Written answers

Thursday, 12 February 2026

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update regarding investment in critical infrastructure in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of flood relief schemes commencements since 2020; the total cost of each to date per scheme; the average length of time spent...
    • Pension Provisions
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department will consider extending the occupational supplementary pension to employees who entered employment post-2013 and...
    • Legislative Measures
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will bring forward a public investment Bill; the rationale for the Bill; the likely objectives of such legislation; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request his senior officials review the current stages where various studies and reports that are required for a flood relief...
    • Flood Risk Management
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department plans to implement a national river management strategy to mitigate the impact of future severe weather events given...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the critical infrastructure projects he is focusing on accelerating in Meath west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11091/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the flood relief schemes in progress or in planning for Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/26]
    • Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cad iad na bearta atá déanta ag a Roinn ó 2021 i leith chun a chinntiú go mbeidh na forálacha d’Acht na...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the output measures being undertaken on infrastructure investments to ensure improved outcomes and outputs and not to focus purely on the...
    • Public Services Provision
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans to fully digitalise key public services by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11084/26]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he has considered the approach set out in the UK’s recent Guidance on Contract Payment Information, which requires...
    • Public Spending Code
      25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on reforms aimed at improving efficiency across public spending programmes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on restructuring within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10964/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the flood relief schemes in progress or in planning for Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the first meeting of the Joint Utilities and Transport Clearing House to Accelerate Infrastructure Delivery; and if...
    • State Bodies
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he is making to give certainty regarding long-term funding to State bodies involved in procuring long-term infrastructure...
    • State Properties
      31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the refurbishment of the GPO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11105/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the progression of flood relief measures in Castlemartyr, Midleton, Mogeely, Killeagh, Rathcormac and Whitegate...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the core functions and expected outputs of the new centre of excellence within the Major Projects Delivery Service, with...
    • An Garda Síochána
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new Garda station in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; whether agreement has been reached with An Garda Síochána on...
    • Public Sector Staff
      36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is scope to consider the mandatory introduction of hybrid methods of interviewing suitably qualified candidates for public...
    • Legislative Measures
      37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for legislation to accelerate critical infrastructure and provide for emergency powers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Nenagh flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10561/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy approach to the management of the State’s Garda station property portfolio; and the engagement he has had with relevant...
    • Fiscal Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the actions his Department will take under the Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to mitigate against flooding in counties Wexford and Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71618/25]
    • Public Sector Staff
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to reform Public Appointment Service hiring processes in order to attract new, elite talent to the public and civil services;...
    • Heritage Sites
      44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the development of Doneraile Court and Estate, and in particular the re-construction of the orangery (conservatory) at...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on flood relief works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/26]
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public capital investment under the NDP in the electricity and water networks will be sufficient to enable delivery...
    • Schools Building Projects
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to increasing the capital budget allocated to the Department of Education and Youth, with a view to ensuring the timely...
    • Flood Risk Management
      50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on flood prevention at Bunclody, County Wexford. [10463/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of current Government ministers that do not yet have a repayment plan in place to return money owed to the Exchequer from...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to accelerate flood relief schemes in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10559/26]
    • Public Services Provision
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the Government's programme of digitalisation of public services. [10464/26]
    • Public Parks
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the repeated and extended closure of St. Enda's Park Rathfarnham during routine weather events; when flood alleviation...
    • Flood Risk Management
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider the establishment of a national flood agency to have a sole focus on the State's approach to flood management and progressing...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding will be made available for flood relief schemes; if he will consider expediting proposed flood relief schemes for...
    • National Development Plan
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects any of the sectoral plans under the NDP to be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/26]
    • Office of Public Works
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make the OPW office and facilities in Trim available for the use of community groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in accelerating the delivery of infrastructure under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a...
    • State Bodies
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the role of the new National Development Finance Agency (NDFA); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10787/26]
    • Flood Risk Management
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the increased incidences of flooding with accumulated rainfall if the level of co-operation on a cross-Border basis in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that have been taken to reduce the IT programme spend within State departments and public bodies; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Environmental Schemes
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the Climate and Nature Fund; the number of applications has he received; the number of have been approved; how...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of each outstanding flood relief and coastal protection scheme in Waterford, including funds approved, drawn down or...
