Written answers
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Artificial Intelligence
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to issue responses to parliamentary...
- Departmental Expenditure
2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4620/26]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
3. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to China. [4736/26]
- Departmental Websites
4. To ask the Taoiseach how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4825/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
6. To ask the Taoiseach the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms, including identifying separately...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Meetings
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussion at the EU Council in relation to support for the integrity and sovereignty of EU member states,...
- Artificial Intelligence
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she or any of her officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for her Department, or to...
- Departmental Expenditure
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4612/26]
- Middle East
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken by the Department to advocate for the release of a person (details supplied) who faces execution in Iran; and if she...
- Passport Services
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) given the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Websites
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how she ensures that all websites operated by her Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4817/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by her Department on social media or online platforms,...
- EU Meetings
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussion at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in relation to support for the integrity and sovereignty of EU...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Funding
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue emergency funding to a hugely successful project at an OPW site (details supplied) to see the project to...
- Energy Conservation
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for works to be carried out under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any product or services purchased from Thailand by his Department in 2025, by description and amount...
- Artificial Intelligence
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his...
- Departmental Expenditure
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4606/26]
- Energy Conservation
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) in relation to its energy recovery targets for the period 2022 –...
- Recycling Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of batteries recycled through the WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) scheme in Ireland in each of...
- Energy Policy
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the expansion of district heating in Ireland’s energy transition; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Inquiries
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4647/26]
- Renewable Energy Generation
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total SEAI budget allocated for non-domestic renewable energy supports in each of the past three years; the proportion...
- Environmental Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a levy on single-use cups as provided for in the Circular Economy Act 2022; the timeline for same;...
- Legislative Measures
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress update on the Heat (Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024; and if he will make a...
- Climate Change Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the Government's position that Ireland's carbon budgets to 2030 will not be met; and if so, whether this is due to...
- Renewable Energy Generation
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of the community energy projects supported by his Department that were delivered in 2025. [4790/26]
- Departmental Websites
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4811/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
- Data Centres
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the safeguards in place to ensure that a data centre (details supplied) will not hinder electricity and water demand for...
- Department of Defence
- Artificial Intelligence
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her or any of her officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for her Department, or to issue...
- Departmental Expenditure
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4608/26]
- National Security
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to protect State undersea cables; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4723/26]
- Departmental Websites
40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how her ensures that all websites operated by her Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4813/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by her Department on social media or online platforms, including...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of any additional complaints from public transport providers, such as Dublin Bus, regarding the road use conduct of...
- Public Transport
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider the introduction of additional and improved services in Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he...
- Artificial Intelligence
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to...
- Departmental Expenditure
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4621/26]
- Airport Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of recent increases in parking charges at Cork Airport; if he has engaged with the DAA regarding this increase; the...
- Transport Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next review of the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend legislation to enable public transport repair vehicles to utilise bus lanes in the event of service disruptions to the...
- Transport Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken by his Department to meet the requirements outlined by the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) by 2040; and...
- Public Transport
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of new Local Link routes delivered in 2025. [4770/26]
- Rail Network
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress achieved in the delivery of rail projects under the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy in 2025. [4773/26]
- Bus Services
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress achieved in the delivery of Bus Connects for Dublin in 2025. [4774/26]
- Departmental Websites
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4826/26]
- Bus Services
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority can be requested to provide bus stops in Milltown, County Kerry, and make improvements to bus...
- Departmental Expenditure
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms,...
- Penalty Points System
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following his answer to Parliamentary Question No’s 589, 590, 656, 657, 659, 661, 667 to 669, 671, 672 684 and 700 of 13 January...
- Bus Services
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric buses have been purchased by Bus Éireann and the NTA for national, city and town services that are not in use;...
- Driver Test
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait time for a driving test in the test centre in Ballina, County Mayo; the measures being taken to reduce the wait time at...
- Public Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for rollout of contactless ticketing on Cork fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/26]
- Bus Services
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date for bus connects network to begin in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/26]
- Road Safety
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement which has been held with his Department to progress the legislation for automatic camera enforcement at junctions and other...
- Road Traffic Offences
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the result of the AI camera on the 220 Bus targeting traffic infractions; if it will be done again on other routes in Cork City; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position regarding the primary medical certificate; the changes that have been made to the scheme; if any further changes are proposed; and if he...
- Revenue Commissioners
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that Revenue officials would attend and interrogate stall holders at Christmas craft fairs in County Tipperary before...
- Artificial Intelligence
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to issue responses to...
- Departmental Expenditure
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4611/26]
- Tax Code
76. To ask the Minister for Finance his view on abolishing the eight-year deemed disposal rule in the capital gains tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4789/26]
- Insurance Coverage
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial and other supports that are available to small community groups in meeting the cost of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Websites
78. To ask the Minister for Finance how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4816/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms, including identifying...
