Written answers
Thursday, 4 December 2025
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Weather Events
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in light of storm Éowyn, when the number of generators will be finalised for community centres and hubs; the breakdown, by...
- Community Development Projects
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants and schemes available from his Department to support community centres. [68332/25]
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he believes the current powers of the Charities Regulator are sufficient to address issues of accountability and public trust in...
- Sport and Recreational Development
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans which are in place for expanding the walking and trails schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68489/25]
- Community Development Projects
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next funding round of the Local Enhancement Programme will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Policies
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the next iteration of Our Rural Future Development Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68342/25]
- Community Development Projects
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department provides support to community centres to improve the wheelchair accessibility of their premises; and if he will...
- Regeneration Projects
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on progress as part of the Town Centre First policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67798/25]
- Community Development Projects
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress his Department has made towards the development of a scheme to tackle urban disadvantage; and if he will make a...
- Gaeltacht Scholarships
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which his Department monitors the impact of the more than €6 million annual investment in Scéim na...
- Rural Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on the meetings he had regarding the LEADER programme in Strasbourg in November 2025. [68344/25]
- Road Projects
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when funding will be announced for the local improvement scheme; if additional funding will be provided to improve non-public rural...
- Rural Schemes
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the town and village renewal scheme in Carlow and Kilkenny. [68327/25]
- Community Development Projects
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding supports provided at a local level in community centres targeted at addressing social exclusion; if he will...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige go mbeidh Bille Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú) 2024 achtaithe in am ionas go mbeidh na...
- Rural Schemes
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider expanding the CLÁR scheme to more areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68328/25]
- Community Development Projects
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new community centres opened in 2025 that were built alongside new residential developments and included in the...
- Departmental Policies
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in line with the objectives of "Our Rural Future", the specific, measurable interventions his Department will implement in County...
- Community Development Projects
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider applications from rural communities who wish to convert their derelict buildings, schools or other old...
- Gaeltacht Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to support youth work in Gaeltachta areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68490/25]
- Rural Schemes
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average annual allocation to LEADER scheme, by programme; since 2007. [68486/25]
- Library Services
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support his Department is providing to the public library network. [68345/25]
- Flexible Work Practices
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of community hubs supported by the Government over the past three years where members of the community can work from...
- Gaeltacht Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will work with on an cross-departmental basis to ensure that there is an adequate supply of early years workers proficient in...
- Community Development Projects
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the Community Centre Investment Fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Island Communities
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role his Department can play in ensuring vital infrastructure is provided to the island communities; and if he will make a...
- Community Development Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the work he is undertaking to support the creation of a national body of women’s sheds, similar to...
- Departmental Policies
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on their implementation of a rural proofing model. [68521/25]
- An Ghaeltacht
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige daoine a fhostú i nGaeltacht Chonamara faoin gClár um Chumhachtú Pobal; agus an...
- Departmental Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Kildare, which is the fifth most populated county in Ireland, did not receive an adequate amount of funding from his...
- Community Development Projects
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for community groups that are looking to construct capital facilities, particularly community centres; if...
- Údaráis Áitiúla
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén cineál rannpháirtíochta atá aige leis na húdaráis áitiúla, leis an Aire...
- Rural Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, the amount which has been allocated to and been spent to date on the scheme...
- Library Services
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts his Department are making to encourage the public to utilise the asset of the public library network. [68346/25]
- Community Development Projects
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, as a result of the introduction of auto-enrolment and the increase in the minimum wage that come into effect from January 2026,...
- Rural Schemes
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the cut in LEADER funding for 2026; and the breakdown of the reductions. [68472/25]
- Irish Language
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the progress of the national plan for the Irish language in the public service; and if he will make a...
- Community Development Projects
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to address funding issues in the community sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67641/25]
- Community Welfare Services
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the achievements of the Community Services Programme last year; the outlook for next year; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planned 2025 funding allocation for the local improvement scheme (LIS); and if he will provide additional supports to local...
- Community Development Projects
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the refurbishment of Mayfield Library and St. Joseph’s community centre. [67571/25]
- Disadvantaged Status
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is considering a reintroduction of the RAPID programme in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Development Projects
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year 2023-2024 and per county for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number...