    • Weather Events
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work being carried out in his Department in the wake of storm Chandra, to help improve storm warning systems, preparation for storms;...
    • Heritage Sites
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in line with the National Tourism Strategy and the promotion of sustainable heritage tourism, whether his Department will engage with the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on initiatives being taken to address coastal erosion in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11099/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will take steps to address the issue of special purpose vehicle’s being used to avoid future liability in public...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has completed any audit to assess public expenditure across rural areas to ensure a balanced approach to spending and...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the implementation of the ‘Accelerating Infrastructure-Report and Action Plan’; and if he will make...
    • Flood Risk Management
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update regarding the management of flooding at Seapoint, Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures being taken to ensure that Louth receives equitable infrastructure investment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made with respect to the proposed repair of the Fermoy Weir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to reconvene the stakeholders of the Liffey Valley Park Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10873/26]
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the critical infrastructure projects which the new infrastructure division within his Department has assisted by progressing through...
    • Departmental Policies
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given recent reports showing a significant increase in data usage and the growing reliance on online services, the actions his Department...
    • Public Sector Staff
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine pay and other incentives to encourage people to undertake training in areas of staff shortage in the public sector;...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the rate of expenditure growth this time last year; the way in which this compares to the Medium Term Fiscal and Structural...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the work of the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10874/26]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the launch of the National Development Finance Agency’s new centralised expert assistance service for major capital...
    • Judicial Reviews
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the changes to judicial reviews mentioned in the Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the operation of section 52 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2012, particularly in relation to pension abatement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the development of the new Garda HQ in Macroom, County Cork; the current status of the project; if contracts have been...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all school building projects in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11474/26]
    • School Staff
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure equality of terms and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers with other public sector workers, if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on efforts by her Department and the NCSE to increase ASD class capacity for boys in the Clondalkin area for the coming school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned school building project at a school [10462/26]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve access to remedial and improvement works funding for schools in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to address the barriers in place for children in Drogheda and beyond seeking special school places for the next school...
    • School Funding
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the latest school capital funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address overcrowding in schools in Louth, and not-fit-for purpose school buildings, given the increasing population in the county....
    • Schools Building Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will provide funding to build new schools for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeframe for a mainstream school to receive additional SNA hours once a new or increased need is identified during the school year;...
    • School Staff
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline efforts underway within her Department to increase the supply of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the principal of a school (details supplied) to discuss the urgent need for additional autism class provision within their...
    • School Staff
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is implementing to address vacant teaching posts in core subjects, following a recent departmental study which shows that there...
    • Special Educational Needs
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will equalise funding for special classes at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10573/26]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the rollout of the DEIS Plus programme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9970/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has secured a permanent site for a school (details supplied) which has been in interim accommodation for approximately 20...
    • Special Educational Needs
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have applied for special educational needs classes and schools; the number of classes allocated; the number of...
    • Education Policy
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify that there is no legislative basis in Ireland to 'compelled speech' for teachers; if her Department will communicate such legal...
    • State Examinations
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide further transparency on Junior Certificate results, namely access to percentages and corrected scripts; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a transport-related issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10877/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building and development projects at schools (details supplied); the steps her Department has taken to date to progress...
    • Education Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to increase capacity in primary schools to cater for increasing demand for spaces. [10979/26]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new DEIS strategy will be published; the reason it was not published in 2025 as repeatedly committed to; if, further to the strategy...
    • Schools Building Projects
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason so many schools in Cork awaiting school buildings were not included on the priority list or supplementary priority list. [10021/26]
    • School Funding
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the growing shortfall in core capitation funding for primary and secondary schools, with specific...
    • Education Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of assistive and digital technologies and other technical supports currently available to support children with identified learning...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the publishing of the new DEIS strategy; and outline the planned process for implementing the DEIS Plus scheme. [9918/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the ongoing delays in progressing the design and planning stages of a new school building (details supplied); the current status...