- Tax Credits
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a case (details supplied) where a person has been refused the mortgage interest tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding any product or services purchased from Thailand by his Department in 2025, by description and amount paid; and if...
- Artificial Intelligence
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to...
- Departmental Expenditure
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4617/26]
- Agriculture Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has received any request from the Department of Agriculture; Food and the Marine to increase the allocation in...
- Office of Public Works
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will issue emergency funding to a project at an OPW site (details supplied) to see the project to the end of 2026, and allow time...
- Departmental Websites
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4822/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms,...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Artificial Intelligence
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or...
- Departmental Expenditure
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4610/26]
- Work Permits
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a general employment permit renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue in...
- Departmental Websites
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4815/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms,...
- Health and Safety
96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for the Health and Safety Authority for the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive; the number of inspections carried out by the HSA...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the temporary special school in Castleblayney, County Monaghan to date; the additional cost of the temporary portacabins; and if she...
- School Curriculum
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the removal of sailing as an eligible activity for the additional assessment component of the leaving certificate physical...
- School Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on application for additional funding for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Artificial Intelligence
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or any of her officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for her Department, or to issue...
- Departmental Expenditure
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4609/26]
- School Accommodation
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 11 June 2024, the reason there has been a delay of almost four years for the delivery of the...
- School Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a contingency fund available for schools whose enrolment increases by more than 20% within a single academic year in relation the...
- School Staff
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4649/26]
- Special Educational Needs
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1200 and 1201 of 13 January, if he will explain the reason a report is being insisted upon when a...
- Education and Training Boards
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made similar to section 3 of the Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 to oblige educational training boards to engage with...
- Special Educational Needs
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons an additional ASD special class was not sanctioned in a post-primary school (details supplied); the criteria applied in determining...
- School Facilities
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken by her Department to upgrade the building energy rating, BER, rating of all school buildings; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details of new school buildings completed in 2025. [4760/26]
- School Transport
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the routes added to the school transport scheme in 2025 for primary, secondary and special schools. [4762/26]
- Special Educational Needs
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special classes which were delivered 2025, by county. [4764/26]
- Departmental Websites
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she ensures that all websites operated by her Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4814/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by her Department on social media or online platforms, including...
- Special Educational Needs
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request to open two additional special classes will be sanctioned by the NCSE for a school (details supplied); when the next tranche of...
- Schools Building Projects
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding a new campus and new buildings for a school (details supplied), given the school has been operating out of temporary...
- Special Educational Needs
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a plan is in place to re-open the sensory room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5013/26]
- School Accommodation
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department would consider replacing the current, failing pre-fabricated building units in a school (details supplied), with a...
- School Enrolments
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to reduce the number on waiting lists for second-level education in north Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of locations for the construction of new school buildings, excluding extensions, for existing schools for the year...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Artificial Intelligence
136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his...
- Departmental Expenditure
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4607/26]
- Online Safety
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to assess the success of the implementation of a ban on social media for under 16s in Australia; and if he will...
- Sports Facilities
142. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of new sports and physical recreation facilities delivered by his Department in 2025. [4783/26]
- Sports Organisations
144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline the supports available through his Department, and bodies under its aegis, such as Sport Ireland, to...
- Departmental Websites
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4812/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
- Sports Organisations
148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the lack of payment options in a sport Ireland campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the eligibility criteria for the vacant property refurbishment grant, in light of concerns that limiting...
- Housing Schemes
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to support households who are above the income threshold for social housing but remain unable to...
- Wastewater Treatment
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is a matter for local authorities to apply for funding for constructed wetlands or will Uisce Eireann announce which...
- Artificial Intelligence
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his...
- Departmental Expenditure
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4615/26]
- Defective Building Materials
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the rates per square metre under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme have not been reviewed since the...
- Housing Schemes
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports currently available to first-time buyers purchasing second-hand homes; if there are any plans to introduce...
- Rental Sector
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken by the Department to mitigate the anticipated issues arising from the new rent reforms for families...
- Departmental Websites
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4820/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
- Commercial Rates
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if ECCE-early years childcare and education services that are 100% State funded and effectively not operating for profit are...
- Housing Policy
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail his plans to develop and support a co-operative housing sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Construction Industry
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail his plans to build public construction capacity to ensure Ireland has the workers needed to deliver a housing...
- Housing Policy
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department plans to draw down on the EU funding for housing made available through the EU affordable housing plan;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Artificial Intelligence
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his...
- Departmental Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4619/26]
- Pensions Reform
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees in County Carlow registered with My Future Fund;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4622/26]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for jobseeker’s benefit or allowances, as they exclude many young people...
