Written answers

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where he specifically states in his reply that “There...
    • Housing Provision
      16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide greater detail on how domestic violence is addressed within the Action Plan on Housing Supply and Targeting...
    • Planning Issues
      17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the current exempted development regulations and specifically relating to increasing the size of...
    • Water Services
      18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his new proposals for developer-provided water and wastewater infrastructure will avoid the problems...
    • Housing Provision
      20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the development of a single stage approval process for local authority housing developments; and if he will...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of regeneration plans for a Traveller housing scheme (details supplied), given regeneration has been promised...
    • Departmental Schemes
      24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the announcement of changes to the vacant property refurbishment grant, including the new proposals for the...
    • Housing Policy
      25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for establishing and implementing the protocol in the new housing plan to allow households fleeing domestic,...
    • Emergency Planning
      26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Office of Emergency Planning has reviewed plans for responding to heavy snow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work of the Housing Activation Delivery Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65544/25]
    • An Ghaeltacht
      29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cad go díreach é an moill ar na Treoirlínte Tithíocht Gaeltachta a bhí aontaithe ag an Roinn...
    • Housing Schemes
      30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria from his Department whereby local authorities can deny the administration of the tenant-in-situ scheme to tenants...
    • Housing Provision
      32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how his Department is prioritising people with disabilities who have received notices to quit and who are at risk of entering...
    • Housing Schemes
      33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being provided for housing adaptation grants in 2025 and the allocation for 2026; and if he will make a statement...
    • Derelict Sites
      35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if outstanding derelict site levies will be collected by Revenue; and if additional funding will be provided to local...
    • Wildlife Protection
      36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of his Department to review and update wildlife legislation; and if he will make a...
    • Water Services
      37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the multi-stakeholder group under his Department in respect of developer provided...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation. [65684/25]
    • Planning Issues
      40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on any recent tripartite engagements between his Department, Dublin City Council and the developers of the...
    • Local Authorities
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific accountability measures that are being put in place to ensure that local authorities meet their housing delivery...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional supports will be provided by his Department so that extra capacity for homeless services in Limerick can be...
    • Land Development Agency
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on Land Development Agency activity in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65540/25]
    • Planning Issues
      46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish a summary of a report (details supplied) into planning irregularities in County Donegal. [65687/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing options which have been delivered to-date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Ghaeltacht
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government faoin dul chun cinn atá déanta ina Roinn chun Ráiteas Pleanála Náisiúnta le haghaidh...
    • Housing Schemes
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is reviewing the approval and handover process involving local authorities and approved housing bodies, with...
    • Land Development Agency
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the role of the Land Development Agency is being expanded under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and if...
    • Waterways Ireland
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated delivery timeframes for sub-phases of Phase 3 of the Ulster Canal project. [65817/25]
    • Rental Sector
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of individuals currently in receipt of HAP and RAS Payments; and the cost of each of these payments to the State....
    • Housing Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the provision of allocated housing for those that work in frontline public sector jobs including teachers, nurses...
    • Planning Issues
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure a clear and consistent approach to rural housing and rural planning; and if he will make a...
    • Heritage Projects
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to conserve the high crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth, which are experiencing significant deterioration; if he...
    • Planning Issues
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline any involvement his Department will have with the special purpose vehicle established to implement the...
    • Local Authorities
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to strengthen local authorities capacity to respond to tenancy management issues and...
    • Planning Issues
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is currently reviewing ways to reduce the duplication of planning applications needed to be attained to...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that the National Parks and Wildlife Service is taking to avoid pollution in saltwater lagoons; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new measures contained in the housing plan to activate the SME builder developer sector to build more good quality homes...
    • Turf Cutting
      69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue an order to allow the cutting of turf at bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department’s new housing strategy will deliver additional cost rental housing units; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to prevent rent hikes by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65489/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm whether the properties in Red Island, Skerries sampled by the Housing Agency meet the criteria for inclusion...
    • Housing Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of his housing plan, ‘Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030’,...
    • Local Authorities
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to reform local government funding, in particular with regard to commercial rates. [65824/25]
    • Housing Provision
      79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the issue of void houses; if central funding to local councils will be increased to repurpose...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the co-funding contribution expected of local authorities for the provision of wastewater infrastructure; if...
    • Heritage Sites
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the level of support available to protect and restore vulnerable built-heritage and...
    • Housing Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of one bed, two bed, three bed and four bed houses that have been constructed or acquired by Cork City Council and...
    • Rental Sector
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the rapid increase in short-term let listings with a provider (details supplied) in the Gaeltacht, given...
    • Road Network
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of the vital need for a second bridge in Celbridge; to provide an update on the project currently;...
    • Housing Schemes
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which Delivering Homes, Building Communities will support the provision of modular homes; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a draft National Planning Statement to replace the 2025 apartment guidelines; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Government Reform
      96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to re-introduce town councils; the way in which he will approach this; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure greater downsizing options for persons in private housing who wish to downsize their home; and if he will...
    • Housing Schemes
      98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the housing assistance payment thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65776/25]
    • Local Authorities
      100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for moving to a proactive maintenance approach. [65561/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; if he can commit to...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where he specifically states that “There are no plans...
    • Rental Sector
      104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to support renters in Roscommon and Galway facing very high rents; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defective Building Materials
      105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will release the funds to allow Donegal County Council to remediate the huge amount of homes in their housing stock...
    • Housing Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his assessment of home completions in the first nine months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65569/25]
    • A Vision for Change
      107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to support affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65480/25]
    • Vacant Properties
      108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict and vacant properties, to include houses, apartments and flats nationwide, that are across the State;...
    • Heritage Sites
      109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to ensuring that tours of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal return to being available every day; and if he...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to the report of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Strategic Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Heritage Sites
      111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update regarding the Government’s policy towards access to ancient archaeological sites; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the actions his Department, or organisations and agencies related to his Department, are taking with respect...
    • Housing Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure an adequate supply of family homes for young people, while acknowledging that this is not specifically...
    • Planning Issues
      117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify his position on the publication of updated language planning guidelines; if he intends to publish draft Gaeltacht...
    • Housing Provision
      119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the affordable housing being made available to people living in counties Roscommon and Galway. [65683/25]
    • Urban Development
      121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a progress update on the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58898/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the victims of defective concrete products scandals in Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Limerick do not receive...
    • Rental Sector
      123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reports, analysis or other information his Department have received in relation to the impact of the accommodation...
    • Defective Building Materials
      125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Housing Agency’s report on defective concrete blocks in Fingal; the findings relevant to the Red...
    • State Bodies
      127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently authorise an increase in the number of personnel working at Tailte Éireann; to review the policy of...
    • Energy Conservation
      128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a minimum BER standard for the private rented sector was not included in the new housing plan; when a minimum...