- Foras na Gaeilge
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied that the €2 million increase for Foras na Gaeilge in Budget 2026 is sufficient to resolve the persistent...
- Regeneration Projects
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a progress update on the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59494/25]
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered reviewing the remit of the Charities Regulator to ensure it reflects the evolving needs of the charity sector,...
- Social Isolation
71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives his Department is implementing to combat rural isolation in Offaly, particularly for older people and those without...
- Rural Schemes
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which his Department is co-ordinating with other Departments and local authorities to ensure adequate access to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Cybersecurity Policy
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the implementation of the National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Policy
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned that his proposals on immigration will make it harder for refugees and other immigrants to integrate; and if...
- Court Procedures
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can provide an update on changes in respect of bail recommended by a person (details supplied) in the report commissioned...
- Deportation Orders
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of individuals detained in the State pending deportation to date in 2025; the breakdown of the prisons in which...
- International Protection
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on delivering a more stable and sustainable IPAS accommodation system; the up-to-date position on...
- Work Permits
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on implementation of a single permit system for visas and work permits; and if he will make a statement...
- Immigration Policy
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of community organisations seeking to support vulnerable people under the...
- An Garda Síochána
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to increase the Garda training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68326/25]
- International Protection
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents reported in International Protection Accommodation Service centres for each of the past five years; and...
- Crime Prevention
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the concerns of rural communities regarding policing and community safety. [68409/25]
- Seized Property
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing an additional layer to the Criminal Assets Bureau in order that it will have the capacity to...
- International Protection
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to communities in Cork that are accommodating newly arrived international protection applicants; the...
- Community Development Projects
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s plans for the building currently occupied by a community centre (details supplied) in Tuam, County...
- Domestic Violence
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to opening a new domestic violence refuge space in Kildare north in 2026; and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide updated figures on Garda deployment levels in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Policy
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Humanitarian Admissions Programme; if he will commit to accepting future applicants in the coming...
- Departmental Communications
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the communications there has been between his Department, other Government Departments and relevant agencies...
- An Garda Síochána
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he is taking to support Gardaí in tackling persistent antisocial behaviour in town centres in Offaly,...
- Departmental Data
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for coercive control to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68335/25]
- International Protection
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has undertaken a review of IPAS accommodation in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a historical investigations unit to allow for independent police investigation into unresolved deaths and...
- Domestic Violence
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which he intends to establish a register of domestic abusers. [68506/25]
- An Garda Síochána
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be a Garda recruitment campaign in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68432/25]
- Family Reunification
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the rights of the child in devising barriers to family reunification; and if he will make a statement on...
- An Garda Síochána
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if members of An Garda Síochána receive training in relation to the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related...
- International Protection
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revise the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 to strengthen the independent human rights...
- An Garda Síochána
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on Garda numbers in Carlow and Kilkenny. [68329/25]
- Visa Applications
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which processing times for visa applications, citizenship applications and stamp applications at his Department are...
- International Protection
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to address the issue of age verification for unaccompanied minors who arrive in Ireland and seek...
- Domestic Violence
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a domestic violence refuge in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67256/25]
- An Garda Síochána
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider reviewing the Garda vetting process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68330/25]
- Crime Prevention
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his work to tackle anti-social behaviour in communities. [68333/25]
- Legal Aid
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to ensure the legal aid system provides equitable access for low-income individuals; and if...
- Immigration Policy
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of his new immigration plans which he brought before Cabinet recently; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Prevention
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department's Statement of Strategy 2025–2028 will deliver on community safety, particularly in...
- Domestic Violence
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress his Department is making in establishing a domestic violence register, under ‘Jennie’s Law’;...
- Cybersecurity Policy
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategies in place, and planned, to deal with cyber-crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66708/25]
- Hospital Services
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific timelines, actions and responsibilities in place across his Department, the Department of Health and the HSE to...
- Departmental Schemes
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation to place the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal on a statutory footing will be introduced; and if he will...
- An Garda Síochána
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Cork to date in 2025, and the number of new Gardaí...
- International Protection
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will consider introducing legislation which requires all owners of IPAS centres to be legally required to...
