Written answers

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Programme for Government
      27. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the Programme for Government. [74325/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      61. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [74326/25]
    • National Security Committee
      106. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment to establish a new national security committee to examine existing national security structures; and the...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      120. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping [1709/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      122. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [1249/26]
    • Child Poverty
      127. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [1755/26]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider introducing a three-year wait for family reunification for those with refugee status in the new migration...
    • Hospital Services
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the provision of post-mortem services at Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Court Accommodation
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason plans for the refurbishment of Wicklow court house were removed from the National Development Plan; the plans to use...
    • An Garda Síochána
      159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of trainee and qualified Gardaí, respectively, in the force as of 1 January 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on changing the laws on trespassing so that in criminal cases, the burden of proof lies with the defendant to prove...
    • Departmental Properties
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the transfer of River Lodge, Newtownmountkennedy from his Department to the HSE; the timeline for the site to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits he expects to graduate at the next passing out ceremony in the Garda College in Templemore; and if he...
    • Restorative Justice
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to improve restorative justice; the progress he has made to “roll out nationally the voluntary...
    • Deportation Orders
      165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that have been revoked by his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of naturalisation applications received, rejected and approved in each respective year from 2021 to 2025 inclusive,...
    • Domestic Violence
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to reviewing barring orders, safety orders and protection orders. [6154/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next passing out ceremony will take place in the Garda College in Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Presidency
      169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work being done in his Department in preparation for Ireland taking over the EU presidency later this year; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals to increase the emphasis on community policing, which is a very highly regarded policing measure in communities...
    • Youth Services
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the merits of developing more inclusive and targeted support models for children and adolescents that would help...
    • EU Presidency
      172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the security infrastructure that has been put in place for the events in relation to the upcoming EU...
    • An Garda Síochána
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he undertook in 2025 to increase Garda numbers; his plan for same in 2026; and when he expects the next passing out...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of Cuan, including progress to date on its mandate; the current programmes in operation, staffing and...
    • Asylum Applications
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who applied for asylum or refugee status in Ireland in 2025; the country of origin of the applicants; the...
    • Legislative Measures
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals there are to amend section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 in regard to the time limit for...
    • International Protection
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department ensures there is value-for-money for the State in IPAS contracts given the rising costs and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      178. 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
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Garda strength. [6211/26]
    • Crime Prevention
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments regarding taking steps to reduce retail...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which refuges will open in both Cavan and Monaghan. [6175/26]
    • Family Reunification
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his proposed changes to the rules around family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6203/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, in the proposed Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026, Gardaí are being given powers to seize and search...
    • Deportation Orders
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people issued with a deportation order and the number of persons deported by the State, respectively, in each of...
    • Prison Service
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his plans for a new prison in the Glen in Cork. [6195/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill 2014, which has been repeatedly recommended as needed to legislate for...
    • Family Resource Centres
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide funding to family resource centres to employ support workers to support people fleeing domestic violence...
    • Immigration Policy
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to introduce a national asylum seeker integration strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of checkpoints conducted in each Garda division and/or district; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Security
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way threats to the security of the State will be defined under proposed legislation to create additional covert...
    • An Garda Síochána
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/26]
    • Departmental Reports
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of each of the 15 recommendations recommended in the report on the operation of bail in Ireland prepared by Senior...
    • An Garda Síochána
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána in the Fermoy and Midleton Districts of County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of Thornton Hall for international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Courts Service
      198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on progress in the Courts Service Modernisation Programme, as referenced in recent justice reform announcements...
    • An Garda Síochána
      199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to ensure Gardaí have sufficient powers to tackle the misuse of...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative framework governing the use of CCTV in public places; the current status of the commencement and implementation...
    • Departmental Policies
      201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the work underway to develop and implement the Voice of the Child Report Template and accompanying...
    • An Garda Síochána
      202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions made under, and the number of ongoing Garda investigations into, cases where the allegation includes...
    • Communications Surveillance
      203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the new Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill will permit An Garda Síochána, or any State...
    • An Garda Síochána
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on Garda numbers, new recruits and any retention strategies that are in place in the force. [6165/26]
    • Youth Services
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the provision of youth diversion projects for Macroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6184/26]
    • Drug Dealing
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that there is currently no specific offence for drug-related intimidation. [6189/26]
    • Court Accommodation
      207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he, his Department and the Courts Service will ensure the inclusion of a new courthouse in Portlaoise on the National...
    • An Garda Síochána
      208. 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
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department's plans to address the need for a domestic abuse refuge centre in County Laois; to provide a timeline for such a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the legislation needed to allow An Garda Síochána to use drones as part of their operations. [6164/26]
    • Crime Prevention
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce stronger laws to combat the spiking of drinks....
    • EU Presidency
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure the required security, land, sea and air are in place to protect Ireland in view of the EU...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the current statutory powers available to An Garda Síochána and the courts to address...
    • Legislative Measures
      215. 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...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strategy, and programmes, in place to address antisocial behaviour, including Garda-led initiatives; the way in...
    • Drug Dealing
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans his Department has this year to deal with the scourge of drugs and drug-related crime, including drug debt...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      218. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5545/26]
    • Employment Data
      220. To ask the Taoiseach the number of those under the age of 16 years-of-age in employment; the number of those aged 16 and 17 years-of-age, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form, in...
    • Census of Population
      222. To ask the Taoiseach what his Department currently considers the total population of the State to be; and the estimated number who are Irish citizens, nationals of the UK or EEA, or...
    • Energy Policy
      223. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the offshore energy clearinghouse. [6159/26]
    • Child Poverty
      224. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the ongoing work of the child poverty unit. [6415/26]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Expenditure
      225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5537/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department will run a recruitment campaign during Q1 seeking fluent English to Spanish translators and English to Italian translators...
    • EU Directives
      228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department’s stance on the digital omnibus proposal, in its current form, as published by the European Commission; to outline any...
    • Trade Sanctions
      229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of EU sanctions that apply to those engaged in or contributing to Russian state sponsored media, including a network (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services...
    • Consular Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to have an Irish Consulate General Office based in Cancun, Mexico. [5745/26]
    • Trade Agreements
      232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of the proposed EU-Australia trade agreement; whether it is envisaged that a final agreement will include visa free...
    • Official Engagements
      233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail all engagement she has had with Iraqi authorities on the continued detention of an Irish resident (details supplied); and if she...
    • Passport Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether a country (details supplied) can deny a visa to an Irish passport holder due to the fact the passport is a five-year passport that...
    • Climate Change Policy
      235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures her Department is taking to address the impact of climate crisis globally, and to support poorer nations in adapting. [6277/26]
    • International Relations
      236. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the Government's current policy position on the legitimacy of the Iranian regime, in light of sustained mass protests, the...
    • Humanitarian Access
      240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has raised, or intends to raise, within the EU or the United Nations the urgent need for international civilian protection...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultation responses received in relation to the draft regulations on costs under section 294 of the Planning and...
    • Rental Sector
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he would consider creating a targeted SEAI operated schemes for non-institutional landlords that would seek to increase...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current Government policy in relation to radon gas in residential properties; the level of funding or financial...
    • Energy Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to protect power supplies to homes and other businesses when there is excess power demand,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5531/26]
    • Recycling Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the introduction of the disposable coffee cup levy, as promised in the Circular Economy Act 2022, is planned to take...
    • Energy Usage
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households in electricity and gas arrears in 2025, as reported by the Commission for Regulation of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the 34 actions detailed under the "Looking forward to 2025" section of the ARET Annual Review 2024-2025...
    • Energy Policy
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the 27 actions detailed under the "Looking forward to 2025" section of the Offshore Wind Energy Programme...
    • EU Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided each year to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) from the European Regional Development...
    • Departmental Bodies
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of all current taskforces under his Department’s remit; the objectives and progress of each...
