Written answers

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all staff on their...
    • Departmental Funding
      2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department will consider the joint proposal from Donegal County Council and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council for financial support from the Shared Island...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3. To ask the Taoiseach to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by his Department and its agencies; and the expected launch...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the progress in emission reduction targets in areas that are the responsibility of his Department; which measures are particularly successful and which measures are...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the hostage situation in Nigeria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67303/25]
    • Consular Services
      6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have sought consular assistance from Irish embassies or consulates in Britain in each of the years 2023 to...
    • World Bank
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if contributions to the World Bank count towards Ireland’s official development assistance target; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is...
    • Passport Services
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons with addresses in Northern Ireland; for each year from 2015 to 2024, and to date in 2025. [67481/25]
    • Ukraine War
      10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s current and proposed role in the talks toward a Ukraine peace agreement, including Ireland’s participation in the...
    • Diaspora Issues
      11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with members of the diaspora with a construction background who are disincentivised from returning home due to VAT rates...
    • Departmental Funding
      12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person volunteering with a group (details supplied) can receive funding under the European Solidarity Corps; and if she will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all overseas aid projects and funding amounts allocated to each of the G20 countries in 2024; the total amount combined; and...
    • International Bodies
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures she is taking to support International Criminal Court judges subject to sanctions by the USA (details supplied); and for details...
    • EU Presidency
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the merits of prioritising leadership in climate change as part of our EU presidency commencing in July 2026; and if she will...
    • Passport Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if individuals who are resident in the North of Ireland and have been granted leave to remain are entitled to apply for an Irish passport if...
    • Consular Services
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the government of Togo and its embassy regarding a number of human rights abuses; and whether consular...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • EU Presidency
      18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the merits of raising the issue of aviation emissions as part of the EU emissions trading system as part of...
    • Environmental Schemes
      19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of home energy upgrades carried out under the warmer homes scheme to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form;...
    • Energy Production
      20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process in place for individual homeowners, businesses or farms who are producing excess energy, for example through...
    • Departmental Schemes
      21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the current performance delivery agreement (PDA) between his Department and the Sustainable...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the communication processes in place to ensure that households on the Priority Services Register are...
    • Departmental Reviews
      29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the land use review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67452/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if...
    • Environmental Schemes
      31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of SMEs that have participated in the business energy upgrade scheme since its...
    • Angling Sector
      32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the rules governing the logbook for salmon or sea trout angling, allowing anglers to retrospectively...
    • Programme for Government
      35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in...
    • Environmental Schemes
      36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the Government-approved scheme to provide free 2kWp solar PV systems to Priority Services Register (PSR)...
    • Departmental Funding
      38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the work of a charity (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure they are...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a comprehensive overview of all the legislative changes, including secondary legislation, introducing a for-profit...
    • Waste Management
      44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the revenue generated to date by the waste recovery levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Programme for Government
      45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has carried out an assessment on the costs associated with the programme for Government commitment to...
    • Recycling Policy
      47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department intends to introduce a requirement for the publication of annual, material-specific recycling data...
    • Waste Management
      48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 15 December 2021, if the €75 payment towards helping people meet the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the recently closed offshore wind auction, Tonn Nua is a minimum cost of all electricity produced or consumed; to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she is aware that 58% of appointments at the rank of commandant in the Army Reserve are vacant; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is...
    • Defence Forces
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank within Defence Forces School of Music; when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [67635/25]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has engaged with the National Transport Authority to explore the provision of a Local Link or BusConnects service...
    • Public Transport
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has assessed the impact of the lack of a direct public transport link between Celbridge and Naas General Hospital...
    • Aviation Industry
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take to address accusations of price inflation by Irish airlines in relation to flights to the destinations of the...
    • Driver Test
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans for any new driving test centres and NCT centres in Dublin; t the planning permission requirements for same; and the...
    • Bus Services
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus shelters installed by the National Transport Authority in Dublin, each year since 2018, and including the latest figures...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the introduction of enforcement cameras at traffic lights, bus lanes, bus gates and other locations where...
    • Public Transport
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an overview of the performance of the Route S4 for the past twelve months, detailing the number of journeys cancelled as a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to carry out a review of the dispatch operator licensing system; to introduce an amendment or regulation clearly prohibiting fares below...
    • Driver Licences
      65. 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 10 weeks since the application...
    • Road Projects
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current plans and timelines for upgrading junctions 5 and 6 on the M1 at Balbriggan, in view of their strategic importance for...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with Transport Infrastructure Ireland regarding capacity constraints at Junctions 5 and 6 on the M1; if he...
    • Public Transport
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of services scheduled on a route per month (details supplied), the number of services cancelled, per month, in tabular form;...
    • National Transport Authority
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the National Transport Authority coordinates with Dublin Bus and LUAS operators to plan service capacity expansions and...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which emerging technologies and data analytics are being utilised to optimise service scheduling and fleet management in the...
    • Public Transport
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which long-term demographic forecasting is incorporated into transport planning to ensure sustainable and efficient public...
    • Rail Network
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that there is a necessity for ticket inspectors onboard trains given tickets are scanned at departure gates and exit gates in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the enforcement powers the National Transport Authority currently has to prevent dispatch operators from undercutting regulated fares; and...
    • Air Services
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if flights (details supplied) will be operated from Kerry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail will develop a coordinated communication response when major disruptions occur; if GPS tracking on DARTs is currently being...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is...
