Written answers

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that oversees agriculture will next meet. [4089/26]
    • Energy Policy
      74. To ask the Taoiseach his assessment and response to the NESC report, 'Connecting People to the Energy Transition'. [4040/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      83. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [4041/26]
    • Tourism Industry
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs supported by tourism in Cork. [2690/26]
    • Employment Data
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the current unemployment rate in County Offaly compared to the national average. [7524/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      148. To ask the Taoiseach whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Business Regulation
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set-out Ireland’s position on the proposed EU Digital Simplification Omnibus; and to provide an update on Ireland’s...
    • EU Presidency
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to visit Denmark prior to Ireland holding the presidency of the Council of EU. [7376/26]
    • Ukraine War
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid Ireland is providing to Ukraine in order to assist in repairing their electricity grid [7390/26]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the location and nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Irish Embassies in 2025; and the location and nature of...
    • Passport Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [7449/26]
    • Humanitarian Aid
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total humanitarian aid provided by Ireland to conflict-affected regions in Africa in 2025; the monitoring processes to ensure funds...
    • Trade Relations
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on trade relations with countries involved in ongoing human rights concerns; the criteria for imposing sanctions;...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support provided to Irish missionaries operating in developing countries; the coordination with NGO partners; and if she will make a...
    • United Nations
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual financial contributions to UN peacekeeping missions; the involvement of Irish personnel in current operations; and if she will...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic efforts to promote religious freedom internationally; the specific initiatives funded by Ireland in this area; and if she...
    • Departmental Contracts
      161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from...
    • Trade Agreements
      163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the proposed EU-India Trade Agreement includes a mobility agreement; and, if so, what this will mean for Ireland in terms of...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have sought assistance from the Irish embassy in South Korea in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in...
    • Civil Service
      165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales;...
    • Consular Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on activities on the Irish Consulate General based in Munich including staffing resources. [8502/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a tender was involved in the production of the video published on the Irish Foreign Ministry account (details supplied) to mark St....
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Generation
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation of community benefit funds from wind farm projects in County Offaly in 2025; the way these funds are...
    • Environmental Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 7 October 2025, the reason the deserted wives social protection payment...
    • Recycling Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether withdrawals are anticipated from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund in 2026 to support electrical waste...
    • Energy Policy
      171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the proposed pumped hydro storage facility at Silvermines, County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether section 14 authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 has ever been issued to Inland Fisheries...
    • Angling Sector
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm whether salmon angling stakeholders and/or salmon advocacy groups threatened legal action against his...
    • Water Quality
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the publication of the Western Lakes Management Plan; the reasons for its continued deferral since...
    • Inland Fisheries
      178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he envisages that a permanent CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland will be in situ; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the updated timeline for the publishing of the Heads of Bill for the new Inland Fisheries (Consolidation) Bill; and if he...
    • Just Transition
      180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on Just Transition initiatives for former peat industry workers in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reliance on gas as a backup for intermittent wind energy generation; the projected costs to Irish households for...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution of onshore wind farms to reducing electricity prices for consumers in rural areas like County Offaly; if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times the Climate Action Delivery Board has met since 19 July 2024; the dates of these meetings; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has...
    • Recycling Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to publish the recent approval agreement he made with an organisation (details supplied); the way in which this agreement...
    • Environmental Policy
      194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to publish the second whole of Government circular economy strategy; and the progress he has made in this...
    • Legislative Process
      195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason heads 28, 29 and 30 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 that were approved by Government on...
    • Environmental Schemes
      197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allow retrospective access to SEAI's individual energy upgrade grants for households impacted by a company that...
    • Climate Change Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he has met with the Climate Change Advisory Council to discuss concerns that the Council has raised with him...
    • Building Energy Rating
      199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reduce waiting times for BER assessments associated with SEAI grants from the current 12 months; the number...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the MPA legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8405/26]
    • Energy Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of work to establish a legislative and regulatory framework for peer-to-peer energy trading and community...
    • Departmental Funding
      203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding or grant supports which are available or planned for community-scale battery storage projects, such as those...
    • Energy Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department plans to develop a national framework for community virtual microgrids and virtual power plants; the way...
    • Civil Service
      206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil...
    • Judicial Reviews
      207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the scale of fees for environmental law judicial review cases; and...
    • EU Directives
      210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of statutory instruments intended to transpose remaining elements of RED III; the anticipated publication and...
    • EU Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the publication of Ireland's Social Climate Plan; and the drawdown of funding from the EU. [8743/26]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Schemes
      212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the aircraft maintenance technician scheme will be launched for the next intake; if she will consider aligning the timing of future...
    • Departmental Bodies
      214. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that...
    • Departmental Staff
      217. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for each...
    • Defence Forces
      218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank currently in the Defence Forces Equitation School; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular...
    • Civil Service
      220. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Legislative Reviews
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the review he is carrying out into the existing laws regarding the use of e-scooters and scrambler bikes with a...
    • Local Authorities
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a break down of the funding allocated d by each county council in each of the years 2020 to date, under the CIS, in tabular...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and the implementation date for traffic light camera systems for red light breaking; the number of cameras intended for each...
    • Transport Policy
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether withdrawals are anticipated from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund in 2026 to support the decarbonisation of the bus...
    • Cycling Policy
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and schemes in place to fund secure bicycle parking in schools; the efforts being made by his Department to combat the theft...
    • Rail Network
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given for the installation of a new rail link between Blanchardstown and Donabate via Dublin Airport; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of contactless bank card payments across public transport services currently operating under the Leap...
    • Air Safety
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if anomalous aerial observation may meet the definition of a reportable occurrence where it endangers, or could endanger, an aircraft,...
    • Bus Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding in 2026 provided by the NTA for additional Local Link routes within Mayo. [7415/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 13 January 2026, if he will provide a timeline for the publication and implementation of a...
    • Tax Rebates
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a payment made in error online for motor-tax cannot be refunded to a person in County Galway (details supplied) despite the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current legal powers available to An Garda Síochána to seize, detain, and dispose of scrambler bikes, quad bikes, and other...
    • Rail Network
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost incurred by Iarnród Éireann in 2025 in relation to graffiti vandalism across the rail network; the number of...
    • Public Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has engaged with An Garda Síochána, local authorities, or transport operators on a coordinated national...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the precise reason the Dublin Airport Authority did not submit a response to the formal complaint lodged (details supplied) with the...
    • Airport Policy
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he considers it appropriate that operational decisions by the Irish Aviation Authority and delays within the planning system...
    • Tax Rebates
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider changes to the criteria for the refunding of motor tax in circumstances where the cost of repairing a motor vehicle...
    • Road Safety
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria to be applied in determining the proposed locations of cameras in Dublin urban areas under the National Safety Camera...
    • Departmental Bodies
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per...