    • Just Transition
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the development of a just transition strategy by his Department; when he expects this Strategy to be...
    • Energy Policy
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the ongoing instability caused by the USA foreign policy and potential for economic sanctions and tariffs between...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position in relation to the Government’s commitments regarding the use of surplus renewable electricity, as...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his strategy for repowering existing windfarms when existing turbines reach end of life. [6156/26]
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the current DMAP process; the timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State supports which are available to companies, universities and postgraduate students to carry out of research in...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of instances within the SEAI's retrofitting programme whereby works carried out caused damage to the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      266. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5533/26]
    • Defence Forces
      267. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females that applied to join each branch of Defence Forces in each cadetship and or general services recruitment campaign in 2025,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland’s national sail training program; whether there are plans to acquire a new national sail training vessel...
    • Air Corps
      271. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all Air Corps helicopters are fully capable of night time reconnaissance during heavy intensive poor weather conditions, such as snow and so...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ports Policy
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of facilities for the offshore renewable sector at Irish ports. [6160/26]
    • Tax Collection
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of motor tax revenue for the most recent year for which figures are available, by local authority area based on...
    • Rail Network
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a clear plan to upgrade the Tralee-Mallow rail service in a manner that goes further than what was announced in the...
    • Driver Test
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests identified as booked through a third party website; and the number of these tests cancelled, in tabular form;...
    • Road Network
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate additional funding for roads in County Wexford in Budget 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if new bus routes will be provided for counties Wicklow and Wexford under his Department’s 2026 current expenditure allocation;...
    • Rail Network
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the introduction of an hourly rail service between Dublin Heuston and Waterford, alongside full double-tracking of the...
    • School Transport
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Safer routes to Schools Programme in Carlow for 2023,2024,2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to extend public transport in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5497/26]
    • Road Signage
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when cameras at traffic lights to detect motorists who break red lights will be implemented; the reason for the delay in their roll-out;...
    • Rail Network
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work carried out to date on the extension of the Luas green line to Bray; the length of time it will take to complete, from the start...
    • Pension Provisions
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the 5% increase in pensions for retired CIÉ workers which was agreed in August of 2025; to provide an update...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5546/26]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works that would need to be carried out at Dublin Airport to be able to handle a number of Airbus A380 type of aircraft at the same...
    • Bus Éireann
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electrified buses Bus Eireann has in service; the number of garages Bus Éireann operates; and the number of those...
    • Parking Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering proposals to prevent the misuse of disabled parking spaces on private premises; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the NTA has carried out an assessment of unmet public transport needs in Kildare north; the way in which these findings informed...
    • Departmental Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a licence will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5589/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification...
    • Transport Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to recent Cabinet approval to establish a new statutory body to deliver the MetroLink project in addition to the existing roles...
    • Bus Services
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that, following the withdrawal of the number 13 bus service along Griffith Avenue, passenger usage at bus stops on the...
    • Road Projects
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Mallow relief road project, including its position within his Department’s overall national roads...
    • Departmental Functions
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed update on the work of the ORE ports facilitation division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed list of the meetings and external stakeholders engaged with as part of the ongoing work of the ORE ports facilitation...
    • Ports Policy
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed update on the Port of Cork phase 1 development at Ringaskiddy as part of Connecting Europe Facility; and if he will make a...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) Bill 2025; when this Bill will progress to the next stage. [5750/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the NTA have been provided with resources to increase local link services beyond the resources included in the connecting Ireland...
    • Bus Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide additional peak-time services on a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/26]
    • National Car Test
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an investigation can be conducted of an inspection carried out at a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all works completed since 2020 and all works planned for the period 2026 to 2030 at DART stations and platforms on the...
    • Bus Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus timetable could be erected at the bus stop in Dingle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5859/26]
    • Public Transport
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the use of water taxis from Dublin Port along the River Liffey to Chapelizod as a means of public transport, similar...
    • Rail Network
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive, of bus replacement services provided on the Mallow to Cork...
    • Parking Provision
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify which authority is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of disabled persons’ blue badge parking bays located...
    • An Garda Síochána
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the statutory fee for the release of a vehicle impounded by An Garda Síochána, currently €125, was last increased;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the replacement for the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; the timeframe for the introduction of the scheme;...
    • Parking Provision
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend criteria of the disabled person's parking card scheme (blue badge) for people with autism, who despite being mobile,...
    • Public Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently convene a meeting between Iarnród Eireann, Bus Éireann, the new owners of a centre (details supplied) and Kerry...
    • Transport Policy
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the MetroLink project including procurement and contracting stages; the revised delivery timeline; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware of ongoing reliability and capacity issues on bus route 130; the steps being taken with the National Transport...
    • Rail Network
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current stage of progression of the DART Northern Line project; the next milestones for delivery; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether additional peak hour services are planned for bus route 130; the factors considered in service planning; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the second phase of the proposed speed limit changes, that will see the introduction of a 30km/h speed limit in urban areas, will be...
    • Coast Guard Service
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department recognises that members of the Irish Coast Guard, including volunteers in coastal units, may now join a union (details...
    • Transport Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the delivery of the 35 Pathfinder Programme projects (details supplied) under the National Sustainable Mobility Policy...
    • Departmental Meetings
      344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the dates he or his officials met with an organisation (details supplied) or bodies representing that organisation between 2020 and 2026,...
    • Bus Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details on the termination of a bus service (details supplied); whether a similar service is envisaged in the future; and if he will...
    • Traffic Management
      348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the work of his Department in trying to address traffic congestion levels in Dublin while awaiting the delivery of public...
    • Local Authorities
      349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in active travel teams or working on active travel projects in each local authority, in tabular form. [6506/26]
    • Active Travel
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has data for the number of people cycling and walking rather than taking a car or public transport for each of the...
    • Transport Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will produce guidelines for non-statutory consultations for local transport projects that do not fall within Part 8...
    • Active Travel
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has ensured that best practice procedures are currently in place across local authorities in implementing active travel...
    • Driver Test
      357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will work with the Department of Education and Youth to encourage making the driver theory test a mandatory part of...
    • Bus Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the H-spine bus route, which was the first BusConnects spine route created, does not have a 24-hour service; and if he...
    • Transport Policy
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide the National Transport Authority with the resources to provide rural communities and local authorities...
    • Bus Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the commencement of the new L13 bus service between Kilternan, Stepaside and Sandyford has been delayed; when it will...
    • Road Projects
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagements he has had with the Stormont executive in relation to the A5 road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the lack of clear and audible public address announcements at DART stations...
    • Road Safety
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to ongoing and seriously dangerous driving behaviour at a location (details supplied) particularly during...
    • Maritime Safety
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of the Marine Survey Office in investigating fatalities or serious incidents involving Irish-registered fishing vessels; the...
    • Public Transport
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes funded through his Department which subsidise public transport; if such apply to non-PSO operators; the allocation of such,...
    • Road Safety
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to engage with the Road Safety Authority to prohibit the use of LED automatic high-beam dipping systems, given the danger they pose to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      371. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider requests (details supplied) regarding Revenue's guidelines for determining employment status for taxation purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 466 and 472 of 4 November 2025, if further updates are available following the referral of this issue by the Revenue...
    • Tax Code
      376. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to calls to include gyms under tax relievable medical expenses; the steps he has taken to work towards that position with the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      378. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5536/26]
    • Fiscal Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Finance the distributional analysis of budget 2025 measures as published by the Department, showing impacts by income decile and household type. [5675/26]
    • Tax Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public houses in Ireland in December 2024; the estimated amount of alcoholic beverages sold, by category, by pubs in 2024; the total amount of...
    • World Bank
      382. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount contributed by the State to the World Bank in each year from 2000 to date. [6147/26]
    • Census of Population
      383. To ask the Minister for Finance what his Department currently considers the total population of the State to be; and the estimated number who are Irish citizens, nationals of the UK or EEA,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      384. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a targeted tax relief for people living with lung fibrosis who require long-term oxygen therapy, to help offset the...