    • Public Transport
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport as to what proportion of the public transport fleet now operates on non-fossil fuel energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Transport Authority
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the passenger-protection systems or supports the NTA currently requires from operators in non-fault incidents. [67483/25]
    • Bus Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses currently deployed on the NX service in each direction (Navan-Dublin and Dublin-Navan); the average age and age...
    • Insurance Coverage
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering any legislation to tackle or increase sanctions on the issue of drivers without motor insurance; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the implementation of the new transport support scheme to replace the motorised transport grant; and if he will...
    • Parking Provision
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the rules and regulations in place to prevent the misuse of disabled parking spaces on private premises, such as shopping...
    • Electric Vehicles
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on the rationale for not proceeding with EU JTF community facilities EV charging scheme applications...
    • Driver Test
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has directed the Road Safety Authority to publish on a monthly basis; the number of learner drivers who fail to show up for their...
    • Road Safety Authority
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the long delays in the Road Safety Authority providing figures requested via Parliamentary Questions; and if he will...
    • Aviation Industry
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate allegations of price gouging on airline tickets to the soccer world cup play offs, with flight prices to Prague...
    • Driver Test
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for applicant’s waiting on an Irish language driving test invitation, by county, as of 30 November 2025,...
    • Parking Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 179 and 180 of 23 September 2025, the body or organisation responsible for delivering the improved...
    • Traffic Management
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will attend a meeting (details supplied) regarding commuting times from Navan to Dublin. [67611/25]
    • Bus Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus stops installed in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the current status of the Mallow relief road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67617/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the preferred option of a technically viable drainage scheme that would prevent flooding at Ballycar, contained within the report...
    • Rail Network
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the car park at Heuston station was last remarked and or resurfaced; and when is this car park next scheduled for remarking and or...
    • Road Signage
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of renting a temporary stop-go lighting system as a result of the delayed repair of the N65 road between Killimor and Portumna,...
    • Departmental Reports
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to issue a detailed progress report in respect of an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place to provide a catch-up fund for counties like Wexford, to meet the gap in funding and the true cost of maintaining...
    • Rail Network
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of additional car parking spaces at Muine Bheag train station. [67714/25]
    • Dublin Bus
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to increase the number of Dublin Bus safer journey teams to six and to have them available for the duration of 2026,...
    • Rail Network
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail will carry out a social and print media advertisement campaign early in 2026, reminding drivers of the serious consequences...
    • Bus Éireann
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers currently employed by Bus Éireann for the delivery of PSO services in Cork city, and the number considered a...
    • Road Network
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending the current funding model and allocating emergency funding for secondary roads in rural Wexford (details...
    • Insurance Coverage
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will overhaul the system that holds online databases for elective vehicles in order that there could be a cross reference of...
    • Taxi Regulations
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding engagement he has had with the taxi industry in relation to concerns related to fixed fairs for a company (details...
    • Driver Licences
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to implement the policy of backdated driving license renewal applications for applicants that require a medical...
    • Electric Vehicles
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish the latest statistics, as of the most recent reporting date, for the total number of electric vehicles on Irish roads, broken...
    • Road Tolls
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cars to pass through each toll bridge in the country in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Traffic Management
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of cars using the M50 per day; and the way in which these figures compare with previous years. [67955/25]
    • Active Travel
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when active travel applications will be open for the 2026 Safe Routes to School Programme, for schools and local authorities to apply for...
    • Bus Éireann
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Bus Éireann recently to receive an update on their recruitment process for additional drivers in Cork; and if...
    • Rail Network
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timeframe for the reopening of the Western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67966/25]
    • Road Projects
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite the Killarney Bypass project due to the fact the town is choked with traffic on a daily basis; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to providing a TFI local link bus in an area in Kildare north (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that funding is being made available to progress the N52 Tullamore to Kilbeggan road project; to provide a timeline for the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on taxi regulation matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68094/25]
    • Rail Accidents
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department would consider a scheme to allow rail access to the centre of Naas town (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Parking Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has any direct powers or policy making influence regarding the setting of parking charges in commercially run shopping...
    • Road Safety
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department's work on road safety, funding and new policy as it relates to pedestrian safety and well-being; and if...
    • National Transport Authority
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reviews or checks have been undertaken by the NTA and/or his Department to ensure the implementation by local authorities of l.S. EN...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 4 November 2025, to provide details on meetings between the National Transport Authority to...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road traffic accidents recorded on the N25 between Waterford and Cork for the years 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025, to...
    • Penalty Points System
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 25 November 2025 the name of the foreign licence record file created on his Department's...
    • Taxi Regulations
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to mandating algorithm transparency for any taxi phone app; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being undertaken by his Department to ensure greater competition in the Irish banking and financial services sector; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have claimed the rent tax credit each year since its introduction, and to date in 2025. [67299/25]
    • Tax Code
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the reduced VAT rate of 9% applied to electricity and gas to also cover home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all...
    • Tax Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to monitor the planned reduction in the VAT rate on hospitality; his expectations and what will he be measuring; and if he will...
    • Budget 2026
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in budget 2026 had personal income tax band increases been linked to consumer price inflation. [67479/25]
    • Tax Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total sums paid into the Exchequer as a result of the carbon tax each year since its introduction, including 2025; and a similar breakdown on the way in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans for incentives or grants to expand the cycle to work/bike to work scheme to make it more accessible to employers; and if he will make a...
    • Construction Industry
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the applicable VAT rate for tools related to the construction sector for those moving to the state; if he has considered revising such in order to encourage...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek EU funding to cover the costs of purchasing two additional mobile x-ray scanner trucks for the Revenue Commissioners. [67638/25]
    • Local Authorities
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will accept recommendations made by Dublin City Council to extend the existing boundary for the Living City initiative, as constituents residing at...
