Written answers
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Disability Issues
1. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the sub-group convened to progress the National Disability Inclusion Strategy and the NDIS Transport Working Group proposals for an improved disabled...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to assist the undocumented Irish in the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10911/26]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Waste Management
3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a waste regulator for the re-municipalisation of domestic waste collection; and if he will make a...
- Seaweed Harvesting
5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the Government’s policy approach to sustainable seaweed harvesting as it arises under the Marine Planning...
- Biotechnology Industry
6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the biomethane sustainability charter will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10916/26]
- Energy Policy
9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of providing a €50 energy credit to all households; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Data
10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers who have been disqualified from driving in each of the past seven years; the number of those disqualified who did...
- Cycling Policy
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has received formal proposals from the Minister for Transport regarding the prohibition or restriction of scrambler bikes in...
- Departmental Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any funding has been formally approved for the second Newbridge bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10969/26]
- Tax Yield
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of scrapping the unfair surcharge on people paying motor tax in instalments; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding delivered through Transport Infrastructure Ireland for major capital works, by project, by county in each of the years...
- Departmental Data
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of accidents recorded at each junction of the M50, northbound and southbound in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide a timeline of when the new bus corridor on the M4 will be deemed road safe and be used; and if he will make...
- Road Safety
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans to make helmets mandatory for all cyclists on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Inquiries
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the settlement in a dispute between an individual and their former employer (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policies
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking to prevent illegal sulky racing; and if his attention has been drawn to a recent sulky race in north...
- National Transport Authority
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA have plans to move the H1 bus terminal to Hawkins Street, Dublin 2. [10803/26]
- Dublin Bus
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the immediate measures being taken to address the ongoing reliability issues on Dublin Bus Route 15, particularly on...
- Insurance Levy
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the difficulties faced by 18–20-year-old licence holders, including fully qualified rigid truck drivers and...
- Departmental Communications
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department received any communication from the US government, or was aware of flights (details supplied) deporting...
- Departmental Contracts
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of separate bids there were for the contract for contactless payments; the dates on which these bids were received in, tabular...
- Departmental Projects
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for contactless payments outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/26]
- Departmental Funding
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the developments undertaken in his Department to progress the implementation of a needs-based, grant-aided, modern vehicle adaptation...
- Road Network
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to replace the low level bridge at Mountain Stage, Glenbeigh, on the N70 Ring of Kerry road, as a matter of urgency, this will keep heavy...
- Departmental Schemes
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to reform the application system under the electric small public service vehicle (eSPSV25) grant scheme; and to prioritise applications...
- Departmental Inquiries
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed second river Liffey bridge for Newbridge,...
- Bus Services
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the efforts his Department are taking to develop bus priority measures in Galway City; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Inquiries
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Dublin Transport Authority (Amendment) Bill 2025 will be published; when he expects it to come to the Dail for second stage; if...
- Dublin Bus
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new buses added to the Dublin Bus fleet during 2025; the number of buses that were withdrawn from the Dublin Bus fleet...
- Driver Licences
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific measures currently in place, and those planned, to eliminate the incidence of unaccompanied driving among learner permit...
- Department of Finance
- Airport Security
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the drug-detector dog previously assigned to customs operations at Ireland West Airport retired; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an economic assessment or is planning any strategic initiatives to protect Ireland’s Funds sector in light of increased...
- Tax Avoidance
68. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline in detail his Department’s concerns over possible tax avoidance in the context of the consideration of measures to increase retail investment...
- Tax Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the number of businesses who registered and provided returns for the first accounting period for the tax E-liquid products tax (EPT) which were...
- Departmental Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any grant assistance available for electric cars under the disabled person's scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Central Bank of Ireland
72. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank’s decision to proceed with the Israeli Bonds Programme (details supplied); his views on the Central Bank’s role in...
- Departmental Reviews
73. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has commissioned, requested, or plans to commission a stand-alone socio-economic analysis of consumers who access high-cost credit in...
- Enterprise Policy
74. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have undertaken, commissioned, or estimated any compliance cost, systems-integration cost, or...
- Disability Services
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary medical certificate appeals to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, by county, for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular...
- Departmental Data
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the data collected by his Department relating to the disabled driver scheme and primary medical certificates. [10732/26]
- Insurance Coverage
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the ongoing discrimination young drivers face in accessing private motor insurance and commercial motor insurance, particularly those under...
- Departmental Inquiries
80. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the establishment of the proposed new Savings and Investments Forum, and an annual savings and investment industry roundtable. [10867/26]
- Financial Instruments
81. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on plans for legislation to support the establishment of tokenised funds in Ireland. [10869/26]
- EU Presidency
84. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [10872/26]
- Financial Instruments
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the developments undertaken in his Department to progress the implementation of a needs-based, grant-aided, modern vehicle adaptation supports to replace the...