    • Urban Development
      129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his funding plans, such as the previous urban regeneration and development fund, to support local authorities in developing...
    • Planning Issues
      130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government’s commitment to establish a...
    • Housing Provision
      131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department are putting in place to unlock the housing potential of the Saint Waleran's site at Gorey, County...
    • Proposed Legislation
      132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to require providers of public relations and communications services to political parties and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department will publish annual residential construction productivity data, separate from overall construction-sector productivity, beginning in 2026; and if he...
    • Official Travel
      136. To ask the Taoiseach to estimate the total cost of the attendance of the Irish delegation at the "COP 30" conference in Brazil; and to state the estimated carbon footprint or carbon cost of...
    • Budget 2026
      138. To ask the Taoiseach if funding has been allocated in Budget 2026 for the Dublin City Taskforce. [65932/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      139. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the National Risk Assessment 2025 which his Department committed in July 2025 to publish by year end. [65942/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      140. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Trade Agreements
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outline the ‘similar agreements with investment protection provisions’ the Irish Government wishes to ratify alongside...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which her Department, together with Ireland’s trade agencies, is supporting small and medium-sized exporters, particularly...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role Ireland’s diplomatic network is playing in promoting foreign direct investment into rural counties; the specific actions...
    • European Council
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any discussion in EU Councils on Foreign Affairs regarding the persecution of Christians around the world; and if she will...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department is aware of possible criminal charges against the organisers of an event (details supplied) in the Hungarian city of Pecs,...
    • Passport Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied), given the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a...
    • EU Presidency
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the agreed external contracts for Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council in 2026; the purpose of each; and the...
    • Departmental Reports
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of studies, reports or evaluations commissioned by her Department during 2025. [65345/25]
    • Passport Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has plans to examine a shorter-term, more affordable passport renewal option for seniors (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on an application for citizenship by descent for a person (details supplied); the estimated timeframe; and if she will make a...
    • Trade Relations
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her proposals to develop the trading relationship between Norway and Ireland. [65458/25]
    • Official Travel
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to estimate the total cost of the attendance of the Irish delegation at the "COP 30" conference in Brazil; to state the estimated carbon...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of embassies, missions and consulates operated by her Department; the total WTE staff and cost of each by host country/mission,...
    • Departmental Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of former secretary generals, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a foreign birthright application (details supplied). [66028/25]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current situation in Sudan; the action being taken in concert with EU partners; the details of the humanitarian aid Ireland...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation...
    • Passport Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the online passport application website is directing applicants who require translation services to solely use translators...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66359/25]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Electric Vehicles
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update in respect of proposed legislation and supporting regulations to provide low-cost EV charging solutions for...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill; when the Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Prices
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial...
    • Energy Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for the expansion on HVO usage to include home heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64348/25]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if pay for reservists will be re-instated; the rationale for the withdrawal of payments that has taken place (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Insurance Coverage
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place to verify that foreign-registered vehicles operating in the State under temporary exemption hold valid...
    • Bus Services
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider increasing the frequency of bus services on routes (details supplied) or finding alternative solutions to ensure that...
    • Electric Vehicles
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points available in the country, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on steps to have on-train catering returned to the Sligo to Dublin train service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the roll out of the new bus network for Galway city under BusConnects; if funding has been made available for this; and...
    • Parking Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he recognises that many towns and villages across Ireland do not have enough designated disabled parking spaces, creating daily...
    • Road Projects
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement that has taken place between his Department and South Dublin County Council with regard to the funding and delivery of its...
    • Bus Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement which has taken place with Blanchardstown Hospital to facilitate a bus stop on the hospital campus to extend the bus...
    • Public Transport
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the Budget 2026 PSO funding allocation that will be used to provide new and additional public transport services; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of each category of bus ticket that was sold for Bus Éireann route Number 2, Dublin to Wexford in 2024 and to date in...
    • Driver Licences
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence exchange application will be completed (details supplied), in view that it is over six weeks since the application...
    • Greenways Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the South Kerry greenway project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65411/25]
    • Rail Network
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if safety improvements will be made at a railway bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65420/25]
    • Public Transport
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposals for new rail timetables will be brought forward in the near future; if a public consultation will be launched on these...
    • Bus Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann have plans to renovate the bus stop at Mallow Bus Stop, Park Road, Mallow, County Cork, if so, to give a timeline on...
    • Rail Network
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on planned works at a railway bridge (details supplied) to improve pedestrian safety; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to improve bus services in Cork city, in particular a service (details supplied), in view of recurring...
    • Tax Collection
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax revenue collected from motorists with cars registered in Donegal, each year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form;...
    • Bus Services
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is aware that the new 73 bus route fleet is not electric; if his Department has engaged with the provider (details supplied) and the NTA...
    • Driver Test
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the road safety authority's policy regarding the requirement for a tachograph device in vehicles presented for a category C1 driving...
    • Penalty Points System
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if penalty points can be applied to non-Irish EU licences and inputted on the national vehicle and driver file database; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that have used the Dublin-Maynooth commuter rail service in 2024 and to date in 2025, in both directions, in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the continued decline in small public service vehicle (SPSV) licence numbers in Cork county, including a 4% decrease...
    • Taxi Licences
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined whether the costs, testing requirements and administrative processes associated with obtaining an SPSV...
    • Departmental Reviews
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will conduct a formal review of a companies fixed pricing policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired Dublin Bus stock that was sold to a company (details supplied), in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place to verify the authenticity of foreign driving licences and letters of entitlement presented for exchange in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to significantly increase the number of charging points for EVs around the country; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Rail Network
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of refurbishment works that Irish Rail carried out at Tralee Train Station for the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fixed fares introduced by a company (details supplied); and if he will ensure taxi drivers are...
    • Departmental Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to extend the five to eight-year-old free scheme to commercial operators, broken down by first year, full year,...
    • Bus Services
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, to address the ongoing problem of buses that...
    • Coast Guard Service
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to safety concerns related to the Irish Coast Guard (details supplied); the actions he will take to...
    • Haulage Industry
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department’s consideration for altering transport weight allowances on roads; the changes being proposed to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the impact of app-based dispatch operators offering fares below the regulated taxi meter tariff; the effect this is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
    • Departmental Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide clarity on a set of data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66181/25]
    • Rail Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed explanation of the factors driving the projected per-kilometre cost of the MetroLink project; if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his engagement with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, and the urgent need for the confirmation...
    • Rail Network
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the detailed project brief and procurement strategy for consideration at approval gate 2 for Metro North; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66371/25]
    • Taxi Licences
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the shortage of taxis late at night in Cork northwest towns; and the measures he is taking to ensure adequate SPSV...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position of the State regarding stamp duty for large tranches of mortgage sales (details supplied). [66139/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the recommendation of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (details supplied) as they relate to the Taxes Consolidation (Rights of Performers...