    • Budget 2025
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether Budget 2025, as presented, complies with the national and EU fiscal rules, including the expenditure benchmark and structural...
    • Fiscal Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the long-term fiscal risks identified by his Department in relation to rising recurrent spending, falling windfall corporation tax receipts, and age-related...
    • Tax Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of recent windfall corporation tax receipts that has been allocated to permanent spending commitments since 2020; if he will provide a...
    • Departmental Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 18 November 2025, to provide a further breakdown of the number of properties and multiproperty owners owning over...
    • Fiscal Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland supports each of the elements of the ‘Compromiso de Seville’, the outcome document from this summer’s financing for...
    • Budget 2026
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasoning for the decision in Budget 2026 to retain the 9 per cent VAT rate for domestic gas and electricity but not to apply a corresponding reduced VAT...
    • Tax Code
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 11 September 2023, if any work has been carried out by his Department on the potential of reducing the VAT rate...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Artificial Intelligence
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a facility in County Cork (details supplied) will be reopened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67587/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW collected in rent fees from external cafes/restaurants within OPW heritage sites in 2025; when the contract with each...
    • Disability Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure the urgent delivery of a dedicated 'changing place' toilet facility within the Leinster House campus to ensure that...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Rights
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protections in place to protect people, from being made redundant, who have a medical condition that prevents them from working...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • State Bodies
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the vacancies by job title currently at the corporate enforcement authority; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those...
    • Consumer Protection
      189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the 2025 budget allocation for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, in tabular form. [67632/25]
    • Employment Rights
      190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will conduct an urgent review of a company's model (details supplied) to determine if the relationship between the franchisor...
    • Departmental Policies
      191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of recent high-profile receiverships affecting franchise networks, if his Department plans to introduce dedicated franchise...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the concerns regarding remote work and rural communities, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he...
    • Tourism Industry
      193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of payments made to online personalities in respect of paid partnership arrangements for social media...
    • Aviation Industry
      194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department will take to protect consumers in terms of price gouging arising from dynamic pricing used by airlines; and...
    • Tourism Schemes
      195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of money spent on promoting County Wexford as a tourist destination to date in 2025; the nature and extent of this...
    • Tourism Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment which applicants were successful in receiving funding under the strategic tourism festival investment scheme 2026-2028; the amounts...
    • Tax Code
      197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) that seeks to encourage businesses to pass on the planned VAT rate...
    • Departmental Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide Ireland's full indicator-level scores under the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration for 2024, disaggregated by theme;...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which public bodies that are commencing design for new buildings for projects in receipt of exchequer funding in excess of...
    • EU Directives
      202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basis for his response to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 19 June 2025 that the EU Omnibus proposal is “better...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Meals Programme
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be fully developed and end its current prefabrication status; if there are any plans to incorporate the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 4 November 2025, whether schools will be instructed or required by the NCSE to redeploy special...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67281/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant posts funded in the State; the number of vacancies at present; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new stand-alone building at a school (details supplied); to outline how she plans to address the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for a special education class at a school (details supplied). [67297/25]
    • Education Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to update the Department's school planning areas, particularly where significant amounts of development have changed since the school...
    • Education Schemes
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this person's PME scheme application; and if she...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allocating funding for employment of a youth officer in each of the Gaeltacht language planning areas; and if she will make...
    • School Admissions
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the policy of her Department to not permit young people over the age of 18 years-of-age to attend special schools; if so, the reason...
    • Education Schemes
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the EWS application for a school (details supplied); to provide a timeline on the assessment of the application; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be granted for the required four modular classrooms and a modular technology engineering room for a school (details supplied) to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to finding a proper AI detection system in order that second-level senior certificate cycle projects can be graded...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén cineál caiteachais a bheadh i gceist aici a chur ar fáil don mhaoiniú a fhaigheann scoileanna a bhfuil stádas Scoile...
    • School Costs
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 12 November 2025, if there is financial assistance available for parents/guardians who cannot afford...
    • Schools Administration
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the board of management regarding holding principals to account in secondary schools. [67434/25]
    • Noise Pollution
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken by her Department to ensure schools are protected from noise pollution from Dublin Airport. [67445/25]
    • School Funding
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the case of Elevate 25, carried out by DAA, the number of other State-owned companies that provide funding to schools; and if this will become...
    • Child Abuse
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the redress scheme for survivors of historical child sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools. [67454/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the online supports that are made available by her Department to students with additional learning needs. [67475/25]
    • Online Safety
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessments, particularly independent research, has been carried out or commissioned into mobile phone use by students in schools; and if she...
    • School Admissions
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether there will be a sufficient number of school places in Gorey, County Wexford at primary and post-primary level over the next...
    • School Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding be granted for urgent electric works at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67484/25]
    • School Accommodation
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ASA application (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67488/25]
    • School Admissions
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place could be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67492/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the decision to provide only an 8-classroom permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the reason her...
    • School Facilities
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details in relation to the approval of additional education provision at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-enter talks as a matter of urgency in relation to the school secretaries and caretakers pay entitlements dispute; and if she will make a...
    • Energy Conservation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the deep energy retrofit programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67538/25]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be retrofitted as part of the deep energy retrofit programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Executive
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interactions her Department has had with the HSE in terms of the delivery of increased funding for SLT and OT services for a school (details...
    • State Examinations
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an educational facility (details supplied) is required to attain examinations centre status in order for students to submit coursework for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the National Convention on Education will ensure that underrepresented voices; e.g. students with special educational needs, marginalized...