- Tax Credits
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2026 of increasing the renter tax credit for the year 2026 by €250. [11049/26]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Parliamentary Questions
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 20 January 2026, which provided data on passenger kilometres travelled for work-related...
- Flood Relief Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the Athlone flood alleviation scheme, including original planned completion date; revised expected completion date; and...
- Departmental Projects
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific projects under the National Development Plan that are currently behind schedule or over budget; the corrective actions...
- Flood Relief Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if approval has been given for the expenditure of funds for the Mountmellick flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if approval has been given for the expenditure of funds for the new Garda station at Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 420 to 422 of 4 February 2026, the aggregate amount of pension contribution under-deductions...
- Flood Relief Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the Cavan town flood relief scheme; the expected timeline for this project to proceed to the next stage; and if...
- Departmental Data
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending opening times of an amenity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/26]
- Travel Documents
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the window for accepting and processing travel pass scheme applications is limited; if there are plans for the NSSO to expand...
- Departmental Funding
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be made available for approved projects to remove river conveyance blockages (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW have acquired a site for the provision of a new HQ for Garda North division; if not, when he expects the OPW to acquire a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has sought or received advice from the Office of Public Works regarding flooding and wave overtopping at the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Legislative Measures
115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on plans to modernise the Limited Partnership Act 1907 legislation. [10868/26]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital budget of IDA Ireland for each of the years 2008 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [10700/26]
- Departmental Correspondence
117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of an issue in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10704/26]
- Housing Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutory, policy, or administrative basis on which his Department considers that responsibility for commissioning residential...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the cross-departmental data analytics working group established under Housing for All has assigned clear Ministerial...
- Postal Services
125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures or supports, his Department plans to implement for SMEs to deal with the rising costs of sending parcels via An Post for...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 543 of 4 February 2026, if she will provide the data as requested; and if not, the reason for this. [10508/26]
- School Transport
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of challenges to the operation of school bus routes due to requirements for experienced school bus drivers with existing Garda...
- Schools Building Projects
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school extension project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10530/26]
- Special Educational Needs
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the working definition used by her Department for the term inclusion and for the term complex needs (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of special classes by fee-paying and non-fee-paying schools; if she accepts the discrepancy; and if she will make a...
- Youth Work Supports
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider putting forward a proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure; Infrastructure; Public Service Reform and Digitalisation...
- Special Educational Needs
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline recent changes to the home tuition scheme; her views on the additional requirement for a psychological report within...
- Departmental Data
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €35 million ICT grant to be issued to schools in January 2026, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place to support students with additional needs through State exams, including provisions for schools to maintain access to...
- School Facilities
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to enhance facilities at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/26]
- Departmental Reviews
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case (details supplied) and provide an update on this extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10667/26]
- Schools Building Projects
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, as part of the National Development Plan and the Government’s recent announcement of 105 schools that will progress to tender...
- School Textbooks
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has carried out any research or reviews of funding provided under the schoolbooks scheme (details supplied); and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns that funding for works at a school (details supplied) have not been added to her Department’s priority list and...
- Departmental Data
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of male students who dropped out of post-primary education or training after 16 years-of-age, for each of the years 2020 to 2025,...
- Special Educational Needs
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department maintains, receives, or collates any national dataset on the number of children in mainstream primary and post-primary...
- Education Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since the closure of Caranua, when the survivors of residential institutional abuse will be able to avail of educational support, as referenced...
- Departmental Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the list of schools in receipt of the Deis plus programme; to clarify the progress of the programme; and if she will make a statement...
- School Management
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10857/26]
- Special Educational Needs
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No’s 471, 472 and 473 of 4 February 2026, if her Department will commit to an audit of the actual...
- Schools Building Projects
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills based on the criteria she has published as the basis for the school construction projects announced in January 2026, the reason no school in the...
- Departmental Data
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise when the new set of actions will be developed for the period 2027 to 2028 as part of Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy...
- Education Schemes
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide details of the resilience and effectiveness scheme; the length of time it has been operating; the way in which the decision is...
- Youth Work Supports
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on the targeted youth employability support initiative; to detail the impact measurement tool that is being...
- Schools Building Projects
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10974/26]
- School Management
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10999/26]
- Schools Building Projects
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been added to the list of 105 School Building Projects to progress to tender and/or construction,...
- School Management
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11085/26]
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Departmental Schemes
185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of the basic income for artists will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe for his consideration of the proposed pension increase for former workers (details supplied); when he expects...