    • Bus Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus from Dublin 15 to Dublin Airport (N8 Route) has now been put back further to 2027. [7799/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of reports that some CIÉ pensioners are surviving on €8 thousand a year as they have not received a pension...
    • Electric Vehicles
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department is currently undertaking a review of the guidelines pertaining to the installation of EV chargers to private...
    • Rail Network
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority to examine the possibility of rerouting the Bray...
    • Departmental Reviews
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of a review (details supplied), including all consultancy fees and Departmental expenditure; if a value for money report...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 13 January 2026, if the RSAA will provide the number of MR cases received from the UK and NI...
    • Road Safety
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when cameras to capture motorists breaking red lights will be introduced. [7913/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from...
    • Bus Éireann
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new drivers which have been hired by Bus Éireann to cover routes in Cork city in 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new drivers which have been hired by Iarnród Éireann to serve routes in Cork county in 2020; and if he will make...
    • Bus Éireann
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new buses purchased by Bus Éireann to serve routes in Cork city in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if...
    • Bus Services
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to new bus shelters at location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7992/26]
    • Road Projects
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a project (details supplied) as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/26]
    • Rail Network
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when catering services will return to the Limerick to Dublin Heuston route of Iarnród Éireann following the suspension of...
    • Bus Éireann
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with Bus Éireann in relation to reducing fares on Bus Éireann routes as of January 2026; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with Iarnród Éireann in relation to reducing fares on InterCity routes as of January 2026; and if he...
    • Road Network
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update as of January 2026, on repair and resurfacing works for the N20 between Mallow and Charleville; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the reduction of driving test waiting times in County Cork as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with Iarnród Éireann to increase the capacity of the Iarnród Éireann service from Mallow to...
    • Road Projects
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update as of January 2026 on the repair works on the N72 Mallow to Killarney Road; when works will be concluded; and if he will...
    • Bus Éireann
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase capacity of Bus Éireann service on the route of Mallow to Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Policy
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the introduction of next gen ticketing on the Cork fleet for bus services as of January 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Greenways Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update as of January 2026 on the Mallow-to-Dungarvan Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8033/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of fines levied by the National Transport Authority on bus, Luas and rail services for contract breaches, by each...
    • Transport Policy
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of public bodies, including local authorities, State departments and semi-State organisations, that have jurisdiction or...
    • Rail Network
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the public service obligation contract with Iarnród Éireann to end the requirement for Iarnród...
    • Social Media
      333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions his Department has had with agencies under its remit over their usage of a social media platform (details supplied). [8087/26]
    • Dublin Bus
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the lack of direct public bus services serving the Clonshaugh Road area of Dublin Bay North, including the withdrawal...
    • Driver Licences
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulatory and oversight arrangements in place for the issuing of International driving permits in Ireland; whether his Department...
    • Public Transport
      340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost, from its initial stages to implementation, of the local hackney pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if discussions have taken place between his Department at the DAA...
    • Departmental Staff
      342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for...
    • Traffic Management
      343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending policy or guidance to explicitly prioritise vehicle actuated temporary traffic signals as the default...
    • Driver Licences
      344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting the exchange of an Australian driver licence for an...
    • Bus Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will liaise with TFI to ensure that, in areas where there is a growing population and a busy bus service (details...
    • Road Projects
      346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the roads budget 2026 will be announced; if he will provide additional funding for Counties Wicklow and Wexford, noting that these...
    • Taxi Licences
      347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering an extension to the 10 year rule for SPSV vehicles; his views on a one year extension, meaning that taxis registered...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of texts which were received by Iarnród Éireann's anti-social behaviour text service in 2024 and in 2025; the follow...
    • Bus Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are smoke alarms fitted on public bus services in the county; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Budgets
      351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the 2025 capital budget allocation for his Department that was actually spent; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each county council in each of the years 2020 to date for roads, broken down by...
    • Driver Licences
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence (details supplied) will be returned to a person, in view of the fact they have been waiting over 12 months for the...
    • National Transport Authority
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of active travel funding allocated by the National Transport Authority; the total amount of active travel funding drawn...
    • Road Signage
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will review road design guidelines, as some estates and communities are encountering exit turning circles that are too...
    • Road Safety
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will make it mandatory for cyclists and e-scooter users to wear helmets and high visibility clothing in an effort to...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road accidents, per local authority area, in tabular form. [8450/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria the National Transport Authority uses to assess funding applications. [8453/26]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department collects data on the amount of accidents and injuries caused by e-scooters and e-bikes. [8455/26]
    • Cycling Policy
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering enabling cyclists to turn left at red traffic lights. [8456/26]
    • Civil Service
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay...
    • Rail Network
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) with Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road safety improvement schemes funded in County Wexford from 2022 to date in 2026, by year, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Parking Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can support the expansion of the disabled parking permit scheme to include “flight risk” diagnoses where specialised...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost if the stamp duty on first-time house buyers on houses valued at less than €370,000 was scrapped based on 2025 figures. [7383/26]
    • Tax Credits
      373. To ask the Minister for Finance whether tenants in cost rental accommodation are eligible to claim the rent tax credit; if not, the basis for their exclusion; if such tenants remain eligible...
    • Tax Code
      374. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the policy reasoning behind applying a higher-than-normal rate of capital gains tax to exchange-traded funds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      375. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts in dividend payments made to the State in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial...
    • Tax Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of DT1 forms submitted each year since 2016; the total estimated market value at time of disposition for each year; the total revenue raised by the...
    • Financial Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his stated intention to introduce additional regulation of high-cost credit and consumer lending, the specific categories of lending he proposes to...
    • Tax Collection
      382. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reforming the current capital acquisitions tax (CAT) thresholds (details supplied) which continue to create significant inequality and...
    • Departmental Policies
      383. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he approved, or intends to approve, any policy direction arising from the current public consultation on the modernisation of withholding taxes...
    • Departmental Bodies
      387. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      388. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Revenue Commissioners phone line for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme (01 7383671) is extremely difficult to...
    • Tax Reliefs
      389. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief options available for family-run businesses in agriculture; the impact assessments of recent budget changes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      390. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation...
    • Tax Code
      392. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 28 May 2025, which source of data the Revenue Commissioners used to estimate the cost of reducing VAT on bicycles...
    • Tax Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State has paid in own resources tax for unrecycled plastic packaging; and if he will co-operate with the Minister of State for the Circular...
    • Fuel Prices
      394. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland’s position on EU excise equalisation proposals relating to RYO products, given the concerns of border county retailers over the potential of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      395. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the disposal of the MV Matthew by Revenue; the full costs to date for the storage and upkeep of this vessel; and to provide a timeline for...
    • National Governing Bodies
      396. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review or extend the current Revenue deadlines in view of a case (details supplied) to allow National Governing Sports Bodies and other...