- Northern Ireland
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the likely timeline for the introduction of legislation following the publication of the legacy framework; and if he will make...
- Asylum Seekers
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to stop forcing homeless asylum seekers to sleep rough over the winter; and if he will make a statement...
- Domestic Violence
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which a domestic violence refuge centre will be opened in Cavan and Monaghan. [68505/25]
- An Garda Síochána
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current staffing levels at Athenry Garda station. [67869/25]
- Asylum Seekers
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has concerns for the safety of homeless asylum seekers in light of racist attacks; the action he will take to protect...
- Departmental Policies
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to protect minority communities from discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if multi-annual funding commitments will be provided to ensure the sustainability of new refuges, including staffing and...
- Legislative Measures
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 to date in 2025; and if he...
- Crime Prevention
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the youth diversion programmes in place in Cork north central; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to pass the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, in full, in...
- Diplomatic Representation
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider providing diplomatic assistance or engagement to assist in securing the safe return of children and staff abducted from...
- Departmental Correspondence
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consideration to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68608/25]
- Human Rights
149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been brought to the case of a person facing charges for organising a Pride march in Hungary (details supplied); the...
- Cybersecurity Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has completed any internal legal analysis on how voluntary cooperation under the European Democracy Shield could create...
- Brexit Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has conducted any sector-by-sector analysis of exposure for exporters in the Cork Port region arising from possible UK...
- EU Agreements
160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement her Department has had with the Polisario Front regarding the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the...
- State Visits
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of preparations for the expected visit of President Zelenskyy; and the date and time on which her Department was given notice as to...
- Passport Services
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68886/25]
- Middle East
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans in respect of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Energy Policy
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 8 July 2025, when he will bring a memorandum to Government to formally...
- Planning Issues
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if planning guidelines have been finalised in respect of the assessment of planning applications for the development of...
- Environmental Schemes
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in advance of a decision to approve an organisation (details supplied) as the operator of the extended producer...
- Energy Conservation
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the respective number of approvals and drawdowns for the home energy upgrade scheme loan, by county, to date in 2025, in...
- Renewable Energy Generation
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it will be possible to provide grant aid to local community volunteer organisations to install solar power to provide...
- Energy Prices
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the latest switching rates for domestic electricity and gas customers; the actions his Department is taking to increase...
- Fishing Industry
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason no appropriate assessment screening and/or Natura impact statement was published for the current public...
- Department of Defence
- Waste Management
184. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68688/25]
- EU Programmes
185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 18 November 2025, the engagement her Department has had at EU Council level regarding the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parking Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current measures available to local authorities to address unlawful parking in disabled parking spots; if he will consider further...
- Rail Network
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding has not been provided under the National Development Plan for DART+ Southwest; the new timeline for the project; and...
- National Transport Authority
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the National Transport Authority was aware of the Local Area Plan non-compliance in a local authority (details supplied) before...
- Haulage Industry
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review concerns raised by a transport and logistics business (details supplied); if he will address the issues highlighted in...
- Rail Network
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to increase frequency or capacity on rail services serving Kill, County Kildare given the 126 bus is the sole direct public...
- Electric Vehicles
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Shared Island sports club EV charging scheme; when clubs can expect selections to be finalised; and if he will...
- Pension Provisions
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the 5% increase in pensions for retired CIÉ workers; to provide an update on the Statutory Instrument...
- Road Traffic Accidents
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the passenger-protection mechanisms which currently exist under the NTA for non-fault incidents; if the NTA provides any guidance to...
- Electric Vehicles
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to engaging with the car rental sector in relation to forthcoming EU legislative proposals due to be published on 10...
- Taxi Regulations
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68611/25]
- Electric Vehicles
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on supporting the use of private residential on-street EV charging in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Taxi Regulations
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on fixed-rate fare taxi charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68650/25]
- Bus Services
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on whether Bus Connects will be complete by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68651/25]
- Rail Network
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on bringing the vacant property at Ranelagh Luas station back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68653/25]
- Bus Services
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA have examined the reliability and punctuality of the 15 Dublin Bus route; the process in place for when a bus is cancelled;...