    • School Funding
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permissible for a public school to require a monetary payment deposit to maintain an application open for the school; if this has been...
    • School Admissions
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised by a parent (details supplied) who’s child has so far failed to secure an infant place in their...
    • School Equipment
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when assistive technology will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67653/25]
    • School Management
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the procedures for allocating the number of posts of responsibility and the remuneration for principalship and deputy...
    • Special Educational Needs
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that every child with additional needs is guaranteed a suitable school placement, given the severe shortage of...
    • School Management
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the procedures for allocating the number of posts of responsibility and the remuneration for principalship and deputy...
    • School Admissions
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review a case (details supplied) where a family has applied for their child to attend over 20 primary schools and has yet...
    • Schools Building Projects
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date regarding an additional accommodation project under the School Capital Programme (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Funding
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the ESD to 2030 funding call for schools 2025, for which applications closed in October; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the talks regarding school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67717/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detailed delivery plan, including timelines and key milestones, for the full modular build comprising of 14 classrooms and associated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special school place will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty faced by a school (details supplied) in securing an adequate number of French teachers...
    • School Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to secure emergency funding for a situation generating issues of major concern for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to name the 80 further school building projects that will progress to construction in 2026 and 2027. [67762/25]
    • Industrial Disputes
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the breakdown in discussions in relation to pay parity and pensions for caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the major project at a school (details supplied). [67926/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for incremental credit made by a person (details supplied); and when the application will be processed and...
    • School Accommodation
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the second classroom at the ASD unit at a school (details supplied) will be opened in early 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67996/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the new school building projects for a school (details supplied), which were granted planning permission in May 2025; and...
    • School Funding
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full capital funding has been allocated for the construction of new buildings for a school (details supplied), and if she will outline the...
    • Departmental Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68003/25]
    • Departmental Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to use data from the school admissions pilot to forecast demand and prioritise capacity expansion, including new builds or extensions,...
    • School Accommodation
      291. 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. [68020/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the dearth of places for autistic children in primary schools...
    • Teacher Training
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide the rationale for the current system where a certain Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge (TEG) level is an entry requirement for...
    • School Accommodation
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a serious problem is developing in Kildare town and in some surrounding catchment areas where existing primary schools have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider and resolve problems raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning funding and supports for special education; and...
    • School Admissions
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be given to parents who missed a deadline (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68143/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps the Government will take to address the shortage of special educational places in Mayo given the unprecedented demand for the 2026-2027...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Departmental Schemes
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the replacement scheme for the basic income for artists will both open for applications and commence; whether there...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to review a matter (details supplied); to ensure a fair operating platform for all business in Kerry; and that they would...
    • Departmental Programmes
      302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme can fund the purchase of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if reliable fast fibre broadband will be provided in Listowel town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress Ireland has made in becoming part of the eIDAS programme in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he intends to provide capital funding to long established arts centres that require capital works and structural repairs...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide information on the current oversight guidelines for estate agents in allocating bids on housing; if there...
    • Planning Issues
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the proposals to update regulations on planning exemption, following the consultation in August 2025;...
    • Land Development Agency
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the transfer of land from Horse Racing Ireland to the Land Development Agency at Leopardstown...
    • Heritage Promotion
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 5 November 2025, to review the correspondence (details supplied); to address the...
    • Housing Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the social housing thresholds in County Mayo, in view of the fact that some individuals are unable to...
    • Departmental Policies
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to increase the income threshold of €30,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme in Mayo, to reflect current...
    • Legislative Reviews
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasons why Part 4 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 was recently repealed by the European Union (Political Advertising)...
    • Housing Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing supports in place for male victims of domestic violence who owned the family home, continue to pay the mortgage...
    • Housing Schemes
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for affordable housing schemes in County Galway; the location for same and the criteria to apply for said housing;...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the planning guidelines for solar farms as detailed in the Programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • Environmental Policy
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's current projections on potential slowing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Ireland's...
    • Vacant Properties
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to schemes such as the town and village renewal grant, if local authorities may use, or support applicants to use,...
    • National Planning Framework
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Planning Statement for planning for rural housing will be published (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update and timeline for publication of the updated wind energy guidelines. [67544/25]
    • Fire Stations
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth, in view of funding being redirected towards the...
    • Water Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is no financial support for a household wishing to avail of mains water in a town instead of using their own...
    • Departmental Consultations
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consult with Met Éireann to resolve internal conflicts around responsibility to alert the public to potential flood...
    • Local Authorities
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the equalisation fund for each local authority is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is difficulty or delays accessing documents dated prior to 2006 held by Tailte Éireann due to asbestos...
    • Environmental Schemes
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a flexible controlled burning scheme for upland areas, allowing farmers to apply for...
    • Local Authorities
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the staffing levels and legal expertise available in disability access offices within local authorities; if additional...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67880/25]
    • Housing Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Mayo County Council has delivered only 3% of its 2025 social housing target to date; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has identified staffing shortages and internal bottlenecks in Mayo County Council's planning office as a...
    • Vacant Properties
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of Mayo County Council's current derelict and vacant homes activation strategy; the targets for bringing such...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow the use of private waste water treatment systems for developments in locations where there is inadequate or...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines in place for battery storage units, to protect communities, similar to the guidelines that have been in place...
    • Housing Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the first consolidated national report on homes delivered under the Town Centre First policy, including...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the Government’s commitment to supporting sustainable rural enterprises and the economic value of the Natura 2000...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop a construction specific funding model for the AHB sector to allow the sector to increase its direct...