    • State Claims Agency
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of claims handled by the State Claims Agency, the number of claims settled; the number successfully defended; the number resolved without...
    • Tax Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the extent to which current house price inflation is increasing local property tax liabilities for homeowners, particularly in areas where...
    • European Union
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland's position on the development of an EU Savings and Investment (Capital Markets) Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65342/25]
    • Tax Code
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the price of 20 cigarettes in Ireland will be affected given the current European Commission proposal for a new own resource based on a...
    • Economic Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the ratio of private sector indebtedness as a share of GNI since 2015, as defined as part of the European Commission’s macroeconomic imbalances...
    • Digital Hubs
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take in response to issues facing the Digital Hub Development Agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vehicle Registration
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place within his Department and within the Revenue Commissioners to monitor the continued use of foreign-registered vehicles operating in...
    • Tax Collection
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of social media influencers registered for taxation with the Revenue Commissioners, by county; the number that have been audited over the past five...
    • Tax Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from the...
    • Departmental Staff
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in his...
    • Departmental Programmes
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any initiatives under review within his Department that seek to promote investment in the stock market; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the UK's Individual Savings Account (ISA) scheme; if a similar scheme could be considered in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the existing level of deposit interest retention tax acts as a disincentive to investment in the stock market; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020...
    • Financial Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of court cases involving home mortgages held by loan servicing companies who were conducting themselves as both servicers and beneficial...
    • Tax Exemptions
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions from stamp duty applied for with the Revenue Commissioners, each year for the past 15 years; and the number that were granted. [66142/25]
    • EU Directives
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed revision of the Energy Taxation Directive; his future plans on the issue in the context of Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66358/25]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Budget 2026
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the €10 million allocated towards the relaxation of the carer’s means test comes under €1,152 million for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [65243/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the works being carried out at the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; and the timeline for completion and opening as a...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) had a contract with the Office of Government Procurement to provide security and or stewarding personnel...
    • Office of Public Works
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a residential location has been included in OPW community flood maps despite the property never having been flooded; if he is...
    • State Pensions
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be sanctioned in order that research staff in all higher education institutions across the sector can access a public...
    • State Bodies
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the policy in relation to the re-appointment of persons holding senior posts in State agencies beyond an initial five-year...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs involved in replacing signage in his Department due to errors on the signs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out a list of unpublished reports carried out by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, either directly in his...
    • Heritage Sites
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that have visited the Daniel O'Connell house during the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of...
    • Civil Service
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 12 November 2025, if he will clarify the definition of 'exceptional circumstances' which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of any planned schedule of works for Garda stations in County Offaly, in 2026; the stations in the county for which works...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      311. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will direct the National Standards Authority of Ireland to provide the number of companies that have applied for modern methods...
    • Arts Funding
      312. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to create financial supports for artisanal instrument makers to recognise their contribution to the arts. [65279/25]
    • Enterprise Policy
      313. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender, working at Enterprise Ireland offices in Shanghai and Lumpur as of 17 November...
    • Industrial Development
      314. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender, working at IDA offices in Johannesburg and Tokyo as of 17 November 2025; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      315. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he and his Department took to protect the four pillars of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which are...
    • Industrial Development
      316. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details all IDA Ireland client companies with operations in Tipperary. [65455/25]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has measures in place to support the Irish fashion and textile sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      318. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any national requirements exist for reporting, investigating, and documenting incidents involving hazardous materials at...
    • Construction Industry
      319. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will develop specific productivity metrics for the residential construction sector, including output per labour...
    • Public Sector Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council’s Competitiveness Bulletin on public-sector performance will be...
    • Construction Industry
      323. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will commission, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices, a survey of construction...
    • EU Directives
      325. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline to transpose the EU Platform Workers Directive into Irish law; the legislative pathway his Department envisages for the...
    • Industrial Relations
      327. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment following on from the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll...
    • Departmental Budgets
      328. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the 2025 and 2026 capital budget allocation for his Department, in tabular form. [65885/25]
    • Work Permits
      329. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider adding the early learning and childcare sector to the list of occupations that need a minimum salary of...
    • Departmental Staff
      330. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      331. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Bus Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow people who are contracted by Bus Éireann to drive buses for children with additional needs to continue to do so after...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 4 November 2025, when a decision will issue in regard to the Dormant Accounts Action Plan 2026 in...
    • Industrial Disputes
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on talks ongoing following the end of strike action by school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new ASD class at a school (details supplied); the reason for any delays; and when the class will be open. [65131/25]
    • School Staff
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been forced to drop science as a mandatory subject for first year students due to a shortage...
    • School Enrolments
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are involved in the school enrolment pilot scheme who have not been offered a school place, to date in 2025. [65146/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a school’s (details supplied) difficulties in securing an increase in its SNA allocation; the progress on this issue;...
    • Education Policy
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she aware of a spike in reported stress issues for post-primary school children, in terms of examination anxiety and so on; the way in which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a modular build for a school (details supplied) is expedited. [65202/25]
    • School Facilities
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding avenues available through her Department to support a primary school in installing an astro-turf playing pitch on existing lands; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the urgent development of either a new build, or as an immediate measure prefabricated accommodation for a school (details...
    • School Transport
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport query from a person in Kildare (details supplied). [65221/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if additional places for mild learning disability classes will be accommodated; and...
    • School Curriculum
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has given or will give consideration to the inclusion of Romanian language classes and exams in the Leaving Certificate...
    • School Staff
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Irish sign language interpreter who is paid the same rate as an SNA and is employed by a school (details supplied) will be retained. [65253/25]
    • Home Schooling
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition hours and any other necessary supports will be approved for a person (details supplied). [65260/25]
    • School Accommodation
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the engagement she or her Department have had with the management of school (details supplied) in relation to the need for...
    • Departmental Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65289/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to investigate the matter to ensure the...
    • School Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department are aware of any reductions to the SNA allocations for primary schools in Dublin northwest, following the most recent...
    • School Transport
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport for a student with special educational needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of capacity issues regarding secondary school places in the Castleknock-Carpenterstown school planning area; and if she will make...
    • School Staff
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has had to cancel 5th year construction studies during the middle of the term due to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on planned repair work and the extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65337/25]
    • School Accommodation
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools at primary and secondary level that have reported leaks in the roofs of the schools, by age of the school; the design...
    • Special Educational Needs
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are no specialist therapies and supports available to special schools dealing with severe educational behaviour difficulties....
    • School Staff
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an SNA review has been initiated for a school (details supplied). [65358/25]
    • School Equipment
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered the implications of the recent Medical Emergency Response (MER) report, which shows that only 43.2% of schools...