    • Departmental Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify his Department's policy on responding to voluntary disclosure requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/26]
    • Employment Rights
      397. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers that have registered an intention to participate, filed a disclosure, and completed settlement under the Karshan Disclosure...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5542/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be further public consultation on his Departments’ national public procurement strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification...
    • Office of Public Works
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a list of all properties owned by the OPW in the town of Nenagh; and their uses. [5653/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform which programmes recorded expenditure overruns in the 2025 Appropriation Accounts and the corrective actions taken. [5679/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of contracts above €10 million awarded in 2025 which included social value or climate-related award criteria, in...
    • Legislative Measures
      411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department intend to publish the heads of Bill for the proposed new Critical Infrastructure Bill; and if he will make a...
    • National Gallery
      412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose of the new netting on parts of the roof of the National Gallery; the cost of the netting; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pay
      413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of serving Ministers and Ministers of State who were identified by the National Shared Services Office as having been...
    • Flood Risk Management
      418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of funding for a project (details supplied); the timeline for the allocation of funding and approval to enable the scheme to...
    • Data Protection
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department's open data policy and guidance on procurement transparency envisage that procurement-related payment and...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of multi-agency inspections or operations carried out in the past five years in fishing harbours to check immigration...
    • Northern Ireland
      421. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of funding budgeted for 2026 in relation to the Shared Island Fund; what it will be used for; amount budgeted for the...
    • Data Centres
      422. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average number of people employed in a data centre, post construction, long-term in the data centre itself, in the hinterland and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5535/26]
    • Industrial Development
      424. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list maintained by the IDA of Texas headquartered companies with operations in Ireland. [5553/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      425. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification...
    • Industrial Development
      426. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed by IDA Ireland as of 16 January 2026. [5754/26]
    • St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
      427. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment If Tourism Ireland plans to re-establish the Global Greening Initiative for the upcoming St. Patrick's day events. [5838/26]
    • Employment Rights
      428. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment following the signing into law by the President of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025, that provides that an...
    • Labour Court
      429. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a Labour Court appeal of a case (details supplied) will be held; the reason the naming correction has not been processed; and...
    • Work Permits
      430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of general employment permits issued for home care assistants working in nursing homes each year form 2019-2025 inclusive,...
    • Data Centres
      434. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given his competency for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct, to respond to allegations of...
    • EU Directives
      435. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress towards transposing the green transition directive; and whether he proposes to meet the deadline of 27 March 2026. [6339/26]
    • Redundancy Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received a notice from a company (details supplied) under the collective redundancy consultation process in the...
    • Industrial Development
      437. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on planned schemes to support the development of flour manufacturing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Rights
      438. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or the WRC has examined whether the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity undermines workers’ EU-derived rights...
    • Planning Issues
      442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 465,445,447 of 20 January 2026, whether a grace period will be provided for existing hosts to...
    • Corporate Governance
      443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of expenditure by the Corporate Enforcement Authority in respect of external legal representation and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Council for Special Education
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reopening the NCSE online portal for applications to special school places for the academic year 2026-2027, to ensure that...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad imeacht a bhí san áireamh san fhéile ‘Oíche na hÓige’ a bhí idir lámha ag an...
    • Education Schemes
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational services that are in place for secondary pupils between the age of 13 and 15 years who have left school for a variety of reasons,...
    • School Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures involved in the calculation of the ancillary services grant for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects that have been completed, on a local authority basis since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by...
    • School Equipment
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level; the number enrolled at post-primary level, by county as of 1 January...
    • Special Educational Needs
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special classes planned for both primary and secondary schools in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Administration
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review of procedures for schools to have maintenance work carried out in order to minimise the administrative...
    • School Staff
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the allocation of special education teaching hours and special needs assistant posts to a school in Celbridge (details...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether additional NEPS capacity or resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Celbridge to ensure timely assessments for...
    • Psychological Assessments
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments, given schools’ difficulty securing psychologists at her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a policy issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5520/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5534/26]
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a fhógrófar an conraitheoir tógála le dul i mbun obair thógála ar Choláiste Cholmcille,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure a child (details supplied) can access an appropriate school placement without further delay; if her Department...
    • School Transport
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a special transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5603/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children which have been notified to the NCSE after the 1 October 2025 deadline, looking for a special class placement; and if she...
    • School Staff
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the SNA redeployment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5613/26]
    • School Enrolments
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children which attend primary school in Duleek, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5614/26]
    • School Transport
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who live in Duleek, County Meath and avail of the school transport scheme to attend post-primary school; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a new special class established at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5645/26]
    • Public Sector Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if surrogacy leave legislation applying fully to the education sector will be implemented at any point (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the current exclusion of schools designated as DEIS after 2022 from the Junior Certificate School Programme digital library...
    • School Staff
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unfilled post-primary teaching posts in 2025, by subject, as reported in the Teacher Supply Action Plan monitoring returns. [5682/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children awaiting a special class or special school placement as of September 2025; and the measures under the National Council for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects delayed beyond original completion dates in 2025, as reported in her Department's capital programme. [5684/26]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of DEIS schools without high-speed broadband as identified in the digital strategy for schools progress report. [5686/26]
    • Departmental Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the condition assessment report on a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5775/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within her Department’s planning and...
    • National Council for Special Education
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the NCSE and SENO to engage with family of child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5797/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm a new special school in Lucan (details supplied) has been provided with the necessary resources to provide education to students...
    • Schools Building Projects
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1253 of 13 January 2026, the number of additional school places expected to be delivered at a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ASA application by a school (details supplied) for a new modular classroom; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school’s (details supplied) application for additional schools’ accommodation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the school bus transport issue of a school (details supplied) in Dundalk and the apparent disadvantage for Irish-language...
    • Special Educational Needs
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes in Newbridge, County Kildare, in both primary and secondary schools on 1 April 2015 and in each of the years since...
    • Departmental Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with school on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5866/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that a formal request has issued to open a second ASD class at a school (details supplied). [5867/26]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the way in which the State now proposes to discharge its obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality...
    • School Funding
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available to a school (details supplied) to allow their U19 girls basketball team take part in the World Schools Basketball...
    • Special Educational Needs
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a letter of eligibility has not been issued to a child (details supplied) in South Tipperary who has applied through the parents...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure by the Government in getting a project ready and refurbished for opening in 2025 (details supplied); the total expenditure...
    • State Examinations
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether students with dyslexia will be eligible for extra time in the Leaving Certificate examinations from 2026; when the eligibility criteria...
    • Schools Building Projects
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on the status of the proposed new build school for a school (details supplied), which is currently sharing a campus...
    • State Examinations
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the roll-out for extra time in examinations for dyslexic students; if it will be in place in time for the mock examinations; and if...
    • Industrial Disputes
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department is actively engaging with unions and school management bodies to resolve the ongoing dispute relating to school...
    • School Funding
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be awarded the additional funding required to complete a project; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); when the school can proceed to the next...
    • Education Policy
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an organisation (details supplied) will be invited to the national convention on education as a key education stakeholder; and if she will...
    • School Enrolments
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school place for a child (details supplied). [5986/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the planned extension to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford. [6003/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ongoing absence of speech and language therapy, SLT, support for the language class at a school (details supplied); and to...
    • School Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant schemes that schools can apply for to develop their sporting and recreational facilities; the application process for these; and if she...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to reinstate the qualification allowance for teachers, particularly for training and further education in special education subjects;...
    • Teacher Training
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to incentivise further teacher training in relation to special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6103/26]
    • School Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to incentivise further training for SNAs in relation to special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6104/26]
    • Youth Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the allocation of the existing levels of services funding for youth affairs, for each of the past six years and for 2026, in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure allocated to new development measures in respect of youth affairs in each of the past six years and in 2026, in tabular...
