out by his Department in conjunction with Inland Fisheries Ireland and an...
- Gender Balance
493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will give consideration to the introduction of gender quotas for political parties in local elections, in...
- Fire Stations
494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the proposed new fire station in Clara, County Offaly. [64955/25]
- Housing Schemes
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total allocation of funding provided to each local authority in 2024, 2025 and 2026 for change of tenancy works in their...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service have purchased land (details supplied). [65069/25]
- Electric Vehicles
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning policy and guidance in place to ensure that new residential and commercial developments, including multi-storey...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Rental Sector
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the maximum rents payable under the rent supplement scheme have remained unchanged since October 2019; his views that...
- Departmental Schemes
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will consider an increase in the income threshold for participants on the farm assist scheme; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the history of and current status of the carer's allowance claim for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Investigations
501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of an investigation (details supplied) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64670/25]
- Departmental Data
502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences of poisoning under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 recorded for 2023, 2024 and to...
- An Garda Síochána
504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if incidences of spiking with a needle have been recorded on the Garda PULSE system in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the...
- Deportation Orders
506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the deportation of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64715/25]
- International Protection
507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has undertaken a thorough and detailed survey of the educational and professional qualifications of all...
- Departmental Data
508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department took the decision to outsource the printing of certificates of naturalisation; and the reason this decision...
- An Garda Síochána
510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date crime statistics for all crimes for both the Dublin west and Dún Laoghaire areas. [64735/25]
- Departmental Funding
513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department provided funding for an organisation (details supplied). [64938/25]
- Youth Work Projects
514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of youth diversion projects operating in County Galway; the staffing cohort associated with each project; the number...
- An Garda Síochána
515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all Garda stations within the Galway Garda division in 2023, 2024 and 2025;...
- International Protection
518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of receipt hosts and persons benefitting from accommodation under the accommodation recognition payment, by...
- Official Engagements
520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has spoken formally with his Australian counterpart in the past six months. [65045/25]
- An Garda Síochána
521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of penal warrants that are currently outstanding within Meath-Westmeath division. [65046/25]
- Prison Service
523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Prison Service is in the process of shutting down the bakery workshop in Mountjoy; the reason for this; the...
- International Protection
524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address difficulties faced by residents of County Mayo in securing first-time immigration registration appointments...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of prime agricultural land being sold for forestry to foreign investment firms, such as a company (details supplied)...
- Departmental Schemes
526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1453 of 4 November 2025, if the allocation of €5 million will allow for all farmers...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disability Services
527. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of section 16A of the Disability Act 2005 applications made, granted and implemented from January 2021 to date in 2025;...
- Child and Family Agency
531. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occasions in the past five years on which has Tusla flown children to the UK so they could be accommodated in secure...
- Childcare Services
544. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to increase transparency and oversight of private companies providing child care placements on...
- Child and Family Agency
545. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of governance or safeguarding concerns raised about private companies providing care on behalf of the State since 2020,...
- Data Protection
547. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps each Department is taking to improve data sharing, risk assessment and governance coordination for services involving...
- Childcare Services
548. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the contingency measures which are in place to support families who lose childcare places as a result of providers withdrawing from...
- Disabilities Assessments
556. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
557. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Ireland's Health Workforce Action Plan, with particular reference on decreasing staff burnout and levels of long-term emigration; and if she...
- Health Services
558. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and measures in place for sick and elderly people who live alone and are being discharged from acute hospital settings, and who need sufficient...
- Mental Health Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to conduct an equality and human rights impact assessment (EHRIA) of a proposal by the HSE to develop a centralised 50-bed residential mental...
- Tobacco Control Measures
561. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to regulate the sale of nicotine products for oral consumption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64167/25]
- Qualifications Recognition
562. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's perspective on the CORU revised standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists (details supplied); and the reason the revised...
- Mental Health Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's plans to expand access to mental health services for young people, including school-based supports and early intervention programmes; whether...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and diagnostic appointments that have been offered, accepted, and recorded as did not attend/no show, in both the Regional Hospital...
- Hospital Procedures
565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI appointments carried out in the Regional Hospital Mullingar in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64642/25]
- Disabilities Assessments
566. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average waiting time for assessment; and...
- Health Services
568. To ask the Minister for Health given cochlear implants are provided free of charge to deaf people, if there is potential for a change in policy in order that hearing aids can be made...