    • School Transport
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider and respond to correspondence from the parents and caregivers association of a school (details supplied) regarding school transport...
    • Schools Building Projects
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new school for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65445/25]
    • School Enrolments
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children from Newbridge primary schools who secured places in Newbridge secondary schools for the 2024/2025 academic year, by...
    • School Transport
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students receiving school transport in Newbridge; the number refused school transport; and the reason for refusal, in tabular form....
    • School Enrolments
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with no offers of a secondary school place in Newbridge will be prioritised in the next round of offers; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to allow people who are contracted by Bus Éireann to drive buses for children with additional needs to continue to do so...
    • Home Schooling
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process in which a student being home schooled can complete the Leaving Certificate. [65514/25]
    • School Accommodation
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence regarding an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65553/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if individual schools have any discretion under the tendering and procurement process when selecting the provider of their school meals, taking...
    • Schools Building Projects
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Waterford that applied for funding under the 2025 Summer Works Programme. [65607/25]
    • School Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special needs assistants employed over the years 2020 to 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the regulations regarding persons aged 70 and over, driving vehicles providing a public service such as school transport; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the NCSE to issue additional letters of eligibility where assessments were completed shortly after the 1 October deadline and...
    • School Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 18 November 2025, the advice she would give to a teacher who has moved schools in the past 12-months...
    • Schools Building Projects
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for a school (details supplied); and when building will commence. [65677/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available which an association (details supplied) or its member organisations can apply for to continue its mentoring scheme for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender will be released for the building of a school (details supplied) given the urgent situation facing the school and the potential...
    • Youth Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the 2026 youth affairs budget that is allocated for capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65770/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 18 November 2025, the mechanisms that will support the delivery of actions 10 and 13 of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fulfil the commitment made by the former Minister of Education and Youth and meet with the principal of a school (details supplied)...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Óige díriú chomh luath agus gur féidir ar na seomraí ranga breise buana a...
    • School Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive funding under the recently announced climate action summer works scheme; if there will be...
    • School Accommodation
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 18 November 2025, if she will consider establishing additional accommodation measures for primary...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to provide a fair and accessible pathway to primary teacher registration for qualified, experienced...
    • Bus Éireann
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 6 March 2024, where the specific information requested regarding the publication of documentation...
    • Home Schooling
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider allocating a home school community liaison teacher for all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65908/25]
    • School Staff
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider changing principals allowance to reflect the number of staff managed for special schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Management
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider establishing an in-school management team appropriate to the size of a school’s staff (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • School Funding
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools that were unsuccessful in obtaining climate action summer works scheme funding in the current round will be automatically considered...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider reclassifying the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) from DEIS Band 2 to DEIS Band 1, given the increased educational and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider increasing the number of posts of responsibility in a special school, bearing in mind that special schools generally have a large...
    • School Staff
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to roll out the new administrative executive roles scheme for schools as a pilot scheme in County Kerry to support and strengthen schools there,...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the publishing of the proposed new DEIS Plan; and when her Department intend to communicate with school principals at existing DEIS...
    • Special Educational Needs
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools and students that will be included in the pilot programme (RACE accommodations) for students with dyslexia and dyscalculia...
    • Departmental Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in issuing payment to a person (details supplied) under the home-based summer programme; when payment can be expected;...
    • School Curriculum
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will formalise sun safety in the primary and post-primary school curricula, to integrate age-appropriate sun smart education (HSE2025),...
    • Departmental Staff
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar...
    • Education Policy
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of out-of-school education; the current status of the revision report; when it is expected to be completed; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to provide a school place for a child (details supplied), who has not attended school since 2024; and if she...
    • School Funding
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of schools, per county, that were approved under the muti-annual summer works scheme for the years 2022 to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in...
    • School Funding
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 17 September 2025, for an updated table accounting of the recent funding announcement under the...
    • School Enrolments
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns of parents who have so far failed to secure infant places in their local village school (details supplied); and...
    • School Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to carryout significant improvement works to the older schools in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Discipline
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s procedures for ensuring that all primary and post-primary schools provide a clear opt-out process for parents who do not...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66219/25]
    • School Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the results of exceptional reviews and SNA SENO reviews, in primary and post-primary and special schools, in the past year; the...
    • School Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the next tranche of projects to receive funding under the annual climate action summer works scheme 2026 will be announced. [66289/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66349/25]
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Film Industry
      469. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his assessment of the current distribution of film-industry infrastructure and funding across the State; if he will...
    • Sports Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the eligibility of schools to apply for the upcoming sports capital scheme, in collaboration with a local sports club; and...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      471. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason for the delay with broadband installation to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Facilities
      472. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if formal approval has been given for the purchase of maintenance equipment (details supplied). [65254/25]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      473. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has assessed the prevalence of sexual harassment, bullying and verbal abuse experienced by girls in...
    • Sports Funding
      474. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the planned football academies for which funding was announced in Budget 2026. [65346/25]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      475. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to make the basic income for the arts (BIA) pilot scheme permanent (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      476. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if full funding will be provided to complete a project (details supplied) which was applied for in 2024; when the project...
    • Arts Funding
      477. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if a stream of funding is available that the nearly 120 musical societies in Ireland can apply for to ensure that their...
    • Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
      480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport an fios dó cén céatadán agus cén méid de chiste na stáisiún craolacháin...
    • Na Meáin Chumarsáide
      481. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport an bhfuil ról ar bith aige faoin Acht um Rialáil Cearrbhachais, 2024 maidir le cinneadh a dhéanamh nó...
    • Sports Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the sport of association football (soccer) through capital or equipment grants from all...
    • Digital Hubs
      483. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take in response to issues facing the Digital Hub Development Agency (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the current and planned funding streams to ensure that all sports grounds, clubs, and gyms have access to automated...
    • Departmental Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      486. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year...
    • Departmental Funding
      488. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding scheme from which €2 million has been awarded for the detailed design of Buncrana Leisure Centre; if his...
    • Departmental Records
      489. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if certain Departmental records are missing from archives (details supplied); the action his Department has taken to locate...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      490. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will advocate for Ireland to become a signatory to the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports....
    • Museum Projects
      491. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the status of a proposal for a women's museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66267/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      495. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66345/25]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 4 November 2025, if it is proposed to create planning guidelines for the purposes...
    • Childcare Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department's policy recognises that the charging of rates on registered childcare provider’s operating from...
    • Defective Building Materials
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the proposed 10% retrospective payment increase under the defective...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that community-based, not-for-profit early years services are exempt from commercial rates; the guidance provided...
    • Departmental Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funding for the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan as part of the Shared Ireland Initiative, including any funding...
    • Water Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarity on the requirement for local authorities to provide a co-funding contribution for water infrastructure projects,...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the proposed arrangements for Uisce Éireann to take in charge privately developed wastewater treatment systems...