    • Departmental Funding
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the allocation of capital funding for youth affairs for each of the past six years and for 2026, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Departmental Budgets
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the timeline for the release of the specific breakdown of the budget allocations for her Department overall; the breakdown of...
    • Youth Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a comprehensive update on the implementation of Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related...
    • Schools Building Projects
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school building programme for primary and secondary schools, respectively in Cork north central; the details of the current...
    • School Accommodation
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding has not been approved for modular accommodation at a school (details supplied) in Dublin Bay north; the rationale for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in post-primary schools, by county, who have a recommendation for a special class placement but do not have a place in the...
    • National Council for Special Education
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the NCSE provides a specific continuing professional development course on running a post-primary special class; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school giving priority to a post-primary special class placement to a student already enrolled in the school, but who only just received an...
    • School Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to specify a minimum number of administration hours per teacher assigned to a special class; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in post-primary fee-paying schools; and the number of those same students enrolled in a special class, in the...
    • Home Schooling
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of successful applications for home tuition in each of the years 2020 to 2025, respectively. [6268/26]
    • School Funding
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to a special class at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6269/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6275/26]
    • School Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a refusal of a grant for a school can be reconsidered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6278/26]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recognition of teaching years abroad is being addressed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6309/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to increase the number of autism classes in the south Louth and east Meath areas; the measures that have been taken to map...
    • School Accommodation
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a project (details supplied) given the sanction provided by her Department for additional classrooms; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Development Plan Implementation Plan for Education will be published; if a school (details supplied) in County Louth has been...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6344/26]
    • Education Policy
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions, per county, that section 37a of the schools admissions Act 2018 has been used by her Department, in each of the years...
    • Schools Building Projects
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of issues surrounding the progress of a school building project in Drogheda (details supplied); the status of the project; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on correspondence from a school (details supplied) that was first sent to the Department in September; and if she will make...
    • School Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the SNA redeployment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6368/26]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has examined models used in comparable countries to recognise overseas teaching experience for salary and incremental...
    • Schools Building Projects
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); the remaining stages in the approval and delivery...
    • Special Educational Needs
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of sanctioned special classes in the Stapolin area; the current level of demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6387/26]
    • National Council for Special Education
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the NCSE forecasting a 5% national average of autistic children, if there are any exceptions considered by her Department for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to increase the provision of second-level special school classes in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to restore the yard duty payment for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6404/26]
    • School Facilities
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department can provide funding or support for the improvement of schools outdoor space; if she will outline any schemes, grants, or...
    • School Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the change in SNA allocation for a school (details supplied), which will be reduced by 2 full-time SNA staff...
    • Teacher Training
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a proactive approach to educating teachers about epilepsy will be adopted following calls by an organisation (details supplied) for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that three schools in the Dublin west constituency (details supplied) are awaiting a meeting between their design team her...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 4 November 2025, if the new DEIS plan has been published; and if she will review the decision to...
    • School Curriculum
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation of a child having a reduced timetable at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a review of school transport for a child (details supplied) with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to define the ‘gap in employment’ for primary substitute teachers (details supplied) when they must cease employment where the...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Pension Provisions
      578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the An Post pension increase request, submitted in October 2025, within his Department; the timeframe...
    • Sports Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding schemes administered by his Department for which a club (details supplied) may apply to in order to fully equip...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5532/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      582. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed within his Department as of 16 January 2026. [5751/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      583. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met the Chief Executive Officer of the National Concert Hall; the issues discussed; and when he is next...
    • Pension Provisions
      584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the members of the An Post group of unions (details supplied) and An Post members can expect to receive their pension...
    • Data Protection
      586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether a data protection impact assessment has been completed in respect of the proposed use of a State-issued digital...
    • Sports Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the details of what is required to secure successful funding under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if he...
    • Sports Organisations
      593. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will enquire with Sport Ireland the reasons, notwithstanding recent funding announcements, some national governing...
    • Pension Provisions
      595. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the work of his Department to ensure that the agreed increases for An Post pensioners will go ahead...
    • National Archives
      596. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of NAAC; and the plans to consult professional archive bodies such as a body (details supplied). [6346/26]
    • Swimming Pools
      599. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the sports capital funding programmes administered by his Department that support the development or refurbishment of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Grant Payments
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to significantly increase the disabled persons grant allocation to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Sector
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has assessed the impact of enhanced security of tenure provisions on properties that may be required to...
    • Local Authorities
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expand the scope of the septic tank grants from local authorities to cover larger geographical areas in order for...
    • Rental Sector
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the Rental Tenancy Board has sufficient powers to support landlords that are seeking to recoup rent...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5540/26]
    • Defective Building Materials
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role local authorities will have in conducting or contributing to technical reviews of applications under the Defective...
    • Housing Schemes
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Limerick City and County Council will receive clarification from his Department on their tenant-in-situ funding for 2026;...
    • Planning Issues
      618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has obtained legal advice on whether the proposed regulations under section 294 of the Planning and Development Act...
    • Derelict Sites
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that Fingal County Council (FCC) has not applied the derelict sites levy for the last published year and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) survey conducted in 2025 which notes that salmon stocks on the Boyne and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid...
    • Housing Schemes
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to move Offaly from grade 3 of the housing income eligibility and instead place them in grade 2; if he intends...
    • Vacant Properties
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average re-letting time for vacant local authority dwellings in 2025, as reported in the local authority performance...
    • Housing Schemes
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average all-in cost per social housing unit delivered in 2025 under Housing for All, disaggregated by build, acquisition,...
    • Derelict Sites
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties which were listed on local authority derelict registers as of 31 December 2025; and the number of...
    • Planning Issues
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average duration of planning appeals determined by An Bord Pleanála in 2025, as published in its Annual Report,...
    • Vacant Properties
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes identified in the Census 2022 and subsequent vacancy estimates; and what actions under Housing for...
    • Local Government Reform
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local democracy taskforce have reviewed the report of the expert advisory group on local government arrangements in...
    • Housing Policy
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether consideration is being given to extending the fresh start principle to include applicants who were required to sell a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify, in respect of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, whether the 78-week timeframe applicable to the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 4 December 2025, if a further update will be provided in relation to...
    • Housing Schemes
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that local authorities cannot carry over their unspent tenant-in-situ allocation from year-to-year if necessary....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a preschool (details supplied) operating under the ECCE scheme has received a commercial rates bill; whether this...
    • Departmental Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 26 November 2025, the reasons the proposal referenced in that reply to fund...
    • Defective Building Materials
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how and when homeowners in receipt of a grant award under the defective concrete block grant scheme can avail of the increased...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time it took to complete the four-stage and single-stage approval process for all Traveller-specific...
    • Vacant Properties
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a house constructed in 2009 and not completed or lived in would be considered eligible for the vacant property grant; and...
    • Rental Sector
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to address cases of low quality rented property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6031/26]
    • Defective Building Materials
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dedicated staff currently employed within the Housing Agency to carry out assessments of letters of...
    • Local Authorities
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of people currently on local authority housing waiting lists; the breakdown of those on these lists who are...
    • National Planning Framework
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rezoning requests received by each local authority, in tabular form; the proposed date of adoption by each local...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected completion date for the updated wind turbine regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/26]
    • Local Authorities
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of stock audits completed on local authority social housing; if there is a fund to address issues...
    • Housing Schemes
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall spend on social housing retrofit; and the number of units this applied to in each of the past five years...
    • Urban Development
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall Government funding allocated to the Ballymun Regeneration, Moyross Regeneration and NWQR in Cork respectively, in...
    • Housing Schemes
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated under the voids return programme in 2026; and the number of units this will return, to use, by local...