- Departmental Schemes
190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the basic income scheme for artists will open for applications in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Funding
191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to urgently consider (details supplied) and in view of the outstanding work the club has already done, to allow for funding...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Weather Events
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take into consideration the exceptionally wet weather and extend the burning season by a month, similar to Northern...
- Public Sector Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of engineers currently employed by local authorities who have become ineligible for promotion or career progression...
- Housing Policy
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a six-year tenancy will roll into a possible ten-year lease for the original tenant who did not leave a property in...
- Departmental Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received business cases in respect of funding remedial works (details supplied); if he or his officials have...
- Housing Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) rent limits have not been increased since July 2016, despite significant rises...
- Rental Sector
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the rental accommodation scheme (RAS) has no national rent thresholds despite its central role in housing long-term...
- Housing Schemes
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to extend the development contributions waiver scheme for houses commenced after 31 December 2024 for one-off housing and...
- Undefined
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review correspondence (details supplied); the additional funding available in this regard; and if he will make a statement...
- Planning Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the National planning statement to support short term lets; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vacant Properties
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details on a vacant property (details supplied); the purchase cost of the property; the total sum spent on refurbishment;...
- Invasive Species Policy
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently provide a significant allocation of funding to Kerry County Council to allow them to treat/eradicate Japanese...
- Planning Issues
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he is aware of concerns raised in recent commentary regarding the persistent failure to enforce planning law against...
- Flood Risk Management
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has engaged with Dublin City Council regarding flooding and sea overtopping affecting the Clontarf...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department's engagements with food suppliers in the run-up to launching the hot school meals programme; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing one double child benefit payment. [11053/26]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Work Permits
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to a query (details supplied) regarding critical skills employment permits. [10529/26]
- Cybersecurity Policy
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on Ireland's position on the European Commission's recently published proposals for a new EU Cyber Security Act....
- International Protection
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of allegations which have been made of threatening or violent behaviour against residents of IPAS centres in each of...
- Asylum Applications
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have sought asylum in the State which have subsequently moved North or to Britain for each of the...
- Visa Applications
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas which have been issued in each of the past ten years, by categories. [10614/26]
- Asylum Applications
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have failed the asylum process at each step for each of the past five years. [10616/26]
- Deportation Orders
226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have received deportation orders for each of the past five years. [10617/26]
- Departmental Data
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals who have criminal convictions in Ireland. [10621/26]
- Asylum Applications
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland who have applied for asylum in other EU countries or in Britain previously,...
- Visa Agreements
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the International Investor Programme; the actions which have been taken to support projects that have been...
- An Garda Síochána
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protests which took place outside Leinster House which required additional Garda resources and physical barriers...
- Health Services Staff
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to rectify delays in post mortems for coroner inquests in the south-east; if he has engaged with the Minister for...
- International Protection
237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons which have been accommodated in designated accommodation centres since the introduction of the 30-day...
- Departmental Data
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-bikes, e-scooters and scrambler bikes seized by an Garda Síochána, by division in 2024, 2025 and to...
- An Garda Síochána
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic Gardaí who have been on duty in each year in the past seven years. [10781/26]
- Departmental Data
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of scrambler bikes and quad bikes seized or detained by An Garda Síochána in each of the past...
- Youth Services
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list the youth diversion or community-based prevention programmes currently in place to address the antisocial use of...
- Legislative Measures
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he is considering any legislative proposals around home burglaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the latest update on the establishment and functioning of LCSPs in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 16 December 2025, if he has received the necessary information in order to have...
- Traffic Fines
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that Gardaí issued for parking on double yellow lines (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Sheepmeat Sector
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in kilogrammes and value in euro of sheep meat, chilled or frozen, categorised as of Irish origin exported from the...
- Agriculture Industry
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm for intra-EU trade to and from Ireland whether TRACES is the only system that is used to record animal and animal...
- Departmental Data
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food items, by type, weight and country of origin seized at ports of entry in the State in 2024, 2025 and to-date in...
- Animal Slaughtering
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify if non-stun slaughter is permitted in Ireland; and if so, the circumstances; and his plans to ban non-stun slaughter...
- Flood Relief Schemes
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined, or plans to examine, whether dredging or other marine related works in the vicinity of the Clontarf...
- Departmental Data
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the number of farmers that have submitted applications for TB reactor compensation; the number that are still...
- Agriculture Supports
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 25 November 2025 if he will stand over a statement (details supplied) that was put on...
- Live Exports
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on when live exports to the North of Ireland will resume for cattle and sheep; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Advertising
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has spent on making promotional videos for forestry with a person (details supplied); and the cost of...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disabilities Assessments
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Louth waiting for an assessment of need at the latest available point in 2024 and 2025; the number...