    • Turf Cutting
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with landowners prevented from cutting turf at bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Sector
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the analysis carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) on behalf of the Minister found that the Accommodation...
    • Land Development Agency
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered giving the LDA greater borrowing powers; if he will outline any other borrowing models that have been...
    • Departmental Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline each metric his Department is using to monitor the impact of the Planning and Development Act 2024’s...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Correspondence
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67959/25]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for an emergency winter support for residents on disability allowance and similar schemes to offset the deficit...
    • Domestic Violence
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports in place for male victims of domestic violence whose domestic abuse payment cease soon. [67437/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time pandemic unemployment payment overpayment letters that were issued in Q3 and Q4 2025; the reason...
    • Rental Sector
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider making rent supplement available to people living in accommodation provided by voluntary housing bodies...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approximate cost of extending child benefit for a period of six months and one year respectively, in the event of the...
    • Employment Schemes
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of people who remain in receipt of the employment support scheme for people with disabilities, a predecessor of...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff by grade and gender working in the National Community Welfare Contact Centre as of 25 November 2025,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the immediate and dedicated income support which has been provided to former franchisees (details supplied) and...
    • State Pensions
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will arrange for a definitive answer to be provided to a person (details supplied) who has been in touch with his...
    • Pension Provisions
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm if a person (details supplied) who was entitled to claim the bereaved partners pension received an interim payment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 18 November 2025, the advice she would give to a teacher who has moved schools...
    • Departmental Contracts
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of projects and costs incurred in respect of her engagement of a company in 2024 and to date...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of and amount in overpayments made, by heading, to persons in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to concerns of various NGOs and charities supporting elderly people in relation to the...
    • Programme for Government
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in tabular...
    • School Meals Programme
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools within Dublin 5, Dublin 13 and Dublin 17 that have availed of the school meals scheme for the 2025 to 2026 school...
    • Pension Provisions
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when workers will be informed of the charges under which the ‘My Future Fund’; and if workers will not be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of disablement benefit recipients who also receive constant attendance allowance (CAA); the number of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration given to an individual’s outgoings when it comes to calculating eligibility for means-tested...
    • Legislative Measures
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to introduce legislation that provides for a specific timeframe following which, a previous determination of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals who received the carers support grant in June 2025 and who are not also in receipt of...
    • School Meals Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a school (details supplied) which is part of the DEIS programme since 2022 will be entitled to avail of the hot school...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it has been brought to his attention that applications for Long-Stay Family Reunification Visas are currently taking in...
    • Departmental Data
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearm certificates issued, broken down by county, between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a company is currently operating an International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centre, either at a location...
    • Departmental Reports
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delays in publishing a report (details supplied), given the length of time he has had it; and to consider...
    • Legislative Measures
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the merits of creating legislation that would limit the ability of professional photographers to take photos at...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to assist in a case where the citizenship division has not issued a woman with their invitation for their graduation ceremony...
    • Asylum Applications
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he will support legislation to summarily dismiss any application for asylum received from persons who had arrived in...
    • Domestic Violence
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for male victims of domestic violence in Fingal, County Dublin. [67435/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers caught or suspected of not having motor insurance per annum from 2020, to date in 2025; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure continuity of support following the expiry of the accommodation recognition payment scheme in March 2026;...
    • International Protection
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when full opening hours will resume at a facility (details supplied); when the carpark adjacent to the facility will be...
    • Residency Permits
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken to address the lengthy waiting times for Irish residence permit registration appointments at the Burgh...
    • An Garda Síochána
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of each category of Garda driving and motorcycle courses for Garda personnel held in Garda headquarters; the number...
    • Domestic Violence
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend Valerie's Law to include domestic violence and coercive control. [67700/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will issue regarding a person (details supplied). [67702/25]
    • Direct Provision System
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the campaign of an organisation (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department and An Garda Síochána are taking to address the prevalence of racist attacks; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of electronic devices collected by An Garda Síochána for technical examination in the course of criminal...
    • Prison Service
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded drone incursions at each prison in the State in the past five years, broken down by year and by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported burglaries and related offences to date in 2025 in Coolock, Raheny, Howth and Clontarf Garda stations,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for a response for almost a year;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of full-time and part-time Garda stations in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67873/25]
    • Prison Service
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current metrics used on prison overcrowding for example, occupancy rate, number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses; and...
    • International Protection
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of residents in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres in Mayo; the number who have...
    • Prison Service
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason siblings under the age of 18 are not allowed visit a sibling in a prison (details supplied); if this is the case in...
    • Immigration Status
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [67962/25]
    • International Protection
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people living in IPAS accommodation with status, broken down by county, and household size, including number of...
    • Court Accommodation
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding for the refurbishment of the former Wicklow district courthouse in Wicklow town is provided for in the revised...
    • Private Security Authority
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to implement the Private Security Authority Strategic Plan 2026-2028, including ensuring sufficient...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Supports
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all grants and funding supports available to farmers for the repair or restoration of farm buildings; and if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the forestry grants and funding schemes that are currently open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greyhound Industry
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland has commissioned any analysis of the economic and financial significance of the Irish greyhound racing...
    • Tillage Sector
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the planned support measures for the tillage sector as announced in Budget 2026. [67301/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for the development of vertical farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67391/25]
    • Agriculture Industry
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep farmers in the State; the number of organic sheep farmers; the supports that will be available to organic and...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene to resolve a long-running issue affecting a payment (details supplied). [67522/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department will take to close puppy farms. [67561/25]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have an agriculture attaché to the Irish embassy in Singapore; the locations currently where agriculture...