- Social Welfare Offices
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken by the Department to develop a charter of rights for so called critical or front-line workers; and...
- Residential Institutions
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount paid to survivors of clerical abuse and the number of survivors compensated by the State; how much of that...
- Social Welfare Offices
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no social welfare inspector or community welfare officer is available in the Castlerea office, County Roscommon;...
- Departmental Websites
182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4824/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any website or other platform operated by his Department uses an AI-enabled chatbot; if there are plans to use chatbots;...
- Departmental Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
- Social Welfare Code
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the extension of the homeowner's once-off payment in respect of 2025 mortgage interest payments; if he will...
- Social Welfare Payments
186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will intervene to reinstate the disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish immigration residence permissions issued to students pursuing educational courses in the State in each of...
- Child Protection
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to the introduction of a single Garda vetting application process which would be sufficient...
- Artificial Intelligence
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his...
- Departmental Data
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the barrier that court fees may have on individuals seeking to engage in litigation especially in cases of...
- An Garda Síochána
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the implementation of Recommendation 1.12 of the Garda Inspectorate report on Transnational Organised Crime...
- Legislative Measures
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to introduce legislation which would ensure that responsibility for the prosecution of offences would be removed...
- Departmental Data
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigrants that have been admitted to the State since 2016 who have identified as Native American, broken down by...
- Domestic Violence
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new domestic violence refuge places delivered in 2025, and to provide a county-by-county breakdown of same. [4786/26]
- An Garda Síochána
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new Garda stations were opened in 2025; and if he will provide details of same. [4787/26]
- Information and Communications Technology
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4821/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any website or other platform operated by his Department uses an AI-enabled chatbot; if there are plans to use chatbots; in...
- Departmental Advertising
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
- Road Traffic Offences
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 1718 of 13 January 2026, the number of notification letters sent to...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the formal coordination mechanisms that exist between his Department, SEAI, and the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment...
- Artificial Intelligence
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department,...
- Departmental Data
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4604/26]
- Forestry Sector
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the announcement of approximately €23.5 million in forestry premium payments issued in 2026, the amount of funding...
- Agriculture Schemes
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for limiting approvals for TAMS 3 solar PV applications to approximately 25% of eligible applicants in tranche 9; the...
- Fishing Industry
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase supports for fishermen and women and the fishing industry after the disastrous quota negotiations recently...
- Food Safety
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Food Safety Authority of Ireland became aware that beef from Brazil treated with oestradiol was available on the...
- Veterinary Services
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary practices that have registered with his Department as retailers to enable them to dispense prescription...
- Harbours and Piers
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of pier projects that were delivered by his Department in 2025, in particular piers that were extended or...
- Information and Communications Technology
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4809/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any website or other platform operated by his Department uses an AI-enabled chatbot; if there are plans to use chatbots; in what...
- Departmental Advertising
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
- Agriculture Schemes
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which funding ceilings for TAMS 3 solar PV were set; whether he will consider revising the allocation given the strong...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Nursing Homes
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of people aged 65 years or younger residing in nursing-homes. [4544/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she or any of her officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for her Department,...
- Departmental Data
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4605/26]
- Disability Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a centre will remain open and in use, after a new respite centre opens (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that some ECCE providers have received commercial rates bills (details supplied), despite believing that ECCE-only...
- Guardians Ad Litem
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider facilitating a meeting with an organisation regarding their concerns related to the National Guardian ad Litem...
- Residential Institutions
246. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a home (details supplied) is not included in the redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4706/26]
- Maternity Leave
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to cases whereby pregnant women are not given adequate job protection in advance of taking maternity...
- Family Resource Centres
257. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of new family resource centres delivered in 2025. [4775/26]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if new providers entered core funding in 2025; and details of same. [4776/26]
- Information and Communications Technology
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how she ensures that all websites operated by her Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4810/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any website or other platform operated by her Department uses an AI-enabled chatbot; if there are plans to use chatbots; in what...
- Departmental Advertising
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by her Department on social media or online...
- Department of Health
- Online Safety
263. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the report published by the Online Health Taskforce in December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4709/26]
- Departmental Data
266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will be given a date for a marriage of convenience interview (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5087/26]
- Health Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2608 of 29 July 2025, if a county-by-county, or CHO area breakdown can be provided on these figures; and if she will make...
- Dental Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be introduced to increase the provision of places in dental schools in view of the shortage of dentists; and if she will make a statement on...
- Vaccination Programme
270. To ask the Minister for Health if she will include enhanced flu vaccines for older people in the procurement process for the next flu season, as recommended by the NIAC; and if she will...