    • Tax Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that many pensioners who recently received their 2026 tax-free certificates have noted that the Revenue Commissioners have calculated their...
    • Tax Reliefs
      399. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the VAT exemption for solar PV systems to retro-fitted domestic batteries and hybrid inverters, given their increasing...
    • Civil Service
      401. To ask the Minister for Finance the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the duration for...
    • State Bodies
      402. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the ISIF undertook a process of due diligence in advance of supporting a company (details supplied); if he is satisfied that no conflicts...
    • Tax Code
      403. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised if all carers who have outstanding tax payments were to pay in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that visited Trim Castle in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [7375/26]
    • Ombudsman and Information Commissioner
      410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of the cybersecurity incident involving unauthorised access to the IT systems of the Ombudsman. if any data was breached; if...
    • Office of Public Works
      411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if safety signage could be erected at the Staigue Ring Fort, Castlecove by the Office of Public Works (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if abatement in respect of pensions is only applied to Army personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work...
    • Ombudsman and Information Commissioner
      416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he has examined the potential for perceived or actual conflicts of interest in cases where a person who has exhausted a...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the Office of Government Procurement to advise Government departments to allow staff to use the cycle-to-work scheme...
    • Departmental Staff
      418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee...
    • Office of Public Works
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified health and safety advisors employed by the OPW as of 27 January 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of serving Ministers and Ministers of State whose pension contributions were identified by the National Shared Services...
    • Civil Service
      423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following repeated serious flooding in Enniscorthy, the measures his Department will take to ensure the flood defence scheme that is...
    • State Properties
      425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the accessibility of Dublin Castle grounds during the EU presidency; when restrictions begin and end,...
    • Office of Public Works
      429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his officials will refurbish the entrance doors of Kilmainham Gaol Courthouse, which are in a dilapidated condition; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      432. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of each flood relief scheme in Counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and an indicative timeframe for the completion of each. [8617/26]
    • Office of Public Works
      433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the OPW prioritise works to an area (details supplied). [8650/26]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Energy Infrastructure
      434. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his attention has been drawn to the 2024 acquisition of the Whiddy Island terminal by a US corporation (details supplied);...
    • Tourism Promotion
      435. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the percentage of the 2025 capital budget allocation for Fáilte Ireland was spent; and if any underspend from the 2025...
    • Regional Development
      436. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in County Offaly facing rising energy costs; and if he will make...
    • Construction Industry
      442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has formally requested the Central Statistics Office, since 2022, to develop a residential construction...
    • Airport Policy
      445. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has assessed the potential economic impact on tourism, foreign direct investment, export capacity, and...
    • Construction Industry
      446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an independent external evaluation framework has been established to assess the value for money and productivity impact of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      449. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as...
    • Departmental Contracts
      450. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work...
    • Farm Safety
      452. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the requirement under Health and Safety Authority guidelines for farmers to undertake front-loader training at a...
    • Driver Licences
      453. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of complaints regarding the advertising and promotion of international driving permit services, including advertised...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      454. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the scope of the proposed regulation of the AI Bill; and the expected timelines for publication of the...
    • Industrial Development
      455. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to name all IDA Ireland client companies with operations in Tipperary. [8303/26]
    • Industrial Relations
      457. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. [8394/26]
    • Civil Service
      458. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay...
    • Grocery Industry
      459. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of reports of discrepancies between shelf prices and prices charged at tills in the grocery retail sector, including...
    • International Agreements
      460. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with institutions of the European Union with respect to the Mobility Pact (Comprehensive Framework for...
    • Departmental Bodies
      461. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application for membership of the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum has been approved (details supplied); and whether further...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who have applied for redress in respect of institutional abuse in each year since the establishment of the redress scheme;...
    • Youth Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will inform the youth organisations funded by her Department of allocations for 2026 across the various headings such as youth service...
    • Schools Building Projects
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [7380/26]
    • Education Policy
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether IQ tests are mandatory or routinely required in secondary schools; the circumstances in which such assessments may be used; and if she...
    • Home Schooling
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents whose children receive home tuition are the employer of the tutor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7430/26]
    • School Patronage
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the school patronage survey will be made public. [7444/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have been referred for a place in a special school in each county, each year for the past ten years. [7482/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new school building (details supplied). [7488/26]
    • Education Policy
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has to revise the Walk Tall Programme to include modern materials on drug prevention suitable for primary schools; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will be permitted to issue letters of eligibility again; her views on a case (details supplied);...
    • School Enrolments
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of primary school places in Shankill, County Dublin; the steps she is taking to address the...
    • School Facilities
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place within her Department that ensure that significant population growth in an area is matched with additional school...
    • School Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the DEIS + scheme does not focus solely on urban areas, but also assists rural disadvantaged areas; and if she will make...
    • School Facilities
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date for a capital works project (details supplied); the estimated time to complete the project; and if she will make a...
    • School Admissions
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact number of places currently available in Portmarnock South and North, not the whole Portmarnock School Planning Area as this is a much...
    • Special Educational Needs
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that a child (details supplied) will be awarded an NCSE letter of eligibility in order to receive a place in a special class in the...
    • Education Schemes
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to continue the post-primary school books scheme for the 2026/2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on Register 14 of TESS; the percentage of whom are identified as having AEN/SEN; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for modular buildings; if there is a set amount per year; the way it is decided and allocated; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for families who missed the NCSE’s October 2025 deadline for eligibility letters; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools awaiting tender approval in the additional school accommodation scheme currently; the number of those applications that are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of issues with the NCSE's parent notify process and the delays it is causing for children in accessing a special class. [7821/26]
    • Education Policy
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to protect freedom of expression for teachers regarding sensitive social issues; the training provided on handling...
    • School Transport
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for school transport schemes in 2025; the steps taken to address capacity issues in underserved areas; and if she will make...
    • Education Policy
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy on single-sex education options; whether any reviews are underway to assess parental preferences for such schools; and if she will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that...
    • Departmental Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department collects aggregate data on levels of energy consumption by schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8035/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered instructing schools with special classes to assign a teacher to coordinate said classes; to specify a minimum number of...
    • School Admissions
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the number of times that section 37A of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 has been used to date; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fee paying schools across the State which have one or more special classes, by primary and secondary schools; and if she will make...
    • Home Schooling
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has made home tuition conditional on a student having a psychological report which must be completed within the past...
    • Special Educational Needs
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a full autism class in primary school receives €4,020 annually (year on year funding), meanwhile full autism classes...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of the Schools Photovoltaic Programme; the number of schools that have completed installations, been approved for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to expand ASD special class provision at post-primary level in an area (details supplied); the current assessment by her...
    • Education Schemes
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider early childhood educators to provide July provision (details supplied); if she plans to extend July provision eligibility to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the attention of her Department has been drawn to this; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for each...