    • Departmental Funding
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to the local government fund in 2009, 2015, 2020 and 2026. [6328/26]
    • Rental Sector
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure that RAS tenants who receive an eviction notice are guaranteed access to...
    • Housing Policy
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to accelerate the reuse of vacant and derelict buildings for housing and community purposes; the steps...
    • Departmental Funding
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding allocated under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund to projects in Dublin Bay north; the status of...
    • Housing Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has engaged with local authority or community leaders in Donaghmede regarding housing and...
    • Housing Schemes
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the review of the income limits for social housing, discussed in recent correspondence (details...
    • Rental Sector
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently review the proposed short-term lets legislation and take into consideration a submission (details supplied); and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will request an organisation (details supplied) to draft a follow up report on construction costs for the defective...
    • Fire Service
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to address concerns related to the roll out of the new computer aided dispatch system to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he is satisfied that bodies funded through his Department's Vote are applying a consistent approach to the publication...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed scheme to enable families to relocate out of the flood zone (details supplied);...
    • Housing Policy
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if the funding for the recently announced infrastructure fund to be administered by the housing delivery office,...
    • Data Protection
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the advice received from the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to the compilation of the rent...
    • Departmental Policies
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the policy on one off housing will be changed to make it easier for people to build on their own land as per the recent...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused any form of financial disability aid or other financial supports; and...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement his Department has had with women’s organisations regarding concerns that the qualified adult system...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5544/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position regarding the introduction of a cost of disability payment; the considerations being examined by his...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will investigate the calculation of means of a couple (details supplied) with regard to their disability allowance...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his/her remit on paid...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if patients travelling long distances for medical appointments without free travel passes could be given some form of travel...
    • Departmental Budgets
      690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made on the commitment in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020–2025 to assess the cost of...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated level of fraud and error in 2025 for jobseeker’s, disability, and child benefit schemes, as reported in...
    • Departmental Consultations
      692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of all consultations undertaken to date with persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in...
    • Pensions Reform
      693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees enrolled in the MyFutureFund pension scheme by band of total number of employees per employer...
    • Community Welfare Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in Kildare as of 19 January 2026, in tabular form. [5839/26]
    • Departmental Data
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of rent supplement, by band and the amount received by each recipient, in tabular form. [5843/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given by his Department to increasing the upper age limit for domiciliary care allowance...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5946/26]
    • School Meals Programme
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review into the nutritional standards of the of the school meals programme has concluded; the outcomes of same; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the improvements being introduced in regard to the carer’s allowance; when the means test will be abolished; and if he...
    • Child Poverty
      705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on the new national child poverty target, which he recently announced. [3793/26]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider broadening the scope of Catherine's Law to cover all scholarships to third level education (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the domiciliary care allowance ceasing when a child reaches 16 years-of-age; and if he will make a...
    • Child Poverty
      711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the progress made towards a material reduction in rates of child poverty. [7091/26]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision System
      712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can prioritise ending the direct provision system as, for over 26 years, direct provision has been condemned by all UN...
    • Legislative Measures
      713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the legislation which underpins Ireland’s visa waiver programmes;; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the instances in which a visa order has been issued on the basis of national security or public order in the years 2010 to...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      715. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for an IRP renewal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5485/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5541/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 12 November 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • An Garda Síochána
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases dealt by Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in 2024 and 2025; and the top six categories of offences...
    • Departmental Data
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of enforcement actions taken in respect of breaches of the 3.5 tonne weight restriction on Richmond Road...
    • Departmental Staff
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent forensic scientists funded by his Department which are currently employed by Forensic...
    • An Garda Síochána
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average 999/112 call answer time in 2025, as reported in the An Garda Síochána annual report, broken down by...
    • International Protection
      724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the median processing time for international protection applications concluded in 2025, as reported by the International...
    • Prison Service
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the prison overcrowding rate in 2025, as published by the Irish Prison Service; the planned capacity increases under the Irish...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.744 of 16 December 2025, if the necessary information has been supplied to him in order to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda roads policing vehicles equipped with automatic number plate recognition technology and interconnection...
    • International Protection
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have applied for international protection from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025; of the people who...
    • Departmental Data
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number of failed international applicants without leave to remain who have voluntarily left Ireland between 1...
    • Family Reunification
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the proposed family reunification for refugee reforms have been assessed for compatibility with Article 8 of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding any review of the Garda vetting procedure to reduce the timelines and administrative burden placed on...
    • International Protection
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full list of accommodation premises currently in use, or used at any time since 1 January 2022, in County Kildare by the...
    • Visa Applications
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications that were live as of 31 December 2025, by type and expressed as a whole number; the number of...
    • Deportation Orders
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are planned or scheduled deportation flights for the remainder of 2026; the destination countries concerned; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person (details supplied) can change their postal address on file to facilitate receipt of and signature on their...
    • Departmental Reports
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 2 December 2025, for an update on the delays in publishing the report (details...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish association applications for naturalisation that have received final decisions since the new guidelines...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for Ukrainian people who have refugee status who came here during the war who are now homeless; and if he...
    • International Protection
      744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports that are in place for people who have left the IPAS system and now find themselves homeless. [5958/26]
    • Legislative Process
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the operation of the High Court fee regime under S.I. No. 492 of 2014, in particular the requirement for...
    • Departmental Data
      748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons charged in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 for driving without motor insurance; and the number of cases...
    • Victim Support Services
      749. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to date of the Victims Charter advertising campaign which is currently under way on television; to clarify that...
    • Departmental Data
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving members of An Garda Síochána have been promoted after being formally charged with or convicted...
    • Departmental Schemes
      751. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a school (details supplied), which has been funded to date by the immigrant investment scheme; the way...
    • Visa Applications
      752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department plans to increase processing capacity to address the current volume of Join Family visa applications, with a...
    • Departmental Data
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-penalty notices issued and the number of non-compliant e-scooters seized in the year 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Legislative Programme
      754. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to progress legislation creating a specific offence for assaults or abuse against retail workers, in light of...
    • Visa Applications
      755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing times for visa, residence and international protection applications; the steps being taken to...
    • Departmental Policies
      756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made in implementing the Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Statement of Strategy...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      757. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No’s 749 and 750 of 20 January 2026, if he has published the DPIA; if he will confirm...
    • Departmental Data
      760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents nationwide of Gardaí presenting to schools due to a weapon being found on a student, in each of...
    • Direct Provision System
      761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update and publish the Inspection Reports of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Louth for 2025,...
    • Departmental Funding
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Community Safety Fund will open for applications for 2026; if there will be an increase in the funding allocated; and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      763. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timelines for the processing of a peace commissioner application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      765. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current maximum IPAS capacity; the maximum IPAS capacity in February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence
      768. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of domestic violence refuge spaces in each county; and the current number of available spaces in each county,...
    • Departmental Funding
      769. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Community Integration Fund will be reopened in 2026; the date it will open; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      770. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applicants for the position of Garda trainee from the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 recruitment campaigns,...
    • Departmental Data
      771. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of criminal penalisation that have been progressed to the courts after consideration by the office of the...
    • Language Schools
      772. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of English language schools which submitted a weekly report on attendance at their school to his Department in...
    • Family Reunification
      776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there are grounds in which visit visa applications can be expedited on medical or compassionate grounds in respect of...
    • Immigration Status
      777. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received any reports or intelligence regarding undocumented or irregularly documented workers being employed on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Data
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken, or plans to take, in conjunction with Dublin City Council and other relevant agencies, to support...
    • Fishing Industry
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the five-year management plan for a cockle fishery (details supplied); the role of the National Parks and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5529/26]
    • Animal Breeding
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for when he expects to receive recommendations regarding dog breeding legislation from the dog control stakeholder...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification...
    • Departmental Data
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,686 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 who were being tracked on Rásaíocht...