- Aviation Industry
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that Aer Lingus provides a high standard of customer service; and if he will address concerns that the...
- Driver Licences
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the staffing levels assigned to the processing of foreign driving licence exchange applications in each of the past three years, broken...
- Road Traffic Accidents
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average incident-clearance times recorded on the N40 South Ring Road in the past twelve months; the protocols in place for rapid...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the average time required to complete environmental assessment processes, including Environmental Impact Assessment and...
- Road Projects
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Ring of Kerry road between Sneem and Castlecove can be upgraded before a serious accident takes place there; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason crucial Luas Finglas and DART South-West projects have been delayed in favour of funding roads; and if he will make a...
- Driver Licences
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68884/25]
- Road Traffic Accidents
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department does not require the National Transport Authority to collect and report local breakdowns, repeat incidents, and...
- Bus Services
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the Department’s estimate of the current national shortfall in buses required to meet contractual and public-service...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration Tax
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department plans to phase out vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68679/25]
- Central Bank of Ireland
234. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether ensuring competition in the Irish financial services market should form part of the remit of the Central Bank; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
235. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that since August 2025, a person on a defined benefit pension can no longer exercise a buy-out bond option if they are above the normal retirement...
- Tax Code
236. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims made in each of the past five years for preferential tariff treatment under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) for...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of conflict-of-interest statements received by the Standards in Public Office Commission since January 2020 relating to...
- Flood Risk Management
258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there was an underspend of €7.8 million in flood defences in 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, if the exclusion of retired medical scientists from the Labour Court...
- Pension Provisions
260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he is the sole decision maker in pension appeals in circular 16/2020; the reason his Department does not engage directly with...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has examined the introduction of statutory pregnancy-loss leave for losses before 23 weeks; and the assessments...
- Foreign Direct Investment
262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being carried out to promote market leading top of the line semiconductor manufacturing companies to begin manufacturing...
- Work Permits
263. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will prioritise work permit applications for the diary sector given the time sensitive nature of the sector's...
- Food Labelling
264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to ensure clear and accurate consumer information on meat products supplied to food service businesses and...
- Construction Industry
265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific productivity indicators his Department uses to evaluate the impact of State-funded innovation schemes in the residential...
- Central Statistics Office
268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work undertaken with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Central Statistics Office since 2022 to...
- Business Supports
269. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies who have participated in the digital for business consultancy scheme in each year since it was established to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Disadvantaged Status
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently consider expanding the criteria for DEIS, in view of the unprecedented situation some schools (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Admissions
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) and if she will ensure that the child in question is able to attend a school in...
- School Inspections
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will undertake an inspection of a school in Ringsend (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Admissions
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will secure a place for a child in a main stream post-primary class in County Offaly (details supplied); if she is aware that there are...
- Schools Building Projects
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be available to physically amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68664/25]
- Adoption Services
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68682/25]
- Disadvantaged Status
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) to be included in the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68691/25]
- Schools Building Projects
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 25 November 2025, the timeframe in which the application for additional accommodation by a school...
- School Curriculum
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has obtained legal advice on the compatibility of Bí Cineálta and related SPHE requirements with Articles 41 and 42 of the...
- School Accommodation
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent in the years 2020 to 2025 on prefabricated classrooms, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68863/25]
- State Properties
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interest her Department has in the building that formerly housed a school (details supplied). [68952/25]
- School Accommodation
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department requires a minimal life expectancy for any modular building provided for schools; the nature of that requirement; and the...
- School Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to reduce the administrative burden on school principals and deputy principals to allow them to focus more on the...
- Pension Provisions
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to resolve outstanding issues in respect of pension parity for school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that a permanent school project (details supplied) will proceed to tendering as planned in the last quarter of 2025; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to address an anomaly related to Circular 54/2019; if a teacher has moved schools in the past 12-months, regardless of...
- School Transport
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the Department’s estimate of the current national shortfall in buses required to meet contractual and public-service...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Commercial Rates
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a waiver on commercial rates, or a portion of commercial rates or taxes, for the owners of commercial...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of correspondence received by the National Parks and Wildlife Service from Mid and East Antrim...