    • State Examinations
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to provide only an additional ten minutes per exam, rather than per hour, for Junior Certificate and Leaving...
    • Special Educational Needs
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options which are available to ensure a person (details supplied) will get a place in an appropriate school in the local area. [8255/26]
    • School Enrolments
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary school places in Galway city for each academic year from 2022 to 2026, in tabular form; whether there was a surplus or...
    • National Development Plan
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026 to 2030 period, if she will provide an update on actions to map youth...
    • Special Educational Needs
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special education needs organisers have the capacity to refer children with special needs who require a space in a special needs school to a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when contracts will be signed for the construction of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8337/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the urgent need for additional autism class provision in the West Sligo area, given that only one place remains available in a school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects construction to commence on a new school (details supplied); the estimated date on which students are likely to take up...
    • School Facilities
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider expanding the counselling in Primary Schools-Pilot to secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Development Plan
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026-2030, to provide a breakdown of the105 projects that are to progress to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026-2030, the funding which will be provided to the provision of additional...
    • School Facilities
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planning her Department has undertaken or will be undertaking to meet the schooling needs of the Balbriggan community, given the plans for...
    • School Curriculum
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the submission made over two years ago by an organisation (details supplied) calling for the inclusion of health literacy and...
    • School Admissions
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) who is currently attending a local primary school has a place in a special needs class for...
    • Civil Service
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether schools are required to formally notify her Department when a child is removed from, or ceases attending, mainstream primary or...
    • Schools Building Projects
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm who is the external programme manager for the ADAPT 4- Programme Innovate; the annual cost for the contract for this service; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm whether a special class is open in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [8525/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full payment can be made to a person (details supplied) for hours worked under the 2025 Home Based Summer Programme; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a county by county breakdown of newly established special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8546/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 December 2025, to provide an update on progress made to reconfigure an annex building to provide...
    • Education and Training Boards
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will initiate a national transfer framework to allow a transfer of seniority when a teacher moves from one ETB to another; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to determine the prioritisation of certain school building projects, as announced on 28 January 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the funding mechanisms available for a school to apply for funding for resurfacing of a school car park; whether it can be applied for...
    • Youth Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration if any which has been given within her Department to the re-establishment of the Young Person's Facilities and Services Fund...
    • Schools Building Projects
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on current school projects in Kilkenny under construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8666/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to announce more special education class places; and if a school (details supplied) will be included in the allocation as the need for...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • National Security
      614. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the National Security Analysis Centre has conducted an assessment of the way in which hostile actors might utilise...
    • Pension Provisions
      615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of agreed pension increases for retired An Post employees, including former postmen; whether these...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of artists which are on the six weeks control group basic income payment; if the existing basic income for the...
    • Sports Funding
      617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the New Sports Capital Programme will open up for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7495/26]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures in place to improve broadband connectivity for businesses in rural areas of County Offaly; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has...
    • Online Safety
      624. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the Government plans to introduce legislative measures to increase transparency and auditability of recommendation...
    • Sports Funding
      625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the breakdown of all sports capital funding given to rowing clubs across the country, by club, in each of the years since...
    • Departmental Communications
      626. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the dates of all face-to-face or online meetings between Sport Ireland and his Department between 2020 and 27 January 2026....
    • Heritage Sites
      628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any engagement he has had with the board of a house (details supplied) in relation to State support;...
    • Civil Service
      633. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil...
    • Sports Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the supports made available by the State to motor sport. [8609/26]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will have access to a place finders service. [7414/26]
    • Library Projects
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied) as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8309/26]
    • Local Authorities
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether, prior to the introduction of revised engineering qualification requirements for local authority staff on 25 July...
    • Departmental Policies
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the National Planning Statement on Solar Energy; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be...
    • Defective Building Materials
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1133 of 4 November 2025, if he has been given the completed report and recommendations...
    • Housing Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will approve funding for a project (details supplied). [7443/26]
    • Housing Policy
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capital assistance scheme (CAS) funding allocated in each of the years 2021 to 2025; the average CAS funding...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service have engaged with Lough Corrib trout angling clubs and stakeholders regarding the...
    • Judicial Reviews
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews initiated against wind farm planning permissions in the midlands since 2021; the reasons cited...
    • Housing Policy
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be providing funding to local authorities to install solar panels on their social houses where they previously took...
    • Meteorological Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 March 2025, the rationale for Met Éireann not providing flood forecasts...
    • Housing Schemes
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies in Galway City and Galway County in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [7735/26]
    • Housing Policy
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider increasing the Homeless HAP rate in Galway City and County from 35% to 50% given the high rents in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the...
    • Soláthar Tithíochta
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an gcuirfidh sé in iúl go sonrach de réir gach ceantar Gaeltachta cén soláthar tithíochta...
    • An Ghaeltacht
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén tacaíocht shonrach a cuireadh ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid den bheartas Tosaíocht do Lár an...
    • Local Authorities
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations on local authority funding for community projects; the transparency measures for grant allocations; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has...
    • Fire Stations
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of call outs in each of the fire stations in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years, in tabular...
    • Fire Service
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will announce a new Fire Service Capital Programme for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when homeowners who have spent money since March 2024 under the defective concrete block grant scheme will be reimbursed up to...
    • Local Authorities
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of stock audits completed, by local authority, in the past 12-months, in tabular form. [8040/26]
    • Regeneration Projects
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of regeneration projects for which his Department has received an application; and the number of units these...
    • Housing Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to limit the number of cases whereby people are removed from social housing lists due to getting a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025 was signed into law;...
    • Inland Fisheries
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of an Inland Fisheries Ireland survey conducted in 2025 which notes that salmon stocks on the Boyne and Kells...
    • Construction Industry
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports currently in place to support first-time builders financially or otherwise; the proposals his Department has...
    • Departmental Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per...
    • Local Authorities
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate the best practice guidelines given by his Department to local authorities regarding the time taken to...
    • Housing Policy
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has set any affordable housing delivery targets for each local authority, including Mayo County...
    • Housing Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific affordable housing delivery objectives his Department has for large regional towns in County Mayo; whether the...
    • Housing Policy
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way national affordable housing targets are translated into binding local authority delivery expectations; whether he...
    • Housing Provision
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which current housing output compares to the Government’s election commitment to deliver up to 60,000 homes...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce requirements for new housing developments to include solar PV, domestic battery storage and provision...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the protocol to allow households fleeing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to transfer time...
    • Civil Service
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government céard é líon na n-oifigeach forbartha Gaeilge (coibhéis lánaimseartha), i bhfoirm tábla,...
    • Income Inequality
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the domiciliary care allowance is treated as household income for the purposes of assessing eligibility and...