- Medicinal Products
272. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to introduce a formal compassionate use programme in Ireland for orphan drugs, in light of the fact that several EU member states already...
- Medical Cards
273. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the criteria for medical card eligibility to allow for an audiology-only medical card, or similar entitlement, for individuals with...
- Hospital Staff
274. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to reduce the current reliance on locum consultants, given that 16.5% of consultant posts are filled on a locum basis; the reason for...
- Healthcare Policy
275. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve supports for people with food allergies in public settings; the plans to develop a national allergy strategy; and the actions...
- Mental Health Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service-users living in residential mental health services in Lauriston, Midleton and O'Dwyer's Road, Midleton; the investment in both houses;...
- Hospital Facilities
283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of net new additional acute hospital beds (excluding any replacement beds) that have been constructed in the years 2023, 2024, and 2025; and if she...
- Hospital Staff
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant posts which have been approved for Kerry General Hospital in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, by year, by...
- Primary Care Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the locations where HSE employed audiologists by grade are based within primary care services as of 12 January 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
286. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times to see a consultant neurologist at Cork University Hospital for the first time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4560/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
287. To ask the Minister for Health if she or any of her officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for her Department, or to issue responses to...
- Departmental Data
288. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4614/26]
- Health Screening Programmes
289. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the NSAC to consider the further expansion of cancer screening programmes; when the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be...
- Healthcare Policy
290. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is considering introducing legislation to regulate or restrict the sale of nitrous oxide, particularly to prevent the sale of such substances...
- Health Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider covering the cost of the medical supervision required to prescribe and manage HRT treatment (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
294. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4683/26]
- Departmental Schemes
295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a grant scheme for the purchase of generators for individuals who require constant electricity supply for medical...
- Primary Care Centres
296. To ask the Minister for Health if a position in a primary care centre (details supplied) will be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4688/26]
- Health Services Staff
297. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing in all child and adolescent and adult eating disorder teams as of the end of year 2025, per WTE funded and per WTE filled, in tabular form; and if...
- Hospital Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1024 of 12 November 2025, if a substantive response has been issued by the HSE; when the person (details supplied) will...
- Health Services Staff
299. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 692 of 18 December 2025, to outline the process and criteria to be used to ensure an equitable distribution across the...
- Health Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health her views on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4703/26]
- Mental Health Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [4718/26]
- Substance Misuse
305. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn young people of the dangers of “chroming”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4724/26]
- Health Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to review the preparations taken by the HSE in advance of the flu season; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health considering the ongoing difficulties recruiting a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary if children in south Tipperary will be given access to a...
- Health Services
308. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the actions she will take to address the contents therein;...
- Dental Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent dental treatment can be provided by the HSE dental services in Donegal for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in each of Cavan and Monaghan awaiting a CT in Cavan Hospital for a period of 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and 12 months+; and if...
- Hospital Equipment
316. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which it is expected that an MRI scanner will be located at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4794/26]
- Primary Medical Certificates
317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4796/26]
- Health Services
318. To ask the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4800/26]
- Hospital Charges
319. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected by all public hospitals in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular...
- Hospital Investigations
321. To ask the Minister for Health if any actions have been taken with respect to the surgeons identified in the Independent Audit on Hip Surgery Thresholds for Children with Developmental...
- Hospital Procedures
325. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in other public hospitals will also be included in the external expert panel...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
326. To ask the Minister for Health if planning permission is required for beds to be delivered in Cork University Hospital in 2026 (details supplied); if so, the status of said planning...
- Departmental Websites
327. To ask the Minister for Health how she ensures that all websites operated by her Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4819/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
329. To ask the Minister for Health the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by her Department on social media or online platforms, including identifying...
- Care of the Elderly
330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in Thomastown for respite for dementia patients at present; the number of beds that will be available for respite for dementia patients when...
- Health Services Staff
331. To ask the Minister for Health if targeted recruitment incentives are being considered for RGNs in community settings, particularly in high pressure areas including Dublin Mid-West; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures will be introduced to ensure the availability of more places for Irish students in dental schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Artificial Intelligence
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to issue...
- Departmental Expenditure
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4613/26]
- Grant Payments
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the eligibility rules for SUSI grant support for students undertaking undergraduate or postgraduate study in Northern Ireland;...
- Departmental Websites
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4818/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms, including...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Library Projects
339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided for the refurbishment of Mayfield Library under the Library Capital Programme 2023-2027. [4561/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his...
- Departmental Expenditure
342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4618/26]
- Rural Schemes
343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht given the success of the Leader Programme 2023 -2027, if he will allocate additional funding to the development...
- Library Projects
348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if new libraries were delivered in 2025; and if he will provide details of same. [4782/26]
- Departmental Websites
349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4823/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
351. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online...