- Local Authorities
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether transport projects can lawfully proceed in an area where the planning authority has been found by the High Court to be...
- Public Sector Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the commitments given to water services workers in June 2023, allowing them to remain in direct local authority employment...
- Local Authorities
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish a comparative league table of local authorities’ performance with regard to housing delivery; and...
- Tourism Policy
318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discretion local authorities will have to develop policies under the Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025; when local...
- Homeless Persons Supports
319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received for a homeless day centre in Cork city. [68625/25]
- Water Supply
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the eligibility criteria under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme (MARWP) 2024–2026 to allow...
- National Monuments
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give serious consideration to acquiring the Balcarrick Martello Tower, Donabate which is a recorded National Monument and...
- Defective Building Materials
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the details of the recently extended pyrite remediation scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authorities
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the grades of oifigigh forbartha Gaeilge in each of the local authorities, in tabular form; if he will consider...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of major infrastructure projects that experienced delays arising from Environmental Impact Assessment or...
- Housing Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has prepared a full delivery schedule to meet the stated target of 12,000 new social homes per year; and if...
- Local Authorities
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current national level of local authority housing units classified as non-lettable for more than 12 months; and the...
- Housing Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department maintains real-time tracking of housing delivery bottlenecks across local authorities; and if he will...
- Construction Industry
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected date for the publication of the first productivity indicators for residential construction, including those...
- Planning Issues
340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual average and median decision timelines for SHD and LRD applications in each of the past five years, by local...
- Housing Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning timeline assumptions used to underpin the delivery pathway for the target of 300,000 homes under Delivering...
- Building Energy Rating
344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes in Cork city and Cork county that have been upgraded to BER C in 2025. [68826/25]
- Departmental Data
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department has taken since 2022 to secure more granular productivity data to support national housing targets....
- Wastewater Treatment
349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently commence work on the proposed sewerage scheme for Beaufort Village, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he...
- Housing Provision
350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the primary operational, staffing, procurement, and supply-chain constraints reported by local authorities in...
- Special Areas of Conservation
351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Lough Corrib became a candidate special area of conservation, considering that there are conflicting dates on the public...
- Housing Schemes
354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria considered when the threshold for entry to the Croí Cónaithe scheme was set at 20-units; if a viability...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Correspondence
355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will instruct officials in his Department to use more personal and dignified language in correspondences with...
- Departmental Data
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of maternity benefit each year since 2020 [68645/25]
- Departmental Schemes
357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies and employees, by band of number of employees and subsidy level, availing of the wage subsidy scheme;...
- Pension Provisions
360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address concerns that the auto-enrolment process will undermine private company pensions by forcing private pension...
- Social Welfare Benefits
361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 27 November 2025, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will...
- Social Welfare Payments
362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on an exceptional needs payment (details supplied). [68962/25]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the recent updates to citizenship qualification criteria; and when the changes will come into effect. [68533/25]
- Outdoor Events
365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether it is intended to continue the practice of licensing public roads, footpaths and public spaces for use by outdoor...
- Visa Applications
368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to evaluate the matter and...
- Departmental Reviews
369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has made a decision on the recommendation issued by the Law Society in January 2023 to amend or remove the...
- Immigration Support Services
370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the number of instances from 2022 to date where a service provider or potential service provider for...
- Gambling Sector
371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his view on predatory gambling advertising practises at betting shopfronts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to provide for the disregard of certain historic criminal convictions arising from consensual sexual activity...
- Sentencing Policy
373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will increase minimum sentences for assaults against women to act as a greater deterrent and help safeguard women...
- Departmental Reviews
374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has assessed the need for formal public guidance, accessible online and through Garda stations, clarifying...
- An Garda Síochána
375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Roads Policing Unit members assigned to Cork City and its metropolitan area. [68758/25]
- Immigration Support Services
378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has completed any capacity modelling of the pressures on international protection accommodation services,...
- Prison Service
380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a rule whereby siblings under the age of 18 when accompanied by a parent are not allowed visit their sibling in...
- Legislative Measures
381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for the introduction of the proposed late licence reforms for restaurants; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Support Services
383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of both Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants presently being accommodated by the State; if...