    • Fire Service
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with stakeholders including NPWS, Teagasc, county councils, and the fire service to develop a multiyear fire...
    • Agriculture Industry
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the impact of current burning restrictions under the Wildlife Act 1976 on upland farmers, particularly in relation...
    • Land Issues
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address the encroachment of bracken on upland areas (details supplied) which is reducing biodiversity and...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 12 November 2025 if he will confirm the money allocated to each project application in...
    • Greyhound Industry
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a feasibility study of the development works proposed for Kilkenny greyhound stadium was carried out and submitted to his...
    • Departmental Reports
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report on a matter (details supplied) will be finalised; the timeline in which he intends to publish the report; and if he...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Childcare Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on a complaint regarding the breach of core funding rules by a service provider (details supplied); the length...
    • Disability Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of funded speech and language therapist and occupational therapist posts that are currently in place in the Irish health...
    • Family Resource Centres
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to a family resource centre desperately in need of more space, which owns its own site and is seeking funds to...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      470. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on an assessment for autism for a person (detail supplied); if the full range of services required arising from the...
    • Disability Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide the Clonmel Children's Disability Network Team with its own dedicated space as the service currently shares a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to an existing family resource centre, under the national forum to buy a premises as a permanent home in order...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • Childcare Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking to increase childcare capacity in Dublin Bay North, given the growing number of parents who...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current supports and planned measures to expand the number of early learning and childcare places nationally and within Dublin...
    • Childcare Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to reduce the reliance of parents on childminders, where families are unable to access a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount of funding provided by Tusla to an organisation (details supplied); to outline the oversight and safeguarding...
    • Childcare Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67557/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the assessment of need appointment for a person (details supplied). [67560/25]
    • Disability Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE behavioural therapist posts that was filled at Blakestown children's disability network team in the years of 2024...
    • Family Resource Centres
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a decision will be made on the ten family resource centres to be included in the national forum and annual funding as per...
    • Child and Family Agency
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a service (details supplied) is being closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67815/25]
    • Childcare Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unannounced inspections carried out on subcontracted private childcare providers in each of the past three years; the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for assessment of needs in County Wexford; the steps which are being taken to reduce waiting times in...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of agencies under her Department’s remit who currently receive training on recognising and responding to...
    • Child and Family Agency
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will request TUSLA to provide details of the number of persons for each year between 2021 to date in 2025, who they have...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address matters and concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if another service will be put in place if...
    • Childcare Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 12 November 2025, if she will provide a copy of the independent external review of the...
    • State Bodies
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that Pobal is withholding the 3% pay increase as agreed in Building Momentum; if this is acceptable to her; and if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the building blocks extension scheme will open again for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68007/25]
    • Childcare Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a copy of the independent external review of the draft Childminding Regulations which was carried out by a person...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected publication date for the annual mother and baby institutions payment scheme report; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that a childcare provider in Louth (details supplied) has left the Core Funding system; if additional support can be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      508. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans for any reforms to ensure that rural based early years services remain within the Core Funding system; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of residential disability services provided by for-profit companies; and for a breakdown of costs for child and adult...
    • Child Protection
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a report by the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection will be published; if she Minister has received the report; and if she...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the financial cost to the state of legal defences taken on cases where families have taken the State to court for failing to provide...
    • Disability Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will request the Disability Unit in her Department to evaluate a situation (details supplied). [68527/25]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on diagnostic scan waiting lists at the end of Quarter 3 2025. [67268/25]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the heel prick test for newborn babies; the actions she is taking to ensure no further delays to...
    • Health Services Staff
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the health service under employment visas or permits; and the percentage that this represents of overall staff. [67302/25]
    • Cancer Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the results/rollout of ongoing the PRAISE-U (PRostate Cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the European Union) study; if...
    • Medical Cards
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card can be urgently provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67327/25]
    • Health Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the services and organisations that will be supported by a project (details supplied); the amount each service or organisation will receive; and if she will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the National Gender Service's current advice for GPs whose patients are being prescribed HRT by EU telehealth services. [67338/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2647 of 29 July 2025, if any further professional bodies have been asked for representatives for the HSE gender...
    • Health Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the diagnostic testing they need promptly; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on South Tipperary primary care waiting lists for OT, SLT, psychology and physiotherapy; the breakdown of therapists available on...
    • Mental Health Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being seen by an organisation (details supplied) in Clonmel; the frequency of clinics in Clonmel; the numbers waiting for mental health...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date...
    • Dental Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adults special care needs GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [67394/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of future plans for the former health centre located in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary; the reason the building has remained vacant for over twelve...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all...
    • Energy Usage
      544. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.185 of 9 July 2025, the costs of electricity and gas for the same period for each hospital, in tabular form. [67486/25]
    • Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children travelling to Britain for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery, by year, from 2015 to date in 2055. [67495/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have her full home care hours re-instated as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and replacement surgery at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025 that...
    • Health Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in either Britain or the US for the period of January 2025 to November 2025; and...
    • Infectious Diseases
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has provided any resourcing or staffing to HSE to support expanded infectious disease screening at ports of entry. [67531/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries filled working within the neurology department of Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Mental Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on case of child (details supplied); and if CAMHS services will engage with the child’s parents; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the results of a pilot project (details supplied); if her Department has further plans to extend this pilot in other areas across the...
    • Dental Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application to the Dental Council (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight her Department has of the approach taken by a hospital (details supplied) in allocating patients for treatment based on teaching and training...
    • Youth Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health to provide confirmation on the proposed reorganisation of a youth services facility in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that women are still waiting an average of six months for a mammogram at the BreastCheck Eccles Unit, Dublin 7; if she is aware...