- Disability Services
273. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for Children’s Disability Network Team services in County Louth, at the latest available point...
- Departmental Correspondence
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the Minister for Finance during this Dáil term regarding the primary medical certificate scheme; if so,...
- Disability Services
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the current social worker vacancy in CDNT9 will be filled; the stage this is currently at; and if she will make a statement on...
- Legislative Programme
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the Programme for Government commitment to advance legislation to ban conversion practices; the timeline she is...
- Disability Services
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the multi-annual funding will be allocated, via the Health Service Executive, to section 38 and section 39 disability services...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list in County Kildare for early learning and childcare places; and if she will make a...
- Disability Diagnoses
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need in County Kildare; the number waiting more than three, six and...
- Disability Services
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Kildare, by team, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Disability Issues
282. To ask the Minister for Health the data collected by her Department and the HSE relating to disabled drivers and primary medical certificates. [10728/26]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a speech and language therapist for a first appointment at a care centre (details supplied); and the average...
- Health Services Staff
284. To ask the Minister for Health when the current pause in recruitment of physician associates is expected to be lifted; when the physician associates review is due to be published; and the...
- Hospital Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health the average time to admission, the waiting-time distribution, and the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at Our Lady of...
- Health Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and other HSE facilities in County Louth, for each of the...
- Ambulance Service
291. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents in the north-east region, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in County Louth on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service type, age group, and length of wait, in each of the...
- Home Help Service
294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for home support each year from December 2022 to 2025, or latest comparable date, and the number of people...
- Mental Health Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in County Louth waiting for CAMHS, by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [10585/26]
- Health Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for an appointment with an organisation (details supplied) by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for diagnostic tests, including MRI, CT, ultrasound and endoscopy, at the latest available data point, in tabular...
- Dental Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity and access to public dental services in County Louth, including DTSS participation, claims activity, and waiting lists for dental, orthodontic,...
- General Practitioner Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services in County Louth, by local health area and per 10,000 population, as of 1 December for each of the years from...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people resident in County Louth waiting for a first outpatient appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in each of the years 2023 to...
- Home Help Service
304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth awaiting home support for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026 including numbers approved but not yet...
- Nursing Homes
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications from County Louth awaiting decision/placement under the nursing homes support scheme for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date...
- Dental Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth awaiting HSE public dental services including special needs dentistry for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in...
- Medicinal Products
309. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure urgent access to welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease in County Kildare (details supplied)...
- Health Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health if there is provision of funds to provide for future medical malpractice lawsuits that may be taken against the Government as a result of children having...
- Vaccination Programme
311. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the serious issues raised in correspondence relating to the shingles vaccination (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Healthcare Policy
312. To ask the Minister for Health the office or authority which withdrew the 2017 HSE Position Paper Wind Turbines and Public Health; if, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer and the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
313. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10646/26]
- Health Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/26]
- Medicinal Products
315. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has completed, or is in the process of completing, any National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics Rapid Review, Health...
- Departmental Schemes
319. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the eligibility criteria, prescribing settings, and clinical governance requirements applying to the managed access system under which liraglutide...
- Medicinal Products
320. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy position of her Department on whether GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines for obesity or weight management should be eligible for reimbursement...
- Obesity Levels
321. To ask the Minister for Health whether the national obesity strategy currently in development will explicitly address the role of pharmacological treatment for obesity, including...
- Health Screening Programmes
322. To ask the Minister for Health to establish a national screening programme for prostate cancer, given the significance of early detection in improving health outcome, patient prognosis and...
- Medical Cards
323. To ask the Minister for Health to review and consider the provision of full medical cards for persons living with spinal injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10666/26]
- Pharmacy Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department recognises that, for some people with disabilities and people receiving home-care supports, pharmacist-prepared monitored dosage...
- State Properties
332. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of residential properties currently owned by the Health Service Executive which are vacant; the number deemed surplus to requirements; the...
- Housing Provision
334. To ask the Minister for Health the formal engagement that has taken place between his Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Land Development Agency...
- State Properties
335. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the principal legal, financial, or administrative barriers preventing the timely reuse or disposal of vacant residential properties owned by the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been stopped under the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Data
338. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure at hospitals (details supplied) on taxis and private transport services for patient transfer, file transfer and other services identified as...
- General Practitioner Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health whether a general practitioner (GP) with a GMS contract can allow another GP in their practice, or a regularly employed locum, see a GMS patient; whether there...
- Health Service Executive
340. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid to a company (details supplied) by the HSE from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 to provide a mobile x-ray service in partnership...