- Legislative Reviews
384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the implementation of proposals contained in the report entitled an Assessment of the Efficacy of Bail Laws...
- Anti-Racism Measures
385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to combat the rise of antisemitism in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68956/25]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Beef Sector
386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if following a recent report of illegal and substandard antibiotics being used in Brazilian beef imports, he will request a...
- Departmental Schemes
387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the TB compensation scheme payment for a person (details supplied). [68564/25]
- Departmental Data
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocations in current and capital expenditure to Teagasc in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Food Safety
389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken by his Department following recent FSAI and DAFM inspection findings relating to non-compliance in certain meat...
- Departmental Investigations
390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of investigations currently under way relating to unpaid debts owed by meat processors to primary producers; the scale of...
- Departmental Inquiries
391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine a matter (details supplied) in respect of the importation of non-native honeybees; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Departmental Reviews
392. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on their request for an increase in their...
- Family Resource Centres
393. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the child and family agency, Tusla, has decided to close the aftercare service based at Liberty Street House in Cork...
- Departmental Meetings
394. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will ensure that a meeting with a social worker is provided to a person (details supplied) urgently. [68622/25]
- Child Protection
395. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child welfare and child protection cases closed by Tusla between 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2022, broken down by...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
415. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to investigate the matter and ensure the...
- National Cultural Institutions
416. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to appoint a person with suitable archival qualifications to the National Centre for Research and Remembrance...
- Departmental Data
417. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of inspection reports, compliance notifications, and regulatory breach findings relating to private subcontracted...
- Health Services Staff
421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, when and by whom the decision was taken to exclude medical scientists who retired before 1...
- Departmental Data
423. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists in all hospitals offering ophthalmology services by length of time on such wait lists, and the...
- Mental Health Services
424. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a child (details supplied) will be waiting for a psychologist assessment, to which they have been referred; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Strategies
425. To ask the Minister for Health the campaigns her Department is running to encourage graduating medical professionals to stay and work in the Irish healthcare system; the campaigns which are...
- Departmental Data
426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics and ENT's, including advanced paramedics in counties Monaghan and Cavan, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to date in 2025, in...
- Health Services
428. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reexamine the decision to cease the phased dispensing reimbursement service for certain medications in community pharmacies (details supplied)....
- Departmental Data
432. To ask the Minister for Health the current national and regional data on delayed recall appointments within the HSE including appointments issued to patients following hospital discharge for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital and outpatient appointments that were missed, cancelled, or scheduled but not fulfilled in the past 12-months; the breakdown by...
- Medical Cards
434. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of dentists in the north Wexford area who accept medical cards; the average length of time waiting for treatment; the measures being put in...
- Dental Services
435. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of dentists in the Arklow and south Wicklow area who accept medical cards; the average length of time waiting for treatment; the measures...
- Primary Care Centres
436. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the long awaited primary care centre planned for Gorey, County Wexford. [68579/25]
- General Practitioner Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives which are in place to encourage the establishment of new general practitioner practices. [68580/25]
- Health Services Staff
438. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of health care assistants employed, by CHO area under the home support service for older people; the number of vacancies, by CHO area; and if...
- Health Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health the range of State supports available to persons with haemochromatosis; and if she will consider running a public information campaign on the condition. [68582/25]
- Departmental Funding
440. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to extend funding through the community primary care service to include battery packs for CPAP devices; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
441. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68610/25]
- Dental Services
442. To ask the Minister for Health the role and responsibility of the dental service at a location (details supplied); the services they offer and if they are taking children for all...
- Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been received for a homeless day centre in Cork city. [68624/25]
- Departmental Data
446. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on taxis and minibuses by the HSE (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [68659/25]
- Departmental Reports
447. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 26 November 2025, the date which she received a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
449. To ask the Minister for Health if regulations currently being drafted under section 13 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 in relation to ‘content of advertisements’ will...
- Health Services
451. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists are excluded from the recognition of agency work for incremental credit...
- Departmental Data
453. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68684/25]
- Departmental Reviews
454. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 134 of 20 November 2025, and 943 of 25 November 2025, the current status of the review to assess the resources required...
- Departmental Circulars
455. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have issued any internal guidance, instructions or circulars to deciding officers and medical officers on the treatment of...