    • Trade Data
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, the specific co-operative measures his Department is...
    • Departmental Data
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, the specific form of prescription that is legally required for a...
    • Trade Missions
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food trade mission is scheduled for the United Arab Emirates in quarter 1 of 2026. [5840/26]
    • Animal Diseases
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the current compensation rate of €3,000 paid to farmers for cattle that test positive for TB, given that...
    • Departmental Data
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for funding through the support fund for anaerobic digestors, which closed in December 2025; the number of...
    • Agriculture Supports
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently intervene and allow for an agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Animal Culls
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress made by the deer management strategy group; the number of deer culled as a result of its work;...
    • Animal Welfare
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that the 117 dairy heifers exported to Libya on 5 January 2025, at the time of certification...
    • Bord Bia
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance framework applied by his Department in assessing potential conflicts of interest when appointing or approving the...
    • Fishing Industry
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the impact on long-standing Irish vessels and crews in the razor clam fishery of alleged chronic overfishing,...
    • Departmental Data
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of enforcement actions that have been taken by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) in each of the past five...
    • Fishing Industry
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the use of Irish-registered companies as vehicles to acquire Irish-registered fishing vessels and...
    • Departmental Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the statutory requirement that at least 50% of crew on certain licensed fishing vessels must be EU/EEA nationals is...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only 25% of solar PV applications under TAMS 3 were approved in tranche 9, with the same rate proposed for tranche 10,...
    • Tillage Sector
      814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the €30 million tillage support package announced for tillage farmers in Budget 2026 will be paid; whether payments will...
    • Departmental Data
      815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has evaluated the OIE-approved, Irish-developed enferplex bovine TB antibody test for use in the national TB...
    • Fishing Industry
      816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment which has been made of the employment supported by the inshore fishing sector, including onshore jobs in coastal...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the Government plans to respond to the proposed 20–24% reduction in Ireland’s CAP Post-2027 allocation; the...
    • Agriculture Supports
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate actions his Department is taking to strengthen Ireland’s biosecurity and import-control regime in view of...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Ireland’s position on the European Commission’s proposals to restructure the Common Agricultural Policy post-2027 into...
    • Departmental Budgets
      820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the 2025 budget for the forgotten farmer scheme has been reduced from €5 million to €2.25 million in the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the review of the agri-climate rural environment scheme; when this review is expected to be completed; and if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plans to support and reward farmers who generate renewable energy for their own use or sell surplus energy to...
    • Fishing Industry
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department has had with the European Union in relation to fishing quotas. [6626/26]
    • Departmental Data
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports being provided to fishery sector in view of the Agri-Fish Council meeting in December of EU states. [6627/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      826. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether funding provided to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) is sufficient to meet the full cost of staff wages and related...
    • Departmental Data
      827. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment that has been carried out on the impact of funding constraints, including wage funding, on staffing levels, waiting...
    • Health Services Staff
      828. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE provides ring-fenced funding to Central Remedial Clinics (CRC) specifically for the payment of staff wages; whether...
    • Departmental Funding
      829. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether additional funding is planned for Central Remedial Clinics in 2026 to address wage pressures, recruitment difficulties, and...
    • Health Services
      830. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to the recent media report regarding proposals to purchase “buildings that will provide childcare facilities, the...
    • Departmental Projects
      831. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the HSE’s 2026 Service Plan does not make reference to the Teach an Saol project; if her Department is committed...
    • Departmental Meetings
      832. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will meet with guardians ad litem and their representative body (details supplied) in advance of establishing the Guardian ad...
    • Departmental Data
      833. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the respite centres for children with disabilities which have behavioural therapists within its staff allocation and those that do...
    • Childcare Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child (details supplied) with a complex disability could be moved from one children's disability network team in a region to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      839. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5530/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      840. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding avenues which are open for after school services for national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      841. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of the total number of reviews currently underway in respect of children known to Tusla who are now deceased.;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      845. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the allocation of apartments (details supplied) which were provided free of charge to a therapeutic body; and if...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      846. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications refused redress to the mother and baby home redress scheme which opened twenty two months ago; the...
    • Legislative Measures
      847. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the response her Department plans to make to the intervention of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      849. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification...
    • Departmental Data
      850. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that the independence of guardians ad litem is fully protected under the proposed new Guardian ad...
    • Departmental Funding
      854. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional capital funding supports can be availed of for a naíonra and after school service (details supplied) who need to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      855. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has any plans to address an issue where delays in processing assessments of needs have impacted parents’...
    • Departmental Data
      856. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social worker practitioner and senior social worker practitioner posts filled at south Kildare children's...
    • Departmental Reviews
      857. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review an application by a group (details supplied); if this application is still live to be considered for the next round of...
    • School Costs
      858. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a pre-school (details supplied) operating under the ECCE scheme has received a commercial rates bill; whether this is now...
    • Family Resource Centres
      859. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made in relation to the announcement of new family resource centres in 2026; whether Ballybunion, County Kerry,...
    • Departmental Consultations
      860. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for broad consultation with civil society in advance of submitting a report to the Universal Periodic Review working group...
    • Adoption Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason no deputy chair has been appointed to the Adoption Authority of Ireland; when an appointment will be made; her views on...
    • Departmental Advertising
      862. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the position of chief executive officer of the Adoption Authority of Ireland has been advertised; if not, the reason for the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      864. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the development of the new forward planning model within her Department for early learning and childcare; whether...
    • Childcare Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline her Department envisages from identification of areas of high unmet demand for childcare provision to the provision of...
    • Disability Services
      871. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether HIQA has the authority to approve the removal of a person with a disability from a community-based living arrangement...
    • Departmental Data
      872. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential disability service places which are planned to be provided by a service (details supplied) in 2026 and...
    • Disability Services
      873. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to expedite and assessment of need (details supplied) waiting 36-months in Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      874. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a full outline of the expected timescale, funding allocation and criteria that will determine where new State-provided...
    • Childcare Services
      875. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Ballyvourney, County Cork will be included in the current plans for building or purchasing childcare premises: if not, the...
    • Departmental Policies
      879. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the publication of the Plan of Action to deliver the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People...
    • Childcare Services
      880. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the possible long-term lease of a property in County Kerry (details supplied) for the purpose of bespoke accommodation...
    • Departmental Funding
      882. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to provide additional funding to Section 39 agencies for the additional costs incurred from the new pension...
    • State Properties
      883. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a priority list of towns and rural communities that are being considered for creche investment under the State build/buy...
    • Disability Services
      884. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to a roadmap to deliver Teach An Saol to provide independent living, services and respite for those with severe...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      885. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for an assessment of need, at the end of 2024 and 2025, by county; the number of assessments...
    • Disability Services
      886. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people waiting for CDNT services, by team and service type, at the end of 2025, in tabular form. [6248/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      892. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to recruit dietitians for CDNTs; the workforce planning that has been conducted to determine the required...
    • Disability Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the budget allocation for dietetic services in paediatric disability for the next three years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Executive
      894. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current HSE risk score for dietetics in each of the 91 CDNTs; the steps that the HSE are taking to mitigate this risk; and if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      895. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the clinical risk assessments that have been completed regarding the absence of dietetic services in CDNTs; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      896. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adverse events or clinical incidents related to nutrition that have been reported in CDNTs in the past 24-months; the...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      899. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans to appoint a person with suitable archival qualifications to NCRR Steering Committee. [6347/26]
    • Disability Services
      900. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staffing vacancy rate for east Limerick CDNT; the positions currently vacant; the steps being taken to hire the staff to...
    • Childcare Services
      901. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 919 of 11 November 2025, her views on the fairness and consistency of the current policy...
    • Primary Care Services
      903. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has explored the expansion of school-based after school care provision within primary schools; the barriers...
    • Programme for Government
      904. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the commitments relating to childcare contained in the Programme for Government; the progress made to date on each commitment; and...