    • Water Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis on which Uisce Éireann requires a minimum of 25 houses before considering a new public water connection or...
    • Planning Issues
      705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether an assessment was undertaken of the practical impact of section 85(1)(c)-(d ) of the Planning and Development Act 2024...
    • Rental Sector
      711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will examine the introduction of targeted incentives to support small scale landlords to remain in the rental...
    • Housing Policy
      712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the commitment in the Housing Action Plan to update the code of practice for local authority nominations to...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Welfare Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of calls received by the national community welfare scheme in each month of 2025, in tabular form. [7379/26]
    • Grant Payments
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to parents who do not qualify for the bereaved parent grant due to the fact their wife/husband/civil...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to ensure that a person will receive a payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of meetings of the Disability Consultative Forum in 2025; the number that will take place in 2026; the dates on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7632/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to reconsider introducing a cost of living disability payment in 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1545 of 13 January 2026, the position regarding a timeline for the phasing out of the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the...
    • School Meals Programme
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of local providers of the hot school meals per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will urgently review the possibility of a supplementary winter payment for those with a disability given the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to carry out a full review of the partial capacity benefit claim of a person (details supplied). [8079/26]
    • State Pensions
      728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding pensions;; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether compensation following an accident is taken into consideration during the income assessment for disability allowance;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will include Grange Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 in the emergency response payment following significant flooding in...
    • Departmental Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a reduction in the adult dependent payment for a person (detail supplied).; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department is putting resources into reviewing existing carers allowance applications given the move towards...
    • State Pensions
      737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of applications for State pension contributory in 2025 that were refused, in tabular form. [8297/26]
    • Civil Service
      739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that despite paying PRSI at the appropriate rate, widows in receipt of the widow and bereaved partners pension...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that potential overpayments of the PUP are being recouped at present; if he is aware that estimates are being...
    • State Pensions
      743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that some former political prisoners released under the Good Friday Agreement may just miss out on the State...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Regulations
      744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the systems in place to verify the authenticity of identity and residency documents presented by non-EU nationals seeking to...
    • Northern Ireland
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 210 of 20 January 2026, the position regarding the use of a historical investigation unit...
    • Deportation Orders
      746. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for revocation of a deportation order by a person (details supplied) who self-deported in August...
    • An Garda Síochána
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotions from Sergeant to Inspector rank within An Garda Síochána which occurred in 2025, in tabular...
    • Citizenship Applications
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a person (details supplied) submitted in October 2022. [7401/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      751. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by Gardaí within Mayo, Roscommon and Longford division for having no insurance in 2025, in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update regarding a citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ukraine War
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measure in place for Ukrainians being housed by local families given that his Department is due to cease monthly payments...
    • An Garda Síochána
      754. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 29 May 2025, the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions since new legislative measures were announced in February 2021 to tackle the illegal anti-social...
    • Visa Applications
      756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached in respect of a stamp 4 visa renewal application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Coroners Service
      757. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on coronial reform, including the preparation of Heads of Bill; his plans to establish formal agreements...
    • Visa Applications
      758. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the visa application by a family (details supplied); if the specific circumstances can be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to designate a unit within An Garda Síochána to act as the verifying authority in the State for the...
    • International Protection
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the qualification or language competencies a cultural mediator will be required to have under the International Protection Bill...
    • Insurance Industry
      764. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions initiated and convictions secured for insurance fraud and fraudulent personal injury claims in each...
    • Departmental Advertising
      766. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of public funds paid by his Department and by the Irish Prison Service since 2020 in respect of podcasts,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      772. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the Garda fleet (details supplied) in each Garda station at the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      773. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to select EU nationals who were recently deported under the Free Movement Directive; if any of those deported...
    • International Protection
      774. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the unacceptable use of bunk beds in an IPAS centre (details supplied); if his attention has...
    • Jury Service
      776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the merits of creating a support service to assist jurors who have been on a jury for a distressing trial; and if...
    • Stardust Fire
      777. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the redress scheme for the Stardust survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7747/26]
    • Data Protection
      779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures which are in place within the Irish Prison Service to ensure compliance with GDPR principles of data...
    • Protected Disclosures
      782. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures which were transmitted by him to the OPDC under section 8 during the period 1 November 2025...
    • Residency Permits
      786. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an IRP card will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7798/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      793. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed since 2020; the criteria used for such closures; and if he will make a...
    • Sentencing Policy
      797. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offenders involved in public order disturbances; and if...
    • International Protection
      798. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for international protection applications from applicants originating from safe countries; the...
    • Deportation Orders
      799. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of deportation orders issued in 2025; the breakdown, by nationality; the enforcement mechanisms to ensure...
    • International Protection
      800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to the State of providing legal aid to international protection applicants for the period 2020-2025; the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of failed asylum seekers who have remained in Ireland beyond their appeal periods in the past two years; the actions...
    • Departmental Contracts
      802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the appointment, procurement basis and ongoing payments in respect of services provided by a company at a location...
    • Departmental Properties
      811. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether, prior to the State's purchase of a property (details supplied) a formal value-for-money assessment was undertaken;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      814. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to County Mayo in each year since the introduction of the new Garda operating model; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      816. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted...
    • Control of Firearms
      818. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider supporting a proposal to amend the firearms permit/licence renewal process to enable it to become a process...
    • Social Media
      819. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the national counter-radicalisation strategy is being adapted to address the evolving nature of ideological...
    • An Garda Síochána
      820. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; the number assigned to each station; the number who are fluent in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      821. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the contract with a company (details supplied) for the provision of asylum accommodation will be extended in March 2026 in...
    • Trade Agreements
      822. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has carried out an assessment as to whether the mobility framework associated with the EU-India Free Trade...
    • Departmental Staff
      823. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per...
    • An Garda Síochána
      824. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for An Garda Síochána will be launched before Easter; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Agreements
      826. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list the measures under protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which Ireland opted out of in...
    • Court Procedures
      828. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he agrees with the recommendation of report commissioned by him called An Assessment of the Efficacy of Bail Laws in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      829. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he last met formally with the chief superintendent of DMR North Division; and the issues discussed. [8299/26]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      831. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda CCTV cameras currently operational in each Garda division, in tabular form. [8301/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      832. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí trained and currently deployed in specialist units for cyber crime, serious and organised crime and...
    • Visa Applications
      834. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1612 of 13 January 2025, the actions he will take to ensure that visa applications are...
    • International Protection
      836. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the way in which the State intends on dealing with holders of a temporary protection visa who is being hosted by a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      838. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of property seizure holding facilities currently available in each Garda division, in tabular form. [8508/26]
    • Work Permits
      841. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is likely that a decision will be reached in respect of an application for reactivation employment permit permission...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      842. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of refugees who submitted applications for naturalisation before 8 December 2025, whose applications were based on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agricultural Colleges
      843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who attained a green cert qualification from an agricultural college in each of the past ten years, in tabular...