    • Departmental Properties
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent by her Department or the HSE on leasing a facility (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a facility (details supplied) has not reopened; if there are any building issues; when the facility will be allowed to reopen; and if she will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      570. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding consideration of the shingles vaccine for inclusion in the national immunisation schedule for those aged 65 and over; if her Department...
    • Health Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the reason a person (details supplied) who made an appeal to the treatment abroad scheme on 16 June 2025 has yet to receive an update;...
    • Hospital Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health `the number of WTE radiographers, by grade that were filled at National Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2024, and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [67627/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time within the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce the turnaround time...
    • Hospital Facilities
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres currently at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown; if each of those operating theatre are in full use at present. [67629/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over 24 months for a knee operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence
      576. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of National Clinical Practice Guideline Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been placed on the waiting list for surgery abroad. [67689/25]
    • Disability Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded speech and language therapist and occupational therapist posts that are currently in place in the Irish health and disability systems; the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available, on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting...
    • Dental Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department recognises the severe consequences of maintaining the dental treatment services scheme at its current level which is clearly underfunded; the...
    • Medical Cards
      585. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 20 September 2023, if she will outline all other medical procedures which medical card holders in CHO7 are not...
    • Dental Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate medical equipment could be provided to facilitate a dental operation for a full-time care hoist patient (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme, with particular reference to the exclusion of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)...
    • Health Service Executive
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of surgeries carried out by the HSE, outside of the NTPF, in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [67716/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the health impacts of delays in providing accessible bathroom facilities for disabled and elderly citizens; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons prescribed the weight loss drug ozempic, by county from 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [67730/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE adult physiotherapists by grade that are filled at a location (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form, the average...
    • Hospital Facilities
      596. To ask the Minister for Health to advise the up-to-date position regarding land to the rear of the rear carpark at Monaghan Hospital, previously believed to be in the ownership of the...
    • Hospital Charges
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule by hospital and HSE of the number of instances in which they utilised a debt recovery agency and or debt recovery individual to...
    • Mental Health Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families of children with a moderate or severe intellectual disability who have requested psychiatric assistance from CAMHS in Donegal and have...
    • Health Services Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade that were filled at a location (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, if this number will be increased...
    • Health Service Executive
      602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 18 May 2023, the progress which has been made since the completion of the remedial works in 2023 (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67881/25]
    • Cancer Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health how her Department intends to ensure national consistency in cancer care outcomes under a system where funding decisions will be largely devolved to HSE...
    • Health Services Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Health whether workforce needs for oncology, radiology and specialist nursing were incorporated in the regional funding allocations for 2026; and the projected...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [67898/25]
    • Cancer Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of funding allocated to the National Cancer Strategy for 2026 under the new devolved HSE regional budgeting model; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2018 of 4 November 2025, the number of counselling sessions provided by a service (details supplied), by unplanned...
    • Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 7 May 2025, the criteria used to classify calls to a service (details supplied) in the previously referenced...
    • Mental Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to support those with a dual diagnosis of substance use disorder and another mental illness; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent need for improved facilities and additional dedicated space for the rheumatology outpatient department at Cork University...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the most recent national data regarding the number of people on waiting lists for glaucoma treatment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the most recent national data regarding the number of people on waiting lists for cornea and refractive surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the most recent national figures regarding the number of people on waiting lists for age-related macular degeneration; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67956/25]
    • Registration of Deaths
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the action needed to be taken to register a death (details supplied). [67965/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if she will arrange an appointment with the HSE (details supplied). [67982/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated waiting times for required appropriate plastic surgery, surgical intervention, for patients in University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be made available under the HSE drugs scheme given the very high monthly cost of €7,600 which is out of reach, given...
    • Legislative Programme
      634. To ask the Minister for Health whether she intends to progress legislation to provide for assisted dying in line with the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67991/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the urgent or routine adult audiology waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68010/25]
    • Abortion Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born alive after an abortion procedure at 24-weeks' gestation or later; the number of these cases which involved babies diagnosed with...
    • Health Service Executive
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if private practice will take place in the new HSE surgical hubs; if private work has been conducted in the South Dublin Surgical Hub since it opened in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to Early Onset Parkinson's Disease in Ireland's call for community-based exercise supports (details supplied); if she has any...
    • Health Service Executive
      643. To ask the Minister for Health to specify the projected date by which duplicate financial reporting requirements between the HSE and voluntary hospitals will be eliminated, and to confirm...
    • Health Services Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the staffing and ICT resources required to support IFMS deployment to voluntary hospitals, and to provide the total estimated cost of these supports....
    • Health Service Executive
      652. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the 2025 overspend in acute hospitals, primary care, agency staffing and high-tech drugs, disaggregated by hospital group...
    • Health Services Staff
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 2025 agency-staffing cost increase between wage inflation, volume increases, and grade mix; and her Department's projected agency...
    • Hospital Procedures
      656. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current national policy governing circumcision procedures in public hospitals where there is no medical indication; and to specify the clinical,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      660. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has carried out any assessment of the impact of non-medically indicated circumcision procedures on surgical waiting lists, day-case...
    • Hospital Procedures
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots allocated annually for non-medically indicated circumcision procedures in each of the past five years, broken down by hospital...
    • Health Service Executive
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish a formal reporting process to identify approved posts that remain unfilled for more than six months; and the expected timeline for...
    • Health Services Staff
      663. To ask the Minister for Health to publish her Department's methodology for calculating the financial impact of long-term vacancies on agency spend, overtime costs and service capacity; and...