    • Disability Services
      905. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality where public bodies or communities can apply for State-led childcare provision to be incorporated into new or existing public...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      906. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a matter relating to ECCE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6477/26]
    • Cost of Living Issues
      907. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the financial impact and the inflexibility that stringent policies around collecting children...
    • Childcare Services
      908. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide immediate intervention in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6516/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      909. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 571 of 20 January 2026, if she will meet with a group to discuss their seizure safe schools...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      910. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the long delay to have an AON (details supplied) carried out Can the Minister please confirm when this AON will take...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for assistive technology for persons with a physical disability. [6475/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to section 39-funded, community-based services to cover the cost of the MyFutureFund, the new auto-enrolment pension...
    • Hospice Services
      914. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed development of the new specialist palliative care unit in Drogheda to service the population of Louth and Meath; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2020 that have been registered in Ireland who previously worked in Kuwait, in tabular form. [5427/26]
    • Disability Services
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for a buggy for a child with exceptional needs. [5428/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      917. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of recent and proposed changes to residential tenancy legislation, including the effective six-year security of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      921. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a person (details supplied) is scheduled to receive surgery in Mayo University Hospital; the reason for any delay in their case; the current...
    • Mental Health Services
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to date under the south Kerry CAMHS compensation scheme administered by the State Claims Agency; the number of claimants paid; and if she...
    • Health Services
      923. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the neurorehabilitation unit in Blarney. [5468/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a timeline for the completion of the detailed design stage of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      933. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address delays in access to occupational therapy for students whose sensory and regulation needs affect their participation in post-primary...
    • Programme for Government
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment to encourage gym membership and active participation in sport and exercise; the way this is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      939. To ask the Minister for Health the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5539/26]
    • Hospital Inspections
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown that were unannounced in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5550/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      941. To ask the Minister for Health if the endometriosis hubs and supra-regional specialists centres have been provided with sufficient staffing and theatre capacity to deliver the National...
    • Hospital Staff
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in neurodevelopmental posts that were filled at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5552/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which has been given to the human-rights implications arising from the nationwide digital sharing of patient information under the phased...
    • Mental Health Services
      944. To ask the Minister for Health if an authorised officer is in place within the Sligo/Leitrim mental health service for the Sligo/Leitrim area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      945. To ask the Minister for Health whether indicative timelines have been set for each remaining stage of consultation, decision making, and implementation required to expand the assisted human...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      947. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a platform...
    • Medicinal Products
      948. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for reimbursement of expenses on saxenda injections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5637/26]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      949. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will use the pilot Lung Health Check Programme as a basis to establish a national lung screening programme; the work which has been undertaken to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      950. To ask the Minister for Health when positions will be advertised for the new primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5654/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts approved under the Health Service Capacity Review 2018 and subsequent Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; the number...
    • Health Services
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional acute public hospital beds that were scheduled for delivery in 2025 under the National Service Plan 2025; the number that were...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of emergency department overcrowding attributable to delayed discharges, as measured in the HSE Performance Profile Q4 2025; and the actions...
    • Patient Safety
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-risk patient safety recommendations identified in HIQA inspection reports published since 2020 which remain open; the average length of time...
    • Health Service Executive
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the utilisation rate of public MRI and CT scanners as reported in the HSE National Performance Oversight Group Report 2025; the cost of outsourcing diagnostics...
    • Ambulance Service
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance handover time at emergency departments in 2025, as recorded in the National Ambulance Service Annual Report 2025; and the hospitals with...
    • General Practitioner Services
      957. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs aged 60 and over recorded by the HSE primary care reimbursement service; and the measures under the GP Agreement 2019 that addresses...
    • Dental Services
      958. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adult medical card dental treatment in 2025, by CHO area, as reported by the HSE; and the actions that are planned to restore...
    • Home Care Packages
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of publicly funded home support services in each CHO area as of 31 December 2025 or latest date available; and the number of...
    • Health Services
      961. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting personal assistance services in each CHO area as of 31 December 2025; and the duration of time spent on the waiting list, in...
    • Childcare Services
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first appointment with primary care speech and language therapy services in each CHO area as of 31 December 2025 or latest...
    • Primary Care Services
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy assessment through primary care services in each CHO area as of 31 December 2025; and the length of time...
    • Mental Health Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS teams in place in each CHO area as of 31 December 2025; the funded staffing complement for each team; and the number of vacant posts, in...
    • Hospital Equipment
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds available in each public hospital as of 31 December 2025; and the average bed occupancy rate recorded during 2025, in...
    • Hospital Admissions
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations in each public hospital during 2025; and the proportion resulting in admission discharge or transfer, in...
    • Hospital Services
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to critical care units in each public hospital during 2025; and the average length of stay in each unit, in tabular form. [5701/26]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-acquired infection outbreaks reported in each public hospital during 2025, by infection type, in tabular form. [5704/26]
    • Patient Safety
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of serious reportable patient safety incidents recorded in each hospital group during 2025, in tabular form. [5705/26]
    • Hospital Inspections
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections carried out in public hospitals during 2025; and the number of high-risk findings identified at each location, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Equipment
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public hospital beds closed temporarily or permanently during 2025; and the reason recorded for closure in each case, in tabular form. [5707/26]
    • Hospital Services
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital discharges delayed due to lack of community step-down or rehabilitation beds during 2025, in tabular form. [5708/26]
    • Hospital Transfers
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred from public hospitals to private hospitals under public arrangements during 2025, in tabular form. [5709/26]
    • Health Services
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient clinics scheduled and delivered in each hospital group during 2025, in tabular form. [5710/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons assessed for eligibility for the nursing homes support scheme during 2025; and the number approved in each CHO area, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed in each CHO area as of 31 December 2025; and the number of sanctioned posts vacant, in tabular form. [5716/26]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      988. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the State for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive of cross-Border treatment and to specify separately expenditure on drugs obtained as a...
    • Hospital Charges
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vehicles that were clamped in the public carpark of Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5746/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional WTE epidemiologists, and three additional principal epidemiologists to work in the public health...
    • Health Services
      992. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in critical care medicine based at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown as of 1 January 2026; if she will provide same figures as of...
    • Psychological Assessments
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at the primary care child and family psychology services in Galway and south Roscommon; the expected...
    • Health Services
      996. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 27 November 2025, and the subsequent response from the HSE, if management within the six regions of the HSE are...
    • Hospital Services
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to hospitals within the Saolta Hospital Group in the past five years. [5783/26]
    • Health Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health whether retention packages for medical staff are under consideration for hospitals in the CHO1 and CHO2 areas. [5785/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed discharge in hospitals in the CHO1 and CHO2 areas in the past three years. [5789/26]
    • Home Care Packages
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for home care packages following hospital discharge in the CHO1 and CHO2 areas; and the measures in place to reduce delays. [5790/26]
    • Health Services
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has considered an accessible digital patient self-schedule system to reduce non-attendance rates. [5791/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) gets moved to NFMHS in Portrane as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health if a cohort of post-surgery clients can be considered for the reimbursement scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5828/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 15 January 2026, the percentage of consultants that are still employed on the pre-2023 contracts; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE consultant posts, by speciality at St. James's Hospital, in tabular form. [5837/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give a public apology for the manner in which professionals and the health system here let down children/young adults who were under CAMHS in...
    • Health Services
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on Áras Mhic Dara in An Cheathrú Rua, County Galway, in particular the details of the meeting between the Minister of State in...
    • Health Services Staff
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she and her Department have taken to address grievances of staff at a facility (details supplied) in Coolock, which has seen them on indefinite...