    • Food Labelling
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to amend S.I. No. 307/2006 to extend mandatory country-of-origin labelling to poultry, pork and lamb in the...
    • Bord Bia
      846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will review the governance structure of Bord Bia to include a statutory ‘conflict of interest’ clause that...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the annual uptake of the solar capital investment scheme as part of the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme,...
    • Food Safety
      848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the three Irish companies that imported Brazilian beef containing the growth hormone oestradiol in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the number of dairy farmers who are milking over 100 cows; and the number of them participating in the ACRES, the...
    • Animal Diseases
      853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to enhance surveillance and early detection systems for avian influenza in poultry farms; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Culls
      863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Deer Management Strategy Group; the number of deer culled as a result of its work; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as...
    • Weather Events
      865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports provided to farmers affected by adverse weather conditions in 2025; the compensation schemes in operation; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      866. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work...
    • EU Agreements
      868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he engaged with members of the European Parliament in advance of the recent vote to defer the Mercosur trade agreement for...
    • Departmental Staff
      869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee...
    • Animal Diseases
      870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the level of bovine TB compensation given to farmers, given the current price of cattle (details supplied); and if...
    • Greyhound Industry
      871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if home checks carried out by an organisation (details supplied) officials or their agents for prospective "forever" homes for...
    • Bord Bia
      874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific assessment steps applied by his Department before recommending or approving the appointment of a Chairperson to Bord...
    • Departmental Budgets
      881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the 2025 capital budget allocation for his Department that was actually spent; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Civil Service
      882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider, in the interests of public safety, undertaking a coordinated scheme on a pilot basis, through local authorities,...
    • Customs and Excise
      884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products and plant products that were seized by his Departmental officials from both cargo and passenger terminals...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have an agricultural attaché posted to the Irish Embassy in Canada. [8504/26]
    • Food Safety
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 738 of 9 December 2025, in relation to the importation of Brazilian beef that was contaminated...
    • Food Labelling
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he can assure consumers that seafood labelled as Irish, is indeed caught by the Irish fishing fleet; and if he will...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Child Abuse
      888. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of historic sexual abuse cases that have been opened with Tusla for each of the years, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and...
    • Disability Services
      889. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current shortage of occupational therapists in Blanchardstown CDNT and Blakestown CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      890. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the list of all of the remaining measures required for ratification of the second optional protocol of the UNCRC; the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      891. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for their initial CDNT appointment in CHO8, in tabular form. [7382/26]
    • Domestic Violence
      893. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a person avails of domestic violence leave under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, the information...
    • Child Protection
      894. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment her Department has made of the risk of sexual exploitation of children placed in residential care and special...
    • Family Resource Centres
      899. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that the recently implemented Tusla structural reform will not alter the national programme status, ring-fenced...
    • Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Issues
      900. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total Exchequer funding allocated to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in each year from 2020 to 2025, inclusive;...
    • Childcare Services
      906. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans which are in place in Swords, Fingal East for increased availability of crèche places, particularly for children...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      907. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the process for registering as an early years provider will be streamlined to allow for faster registration; and if those going...
    • Childcare Services
      908. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for the allocation of €135 million which the Government has allocated to funded childcare facilities; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      909. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      910. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of significant delays in the commencement of assessment of need, AON, service statements, including the case of a...
    • Disability Services
      911. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adults attending respite in Monaghan; the number on waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      912. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of which counties the Shaping the Future: Early Years Action Plan is planned for, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      914. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when in person day-services will be restored to the level that was provided for up to 2024 by an organisation (details supplied); if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      915. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      917. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of funding which the early years services are receiving (details supplied). [8034/26]
    • Youth Services
      921. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the resources being dedicated to digital media literacy programmes that specifically aim to build resilience among young people...
    • Legislative Programme
      922. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the heads of the disability and miscellaneous provisions Bill have been approved by Government; when they will be published;...
    • Disability Services
      923. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when an adult day services centre for County Monaghan will be developed; if a location or site has been selected; if she can provide...
    • Civil Service
      928. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay...
    • Childcare Services
      929. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline all financial supports currently available to the private sector from her Department for the development of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      930. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a fee increase will be permitted for a creche (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8519/26]
    • Adoption Services
      931. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 29 January 2026, if she will provide a breakdown of the statistics provided by heading...
    • Child and Family Agency
      932. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give an assurance that the recently implemented Tusla Child and Family Agency structural reform will not alter the national...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      933. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE recruitment model for senior speech and language therapists, particularly the exclusive use of regional panels; and if she...
    • Health Services
      935. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on efforts made by the Government to find a solution regarding the blister pack charges facing vulnerable persons across County Louth and...
    • Emergency Services
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances, EMTs, paramedics, and advanced paramedics that were rostered, operational, and available in County Mayo on a date (details supplied);...
    • Ambulance Service
      939. To ask the Minister for Health the precise deployment locations of all National Ambulance Service units assigned to County Mayo between 10pm on 10 January 2026 and 1am on 11 January 2026,...
    • Emergency Services
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of EMTs, paramedics, and advanced paramedics rostered for duty in County Mayo on 10 January 2026; the number which were actively available for...
    • Ambulance Service
      943. To ask the Minister for Health whether cross-county ambulance support from Sligo, Galway, or Roscommon was available, requested, or dispatched during an emergency (details supplied); if not,...
    • Hospital Staff
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan as of 26 January 2026, in tabular form. [7377/26]
    • Medical Qualifications
      950. To ask the Minister for Health whether it will be a hiring requirement for the HSE that graduate counsellors/psychotherapists have completed non-mandatory personal therapy hours, which were...
    • Mental Health Services
      951. To ask the Minister for Health whether existing counsellors/psychotherapist will be subject to the same CORU standards as newly qualified counterparts; if existing...
    • Nursing Homes
      953. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a nursing home place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7409/26]
    • Suicide Prevention
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses posts filled within County Mayo as of 23 January 2026, in tabular form. [7416/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant cardiologist at Mayo University Hospital for a first appointment. [7417/26]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund refused funding for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Safety
      957. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the procedure whereby the recall of baby formula was communicated to parents, media outlets and other relevant organisations (details...
    • Beef Sector
      964. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Food Safety Authority of Ireland became aware that beef from Brazil treated with oestradiol was available on the Irish market in December...
    • Hospital Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Health to provide her Departments response to the Provision of an Autopsy Service in Ireland Faculty of Pathology position paper from the Royal College of Physicians...
    • Beef Sector
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has provided her with a report into the Brazilian beef containing the growth hormone oestradiol that was imported into...