- Health Services Staff
569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts that have been approved nationally; the number currently vacant; the number of posts specifically allocated to Balbriggan; and...
- Departmental Data
575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have passed away while awaiting a hospital appointment or admission following a GP referral in each of the years from 2020 to...
- Health Services
577. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline of implementation for the expansion of community neurorehabilitation teams nationally, following funding allocations in...
- General Practitioner Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners operating, per capita, in Ballyhaunis. [64684/25]
- Dental Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating in Ballyhaunis. [64685/25]
- General Practitioner Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a GP appointment in Ballyhaunis. [64686/25]
- Dental Services
585. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a dental appointment in Ballyhaunis. [64687/25]
- Pharmacy Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 13 November 2025, if all valid prescriptions for HRT products, which are for the time being on the reimbursement...
- Hospital Staff
587. To ask the Minister for Health given the increasing number of older people presenting with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, if it is mandatory for all hospital staff , including...
- Health Services
588. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recent concerns raised about the new flu strain causing an increase in illness across UK; if she or her Department has updated the...
- Hospital Charges
591. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding an accident and emergency charge issued by Cavan General Hospital; her views on whether the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
592. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time at University Hospital Waterford for a mammogram following referral by a GP; the wait time for biopsy result; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Health Service Executive’s expert group completed its review of the implications of the Cass Review for Irish gender healthcare...
- Mental Health Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health the current average and longest waiting times for children and young people referred to CAMHS for gender-related assessment, for subsequent referral to NHS...
- Health Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains, or plans to establish, a structured data-collection system tracking long-term outcomes for children and young people presenting with...
- Medical Cards
613. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the recent €10 weekly increase in pension payments will be matched by an equivalent increase in medical card income...
- Infectious Diseases
623. To ask the Minister for Health the public health advice her Department has issued to the Department of Justice since 2020 regarding infectious disease screening of persons entering or...
- Disease Management
626. To ask the Minister for Health if any recommendation has been made by the Chief Medical Officer or the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to reintroduce or expand health screening...
- Infectious Diseases
628. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has provided any resourcing, staffing or operational plans to the HSE to support expanded infectious disease screening at ports of entry or...
- Abortion Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the clinical guidelines governing the management of live births following termination of pregnancy, including required staff presence, escalation...
- Voluntary Hospital Sector
643. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish all governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed in the past three years for voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded...
- Health Service Executive
644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding audit recommendations across all HSE-funded service providers as of the most recent reporting cycle, and the number rated as high...
- Child Protection
649. To ask the Minister for Health the steps each Department is taking to improve data sharing, risk assessment and governance coordination for services involving children, vulnerable adults and...
- Departmental Schemes
650. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the long covid special leave with pay scheme; if it will be extended passed December 2025; if the Government will recognise long covid as an...
- Medicinal Products
651. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the current regulatory status of naloxone and consider allowing approved formulations to be made available over-the-counter in order to...
- Community Care
653. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all community nursing units in CHO2; e the bed capacity of each unit; the current occupancy of each unit, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Departmental Properties
655. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the proposed sale of the Baggot Street Hospital.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65028/25]
- Healthcare Policy
656. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a further update on the implementation of the Model of Care for Hereditary Cancer, the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and...
- Hospital Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent need for improved facilities and additional space for the rheumatology outpatient department in CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Tobacco Control Measures
658. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce regulations on the sale and use of nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65062/25]
- Hospital Equipment
659. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for multiannual funding for a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure that the current scenario with equipment older than ten...
- Healthcare Policy
661. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current estimated numbers of adults and children living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the State, by CHO area and age cohort;...
- Medicinal Products
665. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the engagement to date between her Department, the HSE and the manufacturer of the Omnipod 5 tubeless hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
668. To ask the Minister for Health to set out current waiting times by hospital group for first and follow-up appointments at adult and paediatric diabetes clinics; the measures being taken to...
- Healthcare Policy
669. To ask the Minister for Health how her Department and the HSE intend to respond to the new World Health Organisation global guidelines on diabetes during pregnancy; to outline current and...
- Hospital Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65170/25]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Rural Schemes
673. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being considered to ensure that rural and regional projects receive equitable access to capital funding under...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
675. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad folúntas atá ann faoi láthair i róil oifigeach pleanála teanga ar fud na tíre;...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies, by job title within the Charities Regulator, as of 14 November 2025; and the estimated timeframe for...