    • Departmental Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications, and the number of approvals, for the local authority purchase and renovate loan applications, by...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct the Land Development Agency to provide an update in respect of their interest or engagement with the HSE...
    • Housing Provision
      508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed acquisition of 17 housing units in Milford, County Donegal, currently being progressed by an...
    • Planning Issues
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address delays in the planning system that are slowing down the delivery of housing...
    • Water Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports being made available to ensure that towns and villages in Cork north-west have adequate serviced land and...
    • Departmental Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all local authority areas currently active in the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, Uisce Éireann and local authorities are prepared to enter into discussions with companies with...
    • Housing Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the longest waiting time on the social housing waiting list for one, two, and three bed dwellings for local authorities...
    • Rental Sector
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarity regarding the changes to rent pressure zone rules (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position regarding the prohibition of pet ownership in apartments owned by approved housing bodies which was raised in...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if fire-service capabilities have been evaluated in respect of large-scale battery-storage fires; if national guidance exists...
    • Housing Policy
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person still paying a shared ownership loan can close off such a loan; the methods available in relation to same; and if...
    • Defective Building Materials
      524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on available supports for pension-age homeowners in County Louth affected by pyrite damage in homes built...
    • Housing Policy
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will work with the Central Statistics Office and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department treats construction products that hold valid European Technical Assessments or CE marking issued in...
    • Housing Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if in the instance of a social housing assistance income assessment being undertaken and that the decision is disputed by the...
    • Housing Policy
      530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal or policy basis for local authorities for refusing adult children, returning to the family home due to the housing...
    • Housing Provision
      531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing in Cavan and Monaghan will be increased; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Policy
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government's retrofitting targets across public housing, have been set for 2026; when the 2026 targets will be set for...
    • Departmental Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V obligations that have been satisfied through land transfer offsite in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and...
    • Housing Schemes
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2026 funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme will be confirmed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Policy
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the role State savings play in housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65919/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure meaningful public consultation in rural communities that are expected to...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in examining the benefits of a visitor accommodation levy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will provide an update on the Maynooth ring road project; the amount of funding his Department has given so...
    • Housing Policy
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a dedicated rural housing strategy to support population growth in villages, including...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the development of a national requirement that all developers constructing new housing estates provide an...
    • Departmental Staff
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or...
    • Housing Schemes
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding support for people who do not earn enough to qualify for cost rental housing but are over the income...
    • Turf Cutting
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering a new phase of supports for existing cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify an issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66042/25]
    • Departmental Investigations
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 8 September 2025, if he will meet and engage meaningfully with a group (details...
    • Rental Sector
      555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of smaller landlords that own three or fewer rental properties in relation to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities should be required, under the Social Housing Assessment Regulations and the National Household Means...
    • Housing Policy
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on retrofitting for local authority housing; the status of progress; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Grid
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to address the impact of electricity grid...
    • Housing Policy
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the paperwork that should be supplied to Tailte Éireann/PRAI when registering an interest in a property by a loan...
    • Housing Schemes
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide affordable housing in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66144/25]
    • Site Acquisitions
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide low cost sites in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66145/25]
    • Planning Issues
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the fee paid to a Local Authority for objecting to a planning application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Architects Register
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 25 February 2025, if he will act to address matters raised in correspondence...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish and publish an annual national Planning Performance Report, setting out average and median timelines for...
    • Housing Policy
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the planning process assumptions used in setting the target to deliver 300,000 homes to 2030 under Delivering Homes,...
    • Housing Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing projects sanctioned above basic unit costs in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the reasons for the...
    • Housing Policy
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department does not record disability status for households supported under the Housing Assistance Payment, and...
    • Housing Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the first consolidated national report on housing delivered under the Town Centre First policy, including...
    • Energy Usage
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes in Cork city and Cork county that were retrofitted in 2023 and 2024; the number expected...
    • Vacant Properties
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any mechanism, existing or discretionary, that would allow a sole-director small business to qualify for the...
    • Derelict Sites
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish derelict sites levy data for 2024. [66231/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66362/25]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied), which received DEIS status in 2022, has not yet been approved to provide hot meals to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit and separately supplementary welfare allowance in the name of a person...
    • Fuel Poverty
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider changing the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance given the increasing numbers of adults living at home, where...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available for a person (details supplied) who is unable to return to their job, due to injury, and has had their...
    • Pension Provisions
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an applicant (details supplied) will expect to hear from his Department regarding a review of their entitlement to the...
    • Public Services Card
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has since been advised that they are set to lose the free travel pass;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 26 September 2023, No. 465 of 11 June 2024 and No. 1175 of 4 November 2025, to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's benefit in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [65698/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year...
    • Departmental Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for domiciliary care allowance in Cork to date in 2025; the number refused; and the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66367/25]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of English language schools in the State that could have been subject to inspection by immigration officials...
    • Inspector of Prisons
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 702 of 12 November 2025, for an update on the publication of the inspection into Cork...
    • Legislative Process
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case for a review of gaps in legislation handling abuse outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce legislation to ban the depiction of strangulation in pornography as has been done in the UK; and if he...
    • Courts Service
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new family courts complex is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65201/25]
    • Departmental Data
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department is taking to address anti-social behaviour in towns and villages across Cork; and whether...
    • An Garda Síochána
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s and An Garda Síochána's plans for the future use of a Garda station (details supplied); and...
    • Victim Support Services
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the compensation for victims of crime covers funeral costs; and if not, whether there is a scheme to cover funeral...
    • An Garda Síochána
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the net change in gardaí stationed in Kildare after intake 251, accounting for retirements and other departures; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to urgently examine and provide an update in relation to a case (details supplied) as the lack of clarification is causing much...
    • Legislative Programme
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is drafting amending legislation for Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025; if so, when the proposed...
    • International Protection
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the IPAS contract for a facility (details supplied); his views that the High Court order quashing the Section 5...
    • Departmental Contracts
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his Department’s published collection of “Purchase Orders Issued Over €20,000 in Value”...
    • An Garda Síochána
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to roads policing units in the month of October 2025 by Garda division; the number currently...
    • Visa Applications
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for join family visa applications submitted via the Abu Dhabi office; if updated processing...
    • An Garda Síochána
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions to date in 2025 where Garda members have requested the assistance of the Garda water cannons. [65449/25]
    • Departmental Data
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been arrested for drink driving and drug driving, by district in each of the past five years....
    • Victim Support Services
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that all longer-term supported transitional housing options for victims and survivors of domestic, sexual and...
    • Departmental Data
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all written or oral representations made to the Government by or on behalf of the European Commission from 1 January...