    • Hospice Services
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the current rate of hospital autopsies in Ireland; the measures in place to reverse the reported decline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7469/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant pathologists currently employed in autopsy services across Ireland; his plans to address any identified shortages; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      971. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to modernise autopsy facilities in Irish hospitals, in line with recommendations for improved infrastructure; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of defending medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the...
    • Health Services
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of incidents (which includes claims) logged/recorded in each year from 2020 to date with the National Incident Management System hosted by the...
    • Hospital Services
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which are being planned to implement the 2025 ESC Guidelines for Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Pregnancy, including the establishment...
    • Departmental Policies
      975. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has received, reviewed, or been briefed on the report prepared by the expert group established by the HSE to examine the implications of the final...
    • Departmental Funding
      979. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 4 December 2025, whether she will provide the total approved pay allocation for funded posts within CHO4 for the...
    • Departmental Data
      980. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department receives, on an annual or monthly basis, data on funded posts, vacancy levels, and unused pay allocations across each Community...
    • Medicinal Products
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure urgent access to Welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease; whether compassionate or exceptional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      985. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-Covid patient (details supplied) without health insurance who has been referred for a procedure that can only be done privately could have this...
    • Health Promotion
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she is implementing to coordinate community and therapeutic supports with schools for youth drug prevention, ensuring schools are not overburdened...
    • Departmental Schemes
      988. To ask the Minister for Health the proactive initiatives she is developing to link mental health services with school-based drug prevention efforts; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      989. To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment under full anaesthetic will be given to a 14-year-old child with considerable special needs (details supplied) in severe need of this...
    • Departmental Data
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in County Kerry waiting for diagnostic tests, including MRI, CT, ultrasound and endoscopy, at the latest available data point, in each of...
    • Health Services Staff
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in eating disorder services nationally; the steps being taken to address these vacancies, particularly County Offaly; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health where the HSE and National Ambulance Service currently stand on delivering the recognition that has been promised to paramedics for several years; the HSEs...
    • Home Care Packages
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health when a carer will be appointed to fulfil an approved home care package in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health if she expects the Strategic Review of General Practice to be completed in 2026 or 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7595/26]
    • Emergency Departments
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of emergency department admissions per each emergency department in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7598/26]
    • Health Strategies
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy and to clarify the governance, funding and...
    • Food Safety
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s procedure for the testing of beef and other meat products entering the Irish market for banned hormones; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the Covid-19 evaluation panel; the timeframe for completion; the costs to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the changes she has implemented to address the issues identified in reports on the nursing home sector (details supplied); the further actions she intends to...
    • Medicinal Products
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has undertaken, commissioned, or reviewed any health economic or cost-benefit analysis on the use of GLP-1 receptor agonist...
    • Mental Health Services
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved occupational therapy posts, per population, in psychiatry of later life services across each health region; if there are integrated...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a total knee replacement for over five years at Beaumont Hospital; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to support the case of a person (details supplied) in urgent need of life-saving medication; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the lack of dental services for persons with disabilities due to overcrowding in Galway University Hospital; the number of...
    • Food Safety
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the timeline for the recall of baby formula (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7728/26]
    • Dental Services
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the arrangements in place to ensure patients can access their dental records and continuity of...
    • Health Services
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure a health surgery (details supplied) in County Waterford returns to operating on a full-time basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in current or pending legislation around the use of AI in counselling/psychotherapy sessions, namely for recording sessions and notetaking; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to Members of the Oireachtas, as per Department of public...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2159, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228 and 2229 of 13 January 2026, the number of chartered...
    • Medicinal Products
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide access to a medicine for the urgent case of a person (details supplied). [7780/26]
    • Medical Records
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure cardiovascular registers, audits and research collect and publish disaggregated data on sex and equity. [7796/26]
    • Seirbhísí Sláinte
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas maidir leis an gcinneadh chun an tseirbhís teiripe urlabhra a aistriú ó Leitir Mór go dtí an...
    • Medicinal Products
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure access to Welireg (belzutifan) for patients with Von Hippel–Lindau disease whose treating clinicians advise that delay...
    • Registration Certificate
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to delays in securing marriage notification appointments in the HSE north Lee area of Cork; her Department’s plans to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [7812/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding vaping; her plans to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for elective surgeries in midlands regional hospitals compared with those in Dublin; the plans to reduce disparities in access to healthcare...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP vacancies in rural practices as of January 2026; the incentives offered to attract medical professionals to these areas; and if she will make...
    • Emergency Departments
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE's winter plan on emergency department overcrowding in 2025; the additional resources allocated to support front-line staff; and if she...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for the drug payment scheme; whether adjustments are planned to account for rising living costs; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on mental health services in primary care settings for 2025; the evaluation metrics used to assess service effectiveness; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles in operation in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7872/26]
    • Health Services
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding endometriosis care in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7874/26]
    • Dental Services
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental screening programme in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7875/26]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of screening for spinal muscular atrophy as part of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (heel prick test);...
    • Medicinal Products
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the reason low-dose atropine (0.05%) eye drops for myopia control are difficult to obtain or totally unavailable (details supplied); if she will make...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation...
    • Health Services Staff
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and filled psychologist posts respectively, with the HSE, in County Mayo; the measures her Department is taking to increase such jobs in...
    • Mental Health Services
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a clinical psychologist currently assigned to the CAMHS team serving Mullingar; and the number of WTE posts filled and vacant. [8053/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had an appointment cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8065/26]
    • Home Care Packages
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out research on the effect of privatisation in the home care sector on the pay and conditions of workers in the sector as well...
    • Health Strategies
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a strategy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8125/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure timely access to appropriate treatments for patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease, given the risk of irreversible...
    • Health Services Staff
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions in each county. [8134/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the HSE to agencies to provide agency staff to cover vacant RGN and PHN positions in health centres nationwide in each of the past five...
    • Health Services
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the age in months of the oldest child to receive a 21-24 month developmental check in each county; and if she is aware of any region which is experiencing a...
    • Home Care Packages
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours currently waiting to be released in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8144/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for each year, in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at An Spidéal, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8171/26]
    • Health Services
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health whether a person with a disability who holds a long-term illness card, and whose prescribed medications are covered under the long-term illness scheme, is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8239/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of a paediatric neurology appointment for a child (details supplied) awaiting assessment in Sligo University Hospital; if steps...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in receipt of the social deprivation practice grant in each of the years since its introduction, by health...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a proposal to implement a new social deprivation practice grant has not been progressed (details supplied); her plans to implement this proposal;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health if any additional supports will be provided to general practitioners in the most deprived areas to assist with the chronic disease management programme...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health whether elective procedures at Tallaght Hospital are currently being scheduled (details supplied); if not, the reason; and when they will likely be scheduled...