    • Hospital Charges
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration can be given to abolishing parking charges for cancer patients (details supplied). [5921/26]
    • Health Services
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health if she will arrange with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5925/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding an appointment for a person (details supplied); if a date has been set for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive uses any recognised international guideline, benchmark, or population-based standard to assess the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if there are sufficient GP services serving the South Kildare area; the number of GP vacancies currently in existence in Kildare and surrounding hinterland;...
    • Health Service Executive
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the circumstances surrounding the removal, without notice, of the personal effects belonging to a resident (details supplied);...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a cardiology appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6002/26]
    • Residential Institutions
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update in respect of a person (details supplied) in need of residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6023/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1024 of 12 November 2025, when a response will issue from the HSE; if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied)...
    • Ambulance Service
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to reinstate the paramedic and advanced paramedic supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in the CHO7 area; the average waiting time; and the number of those waiting more than 12...
    • Health Services
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce screening for prostate cancer via the PSA test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6119/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the current position on the public waiting list for breast reconstruction surgery for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied), who qualifies for breast reconstruction surgery under the Cross-Border Directive, may access this surgery in a private...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health when the 24-acute beds for Mallow General Hospital will be operational; if there are specific timelines or factors contributing to any delays in the...
    • Health Services
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine issues raised in respect of University Hospital Limerick and the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the approval and reimbursement status of the targeted immunotherapy zolbetuximab (Vyloy®) for the treatment of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma (detail...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health to address the need for a fulltime South Doc service in rural County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6224/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an urgent consultant appointment at Cappagh Hospital; the current waiting time for...
    • Health Services
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of quarter 4, 2025, in tabular form. [6227/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to remedy the situation with a building (details supplied); if the building will continue to be used in the support of people with...
    • Health Services
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health whether the external expert panel review of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out in CHI has commenced; if not, when it will commence; and the reason for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public operations on children which took place in the Mater Private over the past five years. [6280/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently under the care of a person (details supplied) at Children's Health Ireland, including those seen or treated at CHI Crumlin,...
    • Health Services
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of children with complex needs that receive dietetic input as part of their assessment and intervention plan. [6302/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on surgical waiting lists (details supplied) across CHI Crumlin, Cappagh, and Temple Street, by waiting time, under 6 months,...
    • Health Services
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred to the list of a consultant from other consultants during the past 36 months; the consultants involved; and if she will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health if any patients have been removed from a person's surgical waiting list (details supplied) in the past 24 months; and if so, the number removed and the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the current theatre allocation available to a person (details supplied) across CHI Crumlin, Cappagh, and Temple Street; if any additional theatre time or...
    • Hospital Services
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health if additional multidisciplinary supports, such as anaesthetic, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or radiology capacity, have been assigned to a person...
    • Health Services
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for transferring additional spinal patients to the care of a person (details supplied) while children already under his care have been waiting...
    • Hospital Transfers
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of outsourcing arrangements for paediatric spinal surgery under the care of Children's Health Ireland; and if she will list all partner...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health the projected targets for the number of children to receive spinal surgery in 2024 and 2025 under Children's Health Ireland's in-house and outsourcing...
    • Hospital Staff
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists currently employed by Children's Health Ireland; if she will confirm whether all are on the specialist register in urology...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for inpatient urology care under Children's Health Ireland; if she will provide a breakdown by site and length of...
    • Hospital Staff
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists and consultant paediatric surgeons currently carrying out paediatric urology procedures within Children's Health Ireland;...
    • Departmental Funding
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy for funding of automatic wearable blood glucose monitors (BGM), which is currently not available to any Type 2/3C rated diabetes patients, can...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; if the person is on the routine or urgent...
    • Insurance Coverage
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to combat the rise in health insurance premium costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6353/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided by her Department and the HSE to Central Remedial Clinic services in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; the way in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if a blepharoplasty procedure is not covered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund the alternatives that are in place to secure this procedure...
    • Health Services Staff
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assistant psychologists within primary care are only employed on a maximum three-year contact; her views on whether this leads to longer waitlists...
    • Programme for Government
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to 'explore restrictions on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks, including a ban on their...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at each community hospital in County Donegal in each of the years, 2007 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [6416/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each community hospital in County Donegal in each of the years, 2007 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [6417/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether given the relatively low number of advance paramedics, it is appropriate and necessary that they continue to be recruited in large...
    • Nursing Homes
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's within CHO5. [6430/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best...
    • Hospital Staff
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetist based at St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny as of 16 January 2026.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6435/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1125. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no HSE lymphoedema service in County Mayo; the reason the planned service in Mayo University Hospital will not be operational...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health the steps a patient with a medical card should take in circumstances (details supplied). [6463/26]
    • Medical Cards
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that all salbutamol nebules covered by the HSE medical card scheme are out of stock and those on medical cards are forced to pay for private...
    • Health Services
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the completion of further adult inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; and the reasoning for the projected timeframe for...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who have sought treatment abroad for eating disorder care; and where this information is collected from. [6473/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the standard crew models for Type A, Type B and Type C NAS ambulances; in which situations, crew numbers below this model are acceptable; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health if payment rates will be reviewed in respect of the provision of a service (details supplied); taking into account the present rate of minimum wage payment;...
    • Health Services Staff
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of public health nurses per LHO; and the number of approved public health nurse positions in each LHO, in tabular form. [6482/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6492/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health if a pricing and reimbursement application has been received by the HSE for zolbetuximab (Vyloy); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6494/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of asthma patients affected by the non-reimbursement of salbutamol nebules or equivalent substitute products under the medical card in each of the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE and Primary Care Reimbursement Service have contingency arrangements in place to automatically reimburse clinically equivalent substitute...
    • Health Services
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health to provide blood glucose monitors to type 2 diabetes patients, with particular emergency cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will provide pharmacists with direction regarding eligibility for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE policy regarding the provision of continence products under the free nappy scheme; if pull-up style nappies are provided for a three-year-old...
    • Departmental Data
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent under the treatment purchase scheme since 2021 to date in 2026, by year; the amount of this expenditure paid to each individual Bons...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of the blood transfusion and infusion unit at University Hospital Kerry; the number of days per week the unit is currently operational;...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received blood transfusions via the emergency department or accident and emergency overflow areas at University Hospital Kerry...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for patients requiring scheduled blood transfusions at University Hospital Kerry; the number of patients currently awaiting...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, internal investigations, external audits, and independent reports commissioned by her Department or the HSE into...
    • Hospital Services
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of psychiatric services at Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6578/26]
    • Home Help Service
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current waiting list for the Home Support Service in Donegal. [6609/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health if a temporary reimbursement code will be issued for unlicenced salbutamol nebules under the GMS/DPS scheme given the severe stock shortage of the medicine...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5538/26]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship completion rate for cohorts commencing in 2021 and 2022, as published by SOLAS. [5685/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific timelines, accountability measures, and monitoring mechanisms which are in place to ensure the €4.55  billion...
    • Technological Universities
      1165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €65.8 million Targeted Enhancement Fund will be allocated to technological universities and specialist...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which investments such as the National Challenge Fund and COALESCE programme will measurably impact pressing societal issue including...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department plans to scale up apprenticeships and further education opportunities to address skills shortages, including outcomes...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the concrete steps being taken to ensure equity of access in further and higher education, including support for students with disabilities,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the uptake of apprenticeships across the country in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6245/26]
    • Research and Development
      1170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commitments his Department will give to increasing investment in research, supporting early-career researchers, and ensuring Ireland remains...
    • International Students
      1171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of international students enrolled in each course within each university, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      1172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bheidh freagra á eisiúint ar cheist a d’ardaigh mé leis an Roinn tamall ó shin maidir...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5543/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed by the Charities Regulator as of 16 January 2026. [5753/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when applications will open for the community centre enhancement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5758/26]
    • An Ghaeltacht
      1177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na tacaíochtaí maoinithe caipitil breise is féidir a fháil do naíonra agus do sheirbhís...

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