- Hospital Staff
456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants delivering chronic pain services in each hospital group; the number of vacant posts in these services in Q4...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
457. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for first-time chronic pain appointments in each hospital group; the number of people aged over 65 on each waiting list; and the...
- Departmental Data
458. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to chronic pain services in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the planned allocation for 2026; and whether additional funding will be ring-fenced to...
- Departmental Inquiries
459. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department last assessed unmet need for chronic pain treatment in adults aged over 65, in light of TILDA Wave 6 findings that two-thirds of older...
- Healthcare Policy
460. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to introduce a dedicated older persons pain strategy aligned with Sláintecare’s integrated-care objectives; and if so, the...
- Departmental Data
461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications from persons aged 70 years and over that were refused any form of card, including a GP visit card, in each of the years 2020 to...
- Medical Cards
463. To ask the Minister for Health the current income thresholds used for assessing medical card eligibility for persons aged 70 years and over; when they were last reviewed; and the evidence...
- Departmental Data
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over-70s whose applications for a medical card were reclassified to GP visit card awards due to marginal threshold exceedance since 2020, broken...
- Medical Cards
466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over-70s whose medical card applications were discontinued due to incomplete documentation or verification requests in each of the years 2020 to...
- Departmental Data
473. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a table showing changes to income thresholds for over-70s medical cards and GP visit cards since 2019, alongside the Consumer Price Index...
- Medical Cards
475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card and GP visit card holders aged 70 or over who incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses exceeding one thousand euro in the past year...
- Departmental Inquiries
476. To ask the Minister for Health the formal mechanisms her Department has in place to obtain assurance that the HSE is monitoring governance, audit, and compliance issues in voluntary...
- Health and Safety
478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections, compliance notices, closure orders or enforcement actions issued by the FSAI and authorised officers in meat processing facilities...
- Departmental Data
479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason her Department holds no independent records on the adequacy of the HSE's financial reporting, audit controls or compliance systems for voluntary...
- Health Services
480. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will introduce a national data-collection framework to track short and long-term mental health outcomes for pregnancy loss, including access...
- Health Services Staff
482. To ask the Minister for Health the formal guidance issued by her Department to the HSE regarding paid or authorised leave for staff who experience pregnancy loss before the 24th week of...
- Departmental Inquiries
485. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and findings of any facility, safety, hygiene or environmental inspections carried out by or reported to her Department in relation to the Orchid...
- Departmental Data
486. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current waiting list for chronic pain services in each hospital, the number of patients waiting more than 12 months and more than 18 months, the...
- Departmental Inquiries
487. To ask the Minister for Health to list all hospitals that provide chronic pain services, to identify which of these have a dedicated multidisciplinary pain service including psychology,...
- Departmental Data
488. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current number of recognised training posts in pain medicine, the number of trainees in the current cycle, the expected number of new...
- Health Services Staff
489. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of funded HSE posts that remained unfilled in 2024, by month, in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68805/25]
- Departmental Funding
490. To ask the Minister for Health the total monthly value of salary funding associated with unfilled HSE posts in 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68806/25]
- Health Services Staff
493. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of internal transfers made between pay and non-pay expenditure lines within the HSE in 2024; and the month in which each transfer occurred....
- Departmental Funding
494. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the year-end reconciliation for the HSE 2024 pay allocation showing each hospital group and community health organisation's pay budget allocation,...
- Health Services Staff
495. To ask the Minister for Health whether any hospital group or community health organisation recorded vacancy-driven surpluses in their 2024 pay budget, and to provide the value of those...
- Departmental Funding
496. To ask the Minister for Health to detail any HSE internal finance guidance in place during 2024 governing the treatment of unspent pay allocation arising from unfilled posts; and to provide...
- Departmental Inquiries
497. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which the HSE monitors vacancy-related impacts on pay expenditure; and the reporting mechanisms used by hospital groups and community health...
- Health Services Staff
498. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of funded posts that remained unfilled at year end 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation; and the corresponding value...