    • Citizenship Applications
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of acceptance rate for naturalisation, by country from 2020-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to the IIP scheme by a county board (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position on signing up to the European Prosecutor's Office; to outline the work and steps being taken to sign up to this...
    • Departmental Data
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to extend existing test-purchase powers under section 14 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 to include...
    • International Protection
      664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has any plans for IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Legal Aid
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has initiated an immediate review of the Legal Aid Board’s capacity to administer the current civil legal aid...
    • An Garda Síochána
      668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits that were allocated to each station within Kildare-Wicklow Division following the Garda...
    • Citizenship Applications
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the citizenship application system is structured in such a way (details supplied); and if improvements can be made...
    • Departmental Communications
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether existing laws are adequate to deal with cases of coercive control; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 748 of 18 November 2025, if he will clarify his response (details supplied). [65934/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet within the Kerry Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65962/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or...
    • Coroners Service
      677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an inquest will be scheduled into the death of a person (details supplied); the reason he has not released the report in...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his Department have received representation from a person (details supplied); and to provide an update on any...
    • Citizenship Applications
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an application for citizenship for an urgent case (details supplied); if he has engaged with...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of the community safety partnership in County Galway, for which no update is...
    • Visa Applications
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa extension application can be urgently processed (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is considering proposals to carry out a media campaign on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to “Coco’s Law”, the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, the...
    • International Protection
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time of applications for international protection in the years 2020 to date in 2025; by quarter; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for appeals to the International Appeals Protection Tribunal in the years 2020 to date in 2025; by...
    • Legislative Measures
      691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process and timeline for giving effect to amendments to the Personal Injuries Guidelines; if he will commit to formal...
    • Departmental Funding
      692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the community probation team did not award funding, following an expression of interest process, to a project...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66363/25]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Reviews
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intends to undertake a review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the 2018 regulations associated with...
    • Departmental Investigations
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to an investigation by organisations (details supplied) regarding the availability of anti-biotics in Brazil; if they...
    • Departmental Staff
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the formation of a new panel for technical agricultural officers within his Department while there are persons on an...
    • Departmental Budgets
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the 2025 and 2026 capital budget allocations for works under the Fishery Harbour Centre and Coastal Infrastructure Development...
    • Agriculture Supports
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) will receive the remainder of a compensation payment following a TB outbreak in 2024; and if he will...
    • Animal Breeding
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a full review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the 2018 guidelines will be completed; the scope of that review;...
    • Departmental Data
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on dog breeding establishments in each of the past five years; the number of enforcement...
    • Departmental Consultations
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Department of Housing; Local Government and Heritage, and local authorities to improve consistency in dog...
    • Animal Welfare
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on supports available to rescue organisations caring for dogs seized from illegal breeding operations,...
    • Livestock Issues
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is an undue delay dealing with reactor animals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Supports
      709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a delay in the payment of compensation to farmers who have reactors; if so, for the length of time; when payment will be...
    • Departmental Data
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted applications for TB reactor compensation; the number that are still under consideration;...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scientific basis for statements in the CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027 (details supplied); and if these claims were based on...
    • Animal Breeding
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the minimum requirements or participation conditions set an organisation (details supplied) for genomic services or...
    • Agriculture Industry
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the secondary use or linkage of farmers' genomic, performance and flockbook/pedigree data (details supplied) has been...
    • Departmental Data
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recourse available to breeders who have been excluded from services (details supplied); and the way in which such exclusions are...
    • Animal Breeding
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide any formal documentation or statutory basis for the designation of an organisation (details supplied) as a national...
    • Departmental Data
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in respect of each Department official who currently serves or has served as secretary, director or governance officer of...
    • Departmental Staff
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department complies with Article 41(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, which requires that officials performing...
    • Departmental Data
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department fulfils Article 41 as the competent authority, including impartiality procedures,...
    • Departmental Reviews
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carries out independent conflict-of-interest risk assessments, separate from SLA declarations, as required by...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department ensures that linking eligibility or participation in CAP schemes such as SCEP or SIS to the use of...
    • Animal Breeding
      727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department monitors or records cases where organisations (details supplied) remove genetic indexes; to list all such cases...
    • Fishing Industry
      729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that onboard electronical monitoring is implemented on all factory ships and any and all other large foreign trawlers that...
    • Livestock Issues
      731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide further details on the cross-Border pilot Regional Cooperation Programme on tackling bovine TB announced as part of...
    • Fishing Industry
      732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether Ireland intends to apply for port listing for our pelagic sector under the newly agreed EU Commission; if, in light of...
    • Agriculture Supports
      733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the delay in issuing the 2024 ACRES payment to a person (details supplied) will be resolved; when they can expect their payment;...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the potential impacts on agricultural land, livestock and watercourses from contamination arising from...
    • Departmental Staff
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those...
    • Fishing Industry
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would consider directly contacting all EU member states’ ambassadors, including all non-coastal states, to convey to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
    • Departmental Funding
      740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated for the monitoring, reporting or trapping of the Asian hornet that can be applied for by local authorities,...
    • Departmental Data
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from factory controlled feedlots or related proxy therefore, by quarter, in each of the years 2024...
    • Fishing Industry
      742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports his Department is providing, and will provide, to the fishing industry in light of recommended quota reductions for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66340/25]
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      746. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under the age of 65 currently residing in nursing homes, in tabular form; the primary medical or support needs...
    • Childcare Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a social worker has been appointed to the Dungarvan children's disability network team (CDNT 6) to advocate for children...
    • Disability Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will review the AIM funding for a person (details supplied); the options available to the family in order that...
    • Departmental Data
      749. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting first appointment by CDNT; and the waiting time in Cork. [66232/25]
    • Maternity Leave
      750. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the recognition of parents who must avail of surrogacy is treated differently when it comes to maternity or adoptive...
    • Departmental Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who have registered in County Clare to the end of October 2025; the number of people in County Clare who...
    • Disability Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to ensure that children in afterschool care receive AIMs support; and to consider granting funding to afterschool programmes that...
    • Departmental Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide all claims managed by the State Claims Agency for which her Department is liable for the years 2020 to 2025, including...
    • State Claims Agency
      755. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department receives claim-level reports from the State Claims Agency detailing the category, cause, and cost of claims...
    • Departmental Staff
      757. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy staff rate for Children's Disability Network Teams based in CHO9 as of 30 September 2025. [65271/25]
    • Departmental Data
      758. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of student placements, by discipline that were offered for CDNTs within CHO9 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Adoption Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the establishment of the new board of the Adoption Authority of Ireland; the expected timeline for its appointment;...
    • Childcare Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the childcare capacity shortage in Dungarvan, County Waterford given that a large number of children are...
    • Departmental Data
      761. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of sponsored CHICK's across community creche setting versus private operators.; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Protection
      763. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions being taken by her Department to address shortfalls in child services identified by various working groups (details...