    • Health Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health when national reporting for chronic pain expenditure, activity and outcomes will be introduced; and the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the HSE...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the current national waiting times for chronic pain assessment and treatment at primary, secondary and tertiary levels; and the longest wait recorded in each...
    • Health Services Staff
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants in pain medicine, by hospital group; and the number of unfilled or approved posts currently vacant. [68066/25]
    • Health Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community-based chronic pain programmes in operation nationwide; and the way in which the findings of the iPainCentre pilot have informed...
    • Health Services Staff
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy figures for occupational therapy posts in Cork, by network and grade; and the expected timeline for filling these posts. [68068/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      672. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s formal targets for reducing occupational therapy waiting times in Cork; and when waiting times in each network are projected to fall...
    • Health Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for occupational therapy services in Cork for 2026, including development posts, replacement posts and planned waiting-list initiatives....
    • Health Services Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists who left HSE posts in Cork in 2024, and to date in 2025; and the recorded reasons for exit. [68071/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited in 2024 and to date in 2025 in the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare under the...
    • Health Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the national spend on chronic pain services in each of the past five years; and when full and consistent reporting for chronic pain services will be in place...
    • Health Services Staff
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of consultants in pain medicine working in the HSE; the number of approved posts that remain vacant, and the steps planned in 2025 and 2026...
    • Health Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health to list all community-based chronic pain programmes funded by the HSE; the budget for each; and the date on which the evaluation of the iPainCentre pilot will...
    • Health Services Staff
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of unfilled occupational therapy posts in Cork, by network and grade; and the expected dates for filling these posts. [68078/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the targets set for reducing occupational therapy waiting times in Cork; and the date by which each network is expected to reach a waiting time of under 12...
    • Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding assigned to occupational therapy services in Cork for 2026, including new posts, replacement posts and resources for waiting list work....
    • Health Services Staff
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who left occupational therapy posts in Cork during 2024 and 2025; and the recorded reasons for their exit. [68081/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      687. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the current waiting times for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy in Cork, broken down by network; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancy rate across all community health disciplines in Cork, including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, social work and...
    • Pharmacy Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reverse the proposed changes to phased dispensing under the new community pharmacy agreement, which are due to come into operation on 1 January...
    • Hospital Equipment
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an updated neurosurgical robot used in deep brain stimulation surgery (details supplied); if an immediate decision will be made...
    • Health Service Executive
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees who do not have contracts of employment with the HSE, and to account for why no contracts are in place for those employees. [68091/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      696. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the internal investigation being undertaken by the NAS into unacceptable conduct at work and the leaked recording of same in early...
    • Pension Provisions
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if the wording on a pension rebatement form can be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68121/25]
    • Health Strategies
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to provide specific funding for the delivery of the Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for Ireland: 2024–2030 to the HSE as the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve access to higher education for students in north and mid-Cork; and if he will consider increased supports for...
    • Education and Training Provision
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps are being taken to expand lifelong learning, night courses and upskilling opportunities in further education centres across County...
    • Grant Payments
      702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this person was refused the special rate of SUSI; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of auto-enrolment pension scheme compliance for each university and technological university; the staff grades or contract types...
    • Third Level Staff
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of clinical psychologist places in universities and institutes available across the State; and the number of clinical psychologist...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is...
    • Grant Payments
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1178 of 18 November 2025, his plans to provide additional student assistance funding to the Higher...
    • Third Level Fees
      709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an Irish citizen living outside the State returning home to attend the leaving certificate cycle, can avail of the rate of student fees of an...
    • Third Level Education
      710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports to be provided to graduate medicine students who receive no SUSI grant, no Government support, and no access to student loans; and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the uptake of apprenticeships across the country in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67820/25]
    • Research Funding
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commitments his Department can give to increasing investment in research, supporting early-career researchers, and ensuring Ireland remains...
    • Student Accommodation
      713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications of a recent decision (details supplied); if the cost of construction is the barrier to the delivery of affordable student...
    • Education and Training Provision
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to upskill workers as part of Ireland's renewable energy transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66531/25]
    • Third Level Education
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to improve access to graduate entry medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67899/25]
    • Grant Payments
      716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending SUSI grant to part-time postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67900/25]
    • Education Policy
      717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is pursuing any strategy to ring fence funding to attract skilled workers back from abroad to fill the shortfall in skills needed to meet...
    • Adult Education Provision
      718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants available for the promotion and running of Irish night classes in adult education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Staff
      719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Contracts of Indefinite Duration (CID) that have been awarded to staff at University College Galway from 2020 -2025; and the number...
    • Research and Development
      720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the establishment of Research Ireland and its role in strengthening Ireland’s research and innovation ecosystem,...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rural Schemes
      721. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding applications from Cork County Council for Rural Regeneration and Development Fund support for towns and...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      722. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Department’s strategy to expand connected hubs and remote-working infrastructure, including the potential for new hubs...
    • An Ghaeltacht
      723. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding for the implementation of language plans in the Múscraí gaeltacht; the progress to date...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      725. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a...
    • An Ghaeltacht
      726. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Ros Muc and Ceantar na nOileáin will be considered for funding through the empowering communities programme, given that...
    • Family Resource Centres
      727. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding programmes under his Department, including the Community Centres Investment Fund, the Rural Regeneration and...
    • Rural Schemes
      728. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the interim review of the current LEADER programme cycle will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      730. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht considering the reduction of regeneration funding in Limerick with the completion of the programme and specifically the phasing...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      731. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current total value of the Dormant Accounts Fund; the projected size of the Dormant Accounts Fund for each of the next five...

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