- Departmental Funding
502. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of any internal reallocations by the HSE of salary funding arising from unfilled posts within Cork University Hospital or Mercy University...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in County Donegal currently on audiology waiting lists broken down by adults and children, in tabular form; the length of time they have...
- Health Services Staff
505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within audiology services in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68853/25]
- Primary Care Centres
506. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre in Dungloe, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68854/25]
- Disability Services
507. To ask the Minister for Health if she will instruct her Department to provide more resources and staff to CDNT8 (details supplied). [68859/25]
- Health Service Executive
508. To ask the Minister for Health if patients who are seated in chairs in emergency departments for extended periods such as for more than six-hours are included in the official trolley numbers...
- Primary Care Centres
509. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide updated information on the plans of the HSE for the new primary healthcare centre proposed for an area (details supplied), including the...
- Nursing Homes
511. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expedite the delivery and full opening of the Killarney Community Nursing Home of 130 beds; the penalties which are in place for late delivery;...
- Mental Health Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently publish the overdue north Kerry CAMHS lookback review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68895/25]
- Hospital Staff
513. To ask the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and...
- Addiction Treatment Services
514. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of service users assigned to each addiction counsellor in Arbour House in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [68908/25]
- Health Services Staff
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved 2024 HSE development posts that are currently filled by temporary staff and by agency staff, broken down by staff grade, and the reasons...
- Health Service Executive
517. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time taken for an applicant for a 2024 HSE development post to complete the clearance process before being placed on payroll, the number...
- Departmental Data
522. To ask the Minister for Health whether a governance framework exists within her Department requiring clinical audit of elective procedures performed without medical indication; if so, what...
- Healthcare Policy
523. To ask the Minister for Health the statutory or policy basis on which elective procedures without medical indication are authorised within the public hospital system; and if any legal advice...
- Health Services
524. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the underlying actuarial modelling, market projections, and equality assessment used by the Health Insurance Authority in recommending the 2026...
- Health Services Staff
526. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide the full breakdown of approved whole-time equivalent posts and filled posts in Arbour House for 2023, 2024 and 2025; and to confirm...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
527. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting-list management protocol for service users awaiting initial assessment in Arbour House; and the date on which her Department last reviewed...
- Health Service Executive
528. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has instructed the HSE to provide monthly reports on 2024 development posts filled by temporary or agency staff; and the date on which...
- Health Services Staff
530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded 2024 posts that remained unfilled as a direct result of the employment control measures applied in 2024 and 2025, the projected timeframe...
- Hospital Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ultrasound imaging services in publicly funded acute hospitals; the hospitals which do not provide ultrasound on either/both a seven-day...
- Health Service Executive
539. To ask the Minister for Health if dupilumab will be made available through the HSE for the treatment of juvenile eosinophilic oesophagitis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
540. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing older persons to apply for a medical card through their local community welfare officer, in light of the significant...
- Pharmacy Services
541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any engagement her Department has had with the Irish Pharmacy Union to encourage the use of European made pharmaceuticals wherever possible; and if...
- Medicinal Products
542. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of establishing a priority for the acquisition of EU made pharmaceuticals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68985/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Policies
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a performance and evaluation framework has been approved for the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction at Mount...
- Further and Higher Education
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students attending private tutorial colleges (details supplied) are eligible to apply for SUSI grants; the criteria governing eligibility for...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
546. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé sásta an chumhacht reachtúil a thabhairt d’Údarás na Gaeltachta atá i mBille...
- Departmental Funding
547. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will announce the grants for community centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68990/25]
- Departmental Data
548. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the delivery of the actions under Our Rural Future, relevant to rural towns and villages; and to outline...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
549. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to strengthen the capacity of the Charities Regulator, in particular to support smaller volunteer-led...
- Departmental Funding
550. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the future of LEADER funding, if his Department has considered any alternative or complementary funding models to ensure...
- Community Care
551. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available for a community garden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68620/25]
- Departmental Funding
552. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a group (details supplied) did not receive funding through the CLÁR Programme recently; and if he will make a...
- Community Development Projects
553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of Céibh an Chóra and an Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the timeline for the delivery...
- Departmental Funding
554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding his Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68686/25]
- Departmental Data
555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a Clár application by a club in County Kerry was unsuccessful (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