    • Departmental Data
      765. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts that were filled at north Tipperary children's disability network team in 2023, 2024...
    • Departmental Strategies
      766. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to introduce a pay gap portal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65475/25]
    • Childcare Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the administrative requirements under the national childcare scheme regarding hourly attendance checks, in cases...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      771. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when transitional respite arrangements will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      772. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will take steps to improve the working conditions of early years workers, recognising the valuable contribution they make to...
    • Departmental Data
      773. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts, that were filled at north Kildare CDNT in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • Departmental Funding
      775. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding that has been allocated towards the assessment of needs for children since the 3 April 2025 in order that no...
    • Departmental Staff
      776. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of vacant posts within the children disability network teams in County Kerry; the recruitment strategies in place...
    • Childcare Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to opening applications for core funding early, as some childcare providers who have not increased...
    • Departmental Staff
      778. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those...
    • Childcare Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking in response to reports from early-years childcare operators that rising costs are placing...
    • Family Resource Centres
      781. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which a community group can establish a family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66036/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      782. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists employed; the number of approved WTE speech and language therapists positions; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      785. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...
    • Care Services
      787. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to facilitate the opening of a respite care centre 24 hours per day, 7 days of the week (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      788. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of legal cases parents have taken against the HSE due to assessment of needs not being delivered within the statutory six...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      789. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66342/25]
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Staff
      790. To ask the Minister for Health to recognise student nurses as essential workers during placement; provide fair financial support or pay for the hours worked to ensure that no student is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      791. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the new transport support scheme to replace the motorised transport grant; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the age intervals at which developmental checks of newborns and infants should be offered by public health nurses; the examinations done at each of these...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed list of all addiction rehabilitation services currently available in the State; the name and location of each facility; the bed capacity;...
    • Medicinal Products
      801. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder can make an advanced directive or decision to the right to taper their medication; if so, the process to do...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [65152/25]
    • Health Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65153/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if additional physical space would be provided to the rheumatology outpatient department at Cork University Hospital as the current lack of adequate...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to address the growing waiting lists for treatments at the rheumatology outpatient department at Cork University Hospital, as the...
    • Departmental Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if a neonatal intensive care nurse (details supplied), whose specialty allowance is being taken back, has grounds for appealing this decision; and if she will...
    • Coroners Service
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative arrangements being developed by the HSE to ensure continuity of coronial post-mortem services for the south-east region from 1 January 2026,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the impact on diagnostic and surgical pathology waiting times at UHW arising from the workload pressures described in the HSE response; whether the unmet...
    • Departmental Strategies
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the national strategy being developed to address the shortage of appropriately qualified autopsy pathologists, as highlighted in the response relating to UHW;...
    • Departmental Policies
      815. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether CORU’s recently published standards for training and practice in psychotherapy represents a decrease in standards, as the proposed...
    • Health Services
      816. To ask the Minister for Health if the full-time care package for a person (details supplied) promised by the HSE will be put in place immediately; if the disposable sheets and pads required...
    • Hospital Equipment
      818. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 23 September 2025, whether the ongoing development of radiation oncology services is in line with the National...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      820. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for home support in each CHO area for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65239/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      821. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend the public fertility scheme to same-sex couples who are currently excluded from the scheme; the timeline for any such changes; and if she...
    • Health Services Staff
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and physiotherapists, by grade posts filled at Coolock primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Mental Health Services
      823. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the Traveller mental health specialist group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65280/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists at Cork University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65334/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the access which is available for young adults to mental health services in Gorey and North County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE policy on providing elective, non-medical circumcision procedures in public hospitals, and the decision pathway used to approve or decline such...
    • Departmental Data
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective, non-medical circumcisions performed in public hospitals in each of the past five years, by hospital, and the number of theatre sessions...
    • Health Service Executive
      831. To ask the Minister for Health whether any national clinical guidelines exist for the provision of non-medical circumcision in public hospitals, and if so who approved those guidelines, when...
    • Hospital Services
      832. To ask the Minister for Health whether public hospitals are authorised to offer non-medical circumcision without a medical indication, and the oversight or audit process in place to track...
    • Health Service Executive
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of providing non-medical circumcision in public hospitals in each of the past five years, including consultant time, theatre use,...
    • Departmental Investigations
      835. To ask the Minister for Health whether any risk or capacity assessment has been carried out on the effect of elective, non-medical procedures on waiting lists for paediatric surgery,...
    • Departmental Reports
      836. To ask the Minister for Health whether public hospitals are required to report the volume of elective non-medical procedures they perform, and whether the Department receives regular reviews...
    • Nursing Homes
      837. To ask the Minister for Health if the workforce plan proposed by the management of a nursing home (details supplied) to identify the number and grading of staffing required to safely...
    • Departmental Schemes
      838. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the consideration within her Department towards the inclusion of caplacizumab on the drug reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      840. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the updated position of the HSE regarding an extra funding application that was submitted by a school (details supplied) to the HSE, in view of the...
    • Health Services Staff
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based within the accident and emergency department of Wexford General...
    • Departmental Reviews
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if she has reviewed the joint statement from groups regarding changing the reimbursement arrangements for high-protein oral nutritional supplements (ONS)...
    • Departmental Policies
      844. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s plan to deregulate the use of a medication (details supplied) in an effort to help reduce drug deaths; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Charges
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to reduce hospital car parking charges; if she is aware of a 25% increase in car parking fees in November...
    • Departmental Staff
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates that have been recruited by the HSE, in 2023, 2024 and to-date in...
    • Hospital Staff
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65471/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      848. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [65472/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65474/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the establishment of a national genomic medicine centre to process genetic tests nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      851. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of clinical practice tutors for radiography students have increased in line with the increase in university places; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the process in place for those seeking timely reconstruction surgery post-cancer treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65483/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      854. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a designated pathway in place for timely breast reconstruction surgery post-cancer treatment in the public system; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      855. To ask the Minister for Health if GP visits for patients on chemotherapy treatment needing regular blood tests, who would otherwise have to travel long distances to their treating hospital,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis surgery that have died. [65500/25]
    • Departmental Data
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries cancelled by CHI each year; and the reason given for the cancellations. [65501/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been removed from the scoliosis surgery waiting list without their parents' knowledge. [65502/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under the care of Midleton, Youghal, Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care settings...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      862. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a procedure given they have been waiting since March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65534/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      863. To ask the Minister for Health if the access criteria for IVF through the HSE will be reviewed to make treatment available to more women; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if adult ADHD services are currently operational within CHO7; the locations in which they are based; the staffing levels assigned; and the number of patients...