- Ambulance Service
341. To ask the Minister for Health the longest wait time recorded for an ambulance in each ambulance region in each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [10719/26]
- Medicinal Products
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number and the details of medications and medical products approved for reimbursement, but which received a recommendation to not consider the product for...
- Health Services Staff
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sanctioned pathologist posts at University Hospital Waterford; the number of vacant posts; the details of recruitment timelines for unfilled...
- Hospital Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to restore full operational capacity of pathology at University Hospital Waterford (UHW); if she or the HSE or UHW has been engaged by the Minister...
- Departmental Data
348. To ask the Minister for Health the data collected by her Department and the HSE relating to primary medical certificates. [10727/26]
- Health Services
349. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10736/26]
- Departmental Strategies
350. To ask the Minister for Health if she will embed an action plan to end preventable baby deaths in the next National Maternity Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10777/26]
- Health Services Staff
351. To ask the Minister for Health if she will sanction an implementation lead to support clinical guideline adherence in maternity units across the State; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
352. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider collecting routine data on first and second trimester miscarriages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10779/26]
- Suicide Incidence
353. To ask the Minister for Health the male suicide rate across the State, by age, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10786/26]
- Departmental Data
354. To ask the Minister for Health the life expectancy for both men and women across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10788/26]
- Health Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where specialist lymphoedema clinics are located; the WTE staff, by job title, working in each of those clinics, by location, in...
- Health Services Staff
356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services...
- Health Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health if cataract surgeries will be carried out at the new Dublin North HSE surgical hub due to be opened in April 2026. [10801/26]
- Medical Cards
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that have lost their medical cards as a result of social welfare increases bringing them over the threshold since Budget 2026; and if she...
- Medical Qualifications
359. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.438 of 2 October 2025, if the HSE’s review of the physician associate grade has been completed, given that it was...
- Health Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the expert panel established following the independent audit on hip surgery thresholds for children with developmental...
- Hospital Procedures
361. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases where an oncology patient (details supplied) is required to repeatedly contact a hospital department themselves in order to secure or...
- Hospital Appointments Status
362. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for radiology appointments at the Glandore Centre, Cork University Hospital, including for oncology referrals; the reasons for any...
- Hospital Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address delays in radiology services at Cork University Hospital, particularly for cancer patients requiring timely imaging;...
- Medical Records
365. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 10 December 2025, the status of the vendors shortlist for electronic health records, following approval to...
- Community Care
366. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the enhanced community care centre proposed for Mallow, County Cork; the current status of the Strategic Healthcare Investment Framework...
- Hospital Appointments Status
367. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the reason an elderly woman (details supplied) who was scheduled for surgery at St. Michael's hospital, Dun Laoghaire; if she will urge...
- Health Strategies
368. To ask the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the guidance has been updated since 2004; if exempted premises are monitored to ensure staff...
- Departmental Strategies
369. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the new tobacco licence required of shops selling cigarettes, if she has considered that small shops are already struggling and that many cannot...
- Hospital Appointments Status
370. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [10852/26]
- Health Services Staff
371. To ask the Minister for Health if a psychologist could be granted to the North Kerry mental health services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10919/26]
- Seirbhísí Sláinte
373. To ask the Minister for Health nuashonrú a thabhairt ar dhul chun cinn na forbartha ar ionad cúraim phríomhúil sa Cheathrú Rua, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an...
- Hospital Facilities
374. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full list of capital works projects currently ongoing at Beaumont Hospital; when each of those capital works projects will be completed, in...
- Dental Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a dentist at a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10948/26]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Kildare, by area, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance staff operational or stationed at each ambulance station in the country, by station; the average response time to...
- Dental Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children on waiting lists for routine public dental services in South Tipperary; the length of time they have been waiting, broken down...
- Departmental Schemes
385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the disabled drivers scheme and a primary medical certificate, by county in each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Accommodation
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve student accommodation affordability and access in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further and Higher Education
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the broad services provided in a centre (details supplied); the number of attendees at this training centre in the years of...
- Third Level Fees
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2026 of reducing all undergraduate third level fees under the free fees initiative to €1,500 from September 2025;...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2026 of abolishing apprenticeship fees from January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/26]
- Third Level Costs
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the SUSI grant by 10%. [11048/26]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Schemes
393. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the community services programme scheme is opening in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10661/26]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
394. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht buiséad caipitil Údarás na Gaeltachta a chur i bhfoirm tábla do gach bliain ó 2008 go dtí anois....
- Cuanta agus Céanna
395. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar fhorbairt bonneagair fheabhsaithe na cé ar Inis Meáin; agus an...