    • Health Service Executive
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to establish a national system for professional interpreting services in the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists based at Cork University Hospital as of 28 January 2026. [8295/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed podiatrists, by grade, working within older persons services in CHO3 as of 28 January 2026, in tabular form. [8296/26]
    • Abortion Services
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 22 January 2026, the date of and the matters discussed in the meeting with pro-life groups she referred to in the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding that will be allocated for respite for older people in 2026. [8327/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a mental health crisis unit in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/26]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health of the 620 people taking legal action against the State as a result of the cyber-attack on the health service have accepted the offer of compensation; if the...
    • Emergency Services
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Birr First Responder Group was not alerted to an incident at a location (details supplied) on 27 January 2026; the reason the fire service was...
    • Health Services Staff
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts, filled at each primary care centre within CHO7 as of 27 January 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in geriatric medicine based at St James's Hospital as of 27 January 2026; the average waiting times to see these consultants for...
    • Nursing Homes
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to cases related to the fair deal scheme (details supplied); her views on how best for people in these circumstances to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health to outline her approach to long-Covid; the funding allocations made to research and counteract long-term side effects; and the steps being taken to address...
    • Medical Inquiries
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is concerned that more than two years on from the exposure of the spinal surgery implant scandal at Temple Street Hospital, the Medical Council...
    • Dental Services
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not collect and monitor data relating to adult waiting lists and times for dental treatment provided under the dental treatment...
    • Medicinal Products
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national rollout of the iSIMPATHY medication safety programme, which demonstrated improved patient outcomes and cost savings during...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the AMRIC antimicrobial resistance programme; the additional supports or resources allocated to sustain this work in 2026; if she will...
    • Patient Safety
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will commit to formal, ongoing engagement with an organisation (details supplied) as part of the implementation of the WHO Global Patient...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop or update a national health literacy strategy to support patient empowerment, particularly for marginalised and high-risk groups; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health the costs to date, including start-up cost of Ireland's Covid-19 evaluation; if she will provide incurred costs by heading (details supplied); the number of...
    • Civil Service
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the duration for...
    • Ambulance Service
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of instances that the National Ambulance Service has provided an ambulance to Shannon Airport for medical cover from January 2024 to...
    • Hospice Services
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation for County Clare palliative care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative...
    • Health Services Staff
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE infection prevention and control clinical nurse specialist posts that have been filled for the County Clare area as of 23 January 2026, in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the full membership of the Alcohol Act Technical Evaluation Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8520/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses based in the community do not receive a car and pay for their own car expenses. [8526/26]
    • Primary Care Services
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed primary care unit for Lismore, County Waterford; whether this facility was previously promised; and to provide a clear...
    • Health Services
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health where a councillor cannot attend a meeting of a regional health forum, if it is possible for that councillor to be substituted on that day from the same...
    • Cancer Services
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending the bowel screening age beyond 70 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8537/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      1166. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of housing or residential properties owned by the HSE per IHA; for a list of all vacant properties owned by the HSE per IHA; and if...
    • Health Services
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health if attendance by the integrated health area (IHA) manager of each IHA is mandatory at regional health forums; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been consideration of a paramedic bank or paramedic reserve to assist with surge capacity nationally and the figures required in each region to...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the building of the new planned Loughlinstown health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8541/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists assigned to local authorities, in particular for assessment of housing adaption grants; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Service Executive
      1171. To ask the Minister for Health if a data-sharing agreement between the HSE and An Garda Síochána is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8567/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a planned consolidation of task forces; if there is a timetable in place; if so, if there will be consultation on the change; and if she will make...
    • Health Service Executive
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health to outline who is conducting the current review of the HSE's 2017 position paper on wind turbines and public health; the terms of reference governing this...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health when the long-awaited Killarney community hospital will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8600/26]
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      1177. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the to the drugs task force in Kilkenny in each of the past five years; to provide an outline of the activity in this area; and if...
    • Health Strategies
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an itemised breakdown of allocations made towards combatting loneliness between 2019 and 2025, indicating which specific organisations and projects...
    • Ambulance Service
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has directed, or will direct, the National Ambulance Service to collect and publish monthly data on the number of emergency calls classified as...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the provision of suicide crisis assessment nurses in the Kerry area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability...
    • Legislative Measures
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of infringements of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act recorded in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health her views that there is no safe limit for exposure to UV radiation from sunbeds and that using a sunbed even once increases your risk of cancer. [8753/26]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      1194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide financial supports for Irish students studying in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8325/26]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that 3rd level institutions produce lists of counsellors/psychotherapists for their students who wish to engage in personal therapy, his...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants from County Offaly in skills development and training programs funded by his Department in 2025; and if he will make...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated total cost of the proposed national online AI and digital skills platform intended to upskill up to one million people; the...
    • Education Policy
      1204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the functions, staffing complement, and annual operating cost of the proposed National Skills Observatory; how it will operate within SOLAS; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the...
    • Education Schemes
      1207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant scheme is available for undergraduates granted a position in a four-year undergraduate course in an American university; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that...
    • Departmental Policies
      1210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government is funding interdisciplinary research into the intersection of digital technology, mental health, and societal violence to...
    • Third Level Education
      1211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work underway to support third level institutions to actively support students to develop digital and AI skills to better equip the...
    • Student Accommodation
      1212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the publication of his Department's Student Accommodation Strategy 2025–2035; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Civil Service
      1213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the...
    • Education Schemes
      1214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline grants and funding opportunities that are available for people pursuing counselling and psychotherapy qualifications, in particular...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to increase AI training places on Springboard+, Skillset, and Solas micro-credential courses in 2026. [8741/26]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén scrúdú a dhéanfar ar an bhféidearthacht go n-oibreodh Údarás na Gaeltachta le hUisce...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta
      1217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige Scéim na mBóithre Áise a athbhunú le go bhféadfaí caoi a chur ar...
    • Rural Schemes
      1218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that was made available by his Department to Carlow County Council through the Local Enhancement Programme...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted...
    • Departmental Staff
      1223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per...
    • Local Authorities
      1224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a break down of the funding allocated by each county council in each of the years 2020 to date, under the LIS, in...
    • Civil Service
      1226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the point at which, and level at which his Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service...
    • Digital Hubs
      1227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Departmental strategy to expand connected hubs and remote working infrastructure, including the potential for new hubs in...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      1228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil ar údaráis áitiúla ar a laghad duine amháin ar bhonn coibhéis lánaimseartha a bheith...
    • Tidy Towns
      1229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all available grants in 2026 for tidy town groups, in tabular form. [8548/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all available grants in 2026 for walkways, in tabular form. [8549/26]
    • Rural Schemes
      1231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether he will review the eligibility boundaries used for the CLÁR programme to ensure they accurately reflect current...
    • Departmental Funding
      1232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to support community centres with ongoing operational pressures such as energy, insurance, and staffing...

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