    • Health Services Staff
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to deliver adult ADHD services in CHO7; the training provided to these staff; and the number of patients who have accessed the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) under the Northen Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if she will make...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      869. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the long wait time for urgent knee replacements for a person, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides car safety harnesses or grants for car safety harnesses for children with disabilities and/or additional needs, such as ASD, as is done in...
    • Care Services
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if she can ensure that person (details supplied) is transferred to a more suitable residential care facility as a matter of urgency. [65654/25]
    • Departmental Data
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Galway currently; and the WTE staff levels in each clinic; and hours each clinic is operational for, in...
    • Health Services Staff
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at Galway University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65657/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO2 where HSE substance misuse teams are located; and the number of WTE staff, by job title working in each of those teams, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists posts that were based at Loughrea primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65659/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at Portiuncula University Hospital as of 10 November 2025; and if she will provide the same figures as of 10 November 2023, in...
    • Care Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians based at Athenry primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65662/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      879. To ask the Minister for Health if blister-packing of medications by pharmacists will be charged for in the near future (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Inquiries
      880. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite assistance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65701/25]
    • Insurance Levy
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the full projected impact of the proposed rise in the health-insurance levy for 2026; the expected increase in annual costs for adult and child policyholders;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the main cost drivers behind the need for a supplementary estimate for the health budget in 2025, by acute hospitals, primary care, agency staffing, and...
    • Hospital Staff
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of service users assigned to each addiction counsellor in Arbour House in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [65759/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users waiting for an initial assessment in Arbour House who have been waiting more than 12 weeks, more than 24 weeks and more than 36...
    • Health Service Executive
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved 2024 HSE development posts that are currently filled by temporary staff and by agency staff, broken down by staff grade; the reasons...
    • Health Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) in need of follow-up treatment; her views on whether this is acceptable; the steps the HSE should take to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      892. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a haematology appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an outpatient haematology appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital to date; and the length of time waiting for an...
    • Patient Files
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient files the HSE has registered as lost from 2018 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65801/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of unused PPE from the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65802/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      896. To ask the Minister for Health the case for additional funding for low-vision aids for a region (details supplied); if she will provide emergency funding to each of the counties mentioned to...
    • Hospital Services
      897. To ask the Minister for Health if the orthopaedic Department of Tullamore Hospital is currently operating at full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65806/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      898. To ask the Minister for Health if Tullamore Hospital is currently prevented for outsourcing work to clear the orthopaedic waiting list, which holds 297 people; if, as a result, patients are...
    • Mental Health Services
      899. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will finally get an assessment in order that they can be seen by CAMHS (details supplied). [65871/25]
    • Hospital Services
      900. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the specific measures being taken at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in preparation for the winter 2025-2026 season; whether any additional...
    • Hospital Staff
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduated physiotherapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to access CT scans in counties Cavan and Monaghan, by county and by period of time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      908. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a respite bed or short-term bed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65928/25]
    • Departmental Data
      909. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been received from the cumulative savings through reduced medicine reimbursements and pharmacy fee remuneration since 2009; the way in...
    • Hospital Staff
      910. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing the current pension payment schedule for nurses, which is paid monthly, to explore the possibility of issuing pension payments...
    • Dental Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental hygienists and senior dental nurses posts that were filled within the Kerry dental services form for the years 2023, 2024 and to date...
    • Hospital Staff
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons based at University Hospital Kerry in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      915. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposals or plans to change the number of ambulances based in Kenmare community nursing unit; the number of ambulances currently using it as...
    • General Practitioner Services
      916. To ask the Minister for Health to give favourable consideration to increasing the number of GP cards being issued to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65990/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city and county managers or those of a similar grade in...
    • Disability Services
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for equipment for children with disabilities by CHO, RHO and CDNT; the number approved; and the average waiting time for a decision,...
    • Eating Disorders
      919. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of the national clinical programme for eating disorders; the number of multidisciplinary teams currently operational; the timeline...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for the audiology service, including the routine adult waitlist, in tabular form; the average waiting time to be seen;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      924. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider a reimbursement scheme or a support mechanism for women who used the private sector to seek a diagnosis for endometriosis due to the lack...
    • Departmental Data
      926. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2919 of 29 July 2025, to quantify the costs presented further (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      927. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and to...
    • Departmental Data
      928. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to mitigate the expected costs of outsourcing radiotherapy to private providers as a result of ageing machinery and expected breakdowns in Cork and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020...
    • Departmental Funding
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Section 39 funding made available to organisations in CHO2 each year from 2007 to 2025, with the corresponding number of organisations to benefit...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      940. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive ​a surgery date for an operation in Mayo University Hospital. [66156/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      941. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE will provide current funding for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66166/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the current and known upcoming vacancies at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group per centre (Cavan and Monaghan separately); the dates on which the vacancies...
    • Hospital Services
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the official opening hours of the minor injuries unit, MIU at Monaghan Hospital; whether there is a check-in policy that prevents access for patients within...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      944. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review long Covid among HSE workers (details supplied), the long-term consequences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66180/25]
    • Disease Management
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the public-health risk assessments completed since 1 January 2020 concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State, including...
    • Medical Register
      946. To ask the Minister for Health that the recently published standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU (the...
    • Health Service Executive
      947. To ask the Minister for Health if she will direct each HSE community healthcare organisations and hospital group to provide information with regard to HSE clinicians undertaking overseas...
    • Primary Care Centres
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancy in clinical posts in Cherry Orchard primary care centre, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66223/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the HSE delays in ophthalmology routine surgical waitlists at Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the number of vacant consultant...
    • Health Services
      950. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the HIQA review on urgent and emergency healthcare services in HSE midwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66261/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      951. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66361/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed by the HSE in the southeast region; the number of OT’s approved; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Welfare Service
      955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the upcoming situation facing adult educators who will have to draw down the dole for the Christmas period closure of their...
    • Third Level Admissions
      956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student places each for medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and pharmaceuticals and life sciences in Irish Universities, by...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65305/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is working with community organisations, libraries, or Age Friendly Ireland to provide targeted digital literacy training and...
    • Irish Language
      959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as part of the body of work being undertaken by his Department on the provision of Irish-medium education at third level, if he will consider...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65547/25]
    • Education Policy
      961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a university can terminate a student due to poor attendance, despite them passing all examinations (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s position on the recent announcement of Dundalk Institute of Technology’s agreement with Queen’s University...
    • Departmental Staff
      964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in...
    • Education Schemes
      967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for determining verification of full-time status of programmes for the purpose of eligibility for the SUSI grant; and if...
    • Education Standards
      970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to develop national standards and certified qualifications for legal interpreters, in line with the requirements of EU...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      973. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the funding given to each organisation under the NEIC initiative since its formation, in tabular form. [65933/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      974. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      975. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and...

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