    • Education Policy
      136. 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 Funding
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding funding levels for schools. [73269/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her engagement with an organisation (details supplied) Youghal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11070/26]
    • School Staff
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to issue a new circular in relation to contracts of indefinite duration; and if she will address the situation where teachers...
    • School Admissions
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the pilot online admissions system for post-primary school places in the Tullamore/Killina area of County Offaly; whether any...
    • Education and Training Boards
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of interest earned by each ETB yearly for monies on deposit and the amount of interest earned by the Department of Education and Youth...
    • Education Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next review of school capacity for the midlands will be completed; the way in which it will inform decisions on new builds or school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that sufficient funding is approved to re-start and complete the construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department intends to address recent findings that education policy-making in Ireland remains cautious and fragmented, and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for school building projects in areas such as County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the decision-making processes within her Department on the allocation towards youth services through the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan, 2026-2030;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of the new secondary school in Roscrea (details supplied). [8210/26]
    • Education Policy
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out projections on primary and post primary school numbers that also take account of housing targets by area; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide an update on a school (details supplied), and the progress in relation to the proposed new three-school campus...
    • Special Educational Needs
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve a second special education class for a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2026-2027; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to ensure that primary and secondary schools are adequately funded. [10481/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being undertaken by her Department to prevent delays in approving school construction projects following the submission of necessary...
    • Education Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions her Department is taking to address overcrowded classrooms, particularly where it is impacting the effective delivery of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [10764/26]
    • School Accommodation
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for when modular accommodation will be delivered in a school (details supplied), given the ongoing emergency works issues; and if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s engagement with a school (details supplied); if progress has been made in the allocation of additional...
    • School Accommodation
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school’s (details supplied) application under the additional accommodation scheme and emergency works schemes;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for significant improvement and refurbishment works to a number of older school buildings across County Kerry; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the steps for the schools recently listed to progress to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional supports to special schools to assist with the day-to-day running costs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ongoing demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young...
    • Schools Building Projects
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects that were not included in the recently announced list of schools prioritised for delivery under the...
    • School Transport
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the commitment in the Programme for Government to expand the school transport service, when is it expected that the distance criteria...
    • Education Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the decision to transition post-primary schools in Westport from single-sex to co-educational schools; if any adjustments...
    • School Accommodation
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional school accommodation will be supplied to primary schools in County Louth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is in communication with the Department of Social Protection in relation to the number of ECCE scheme figures in populated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to deliver a permanent special school in County Monaghan. [9095/26]
    • Education Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which participation in the National Conversation on Education is being promoted among students, parents, teachers, and youth...
    • Special Educational Needs
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to create an alternative to assessment of needs reports in order to access appropriate school places; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned school building project at a school. [10461/26]
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an féidir lena Roinn tuilleadh iarrachtaí a dhéanamh chun níos mó scoileanna a spreagadh le páirt a ghlacadh sa...
    • School Staff
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce job-sharing arrangements for school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10458/26]
    • School Facilities
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the schools that were awarded funding through the 2026 summer works programme in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detailed delivery plan, including timelines and key milestones, for the full modular build comprising 14 classrooms and associated facilities...
    • School Attendance
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the increased level of absence in schools, particularly in disadvantaged areas, given new research...
    • Schools Building Projects
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on capital project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9971/26]
    • School Transport
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary bus could be provided to take students from the Mulhuddart_Tyrrelstown_D15 School Planning Area to a school (details supplied);...
    • Online Safety
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being adopted to not just protect, but to include education for young people on online safety and dangers of AI; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Balbriggan was excluded in the recently published list of schools to receive building upgrades given its rapidly expanding young...
    • Defective Building Materials
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is still no scheme or plan to address school buildings with defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in prioritising school building projects for progression to tender and/or construction in 2026 and 2027 as part of the...
    • School Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she accepts, in relation to the current school secretaries and caretakers dispute, that the underlying issue is one of historic pay and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will provide a date for the Stage 2A review meeting to three schools in Dublin 7 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Costs
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to reduce the burden on parents brought on by so called voluntary contributions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on works and repairs in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11071/26]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills na ceantair pleanála scoile sa Stát nach bhfuil bunscoil lánGhaeilge iontu a ainmniú, agus cad iad na bearta i ngach cás...
    • Schools Building Projects
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the new building at a school in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a joint fund with the Department of Transport for safety works outside of schools, to create a standardised approach to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education places notifications submitted by schools after the 1 October deadline; the reason the October deadline was...
    • School Facilities
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approve the funding to carry out the alterations required to facilitate disability and wheelchair access in a school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for reassurance of progress on, and a timeline for, school building projects in the Wicklow-Wexford constituency that were not included in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently address the severe cuts in SNAs across multiple schools in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10968/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements currently in place for the payment of architects, consultants and design teams engaged in the design of new school building...
    • Special Educational Needs
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the opening of the special school in Carraig na bFhearr. [10020/26]
    • School Accommodation
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position regarding reports furnished to her and her Department regarding defects at a school (details supplied); whether any investigations...
    • School Curriculum
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if digital literacy can be added to school curriculums to ensure responsible use of AI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10989/26]
    • Education Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress her Department has made to increase the number of reading classes nationwide; the criteria being used to identify areas of greatest...
    • Special Educational Needs
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will provide a second special education class for a school (details supplied); and if her Department will retain the second...
    • Education Policy
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will add additional schools in Carlow/Kilkenny to the National Development Plan priority list in 2026-2027; and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the efforts being made by her Department to ensure that a green area is made available for use as a playing pitch by...
    • School Accommodation
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that funding is provided for modular buildings to accommodate new sanctioned autism classes at a school (details supplied);...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently approve the progression of the major devolved project for a college (details supplied) to tender stage, given that the project was...
    • School Accommodation
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on works on the extension of a school (details supplied), and the development of other schools on the site. [10765/26]
    • Education Policy
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the overcrowding in schools in County Louth. [10848/26]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Inquiries
      218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a canteen in her Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended by her Department and by each agency for which she is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address the concerns in relation to the St. Brigid’s day advertisement raised in correspondence (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Communications
      221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ask President Trump and the United States Government the steps they are taking to assist the undocumented Irish; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Inquiries
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on a campaign (details supplied). [11209/26]
    • Departmental Advertising
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of the €3,304,830.32 spent to date on advertising by the Department of Climate; Energy and the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or...
    • Legislative Programme
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has evaluated the potential to enact legislation which would divert surplus renewable energy that would...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion,...
    • Legislative Programme
      229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department has examined regulatory or legislative measures governing the retail sale of aerosol spray paints,...
    • Departmental Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total annual electricity generation from wind energy, in megawatt-hours or gigawatt-hours, attributable to each county...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the methodology used to attribute wind energy generation to individual counties, including the way in which generation is...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Inquiries
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a canteen in her Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended by her Department and by each agency for which she is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and...
    • Air Corps
      239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to qualify as pilots and air traffic controllers within Air Corps; and when each of them will...
    • Departmental Data
      241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department has an intended supplier in mind for the replacement of Ireland's LTAVs; if her Department is still open to engagement with...
    • Defence Forces
      242. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Government’s recently acquired counter drone technology will only monitor the area around Baldonnel airspace; and if she...
    • Departmental Strategies
      243. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when she intends to seek Cabinet approval for her Department’s strategic capability delivery programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      244. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the proposed first working group meeting under the newly signed Ireland–Finland Memorandum of Understanding; and if she...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if permission was given by the State for US deportation flights to land and refuel in Shannon Airport en route to Israel on 21 January...
    • Road Safety
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a role in regulating horse drawn sulkies on public roads; if his Department is considering any measures to ensure...
    • Parking Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently examine a case (details supplied) and allow for disabled parking permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Process
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the legal use of fully taxed and insured dual sport bikes; if he is conscious of the need to ensure...
    • Animal Welfare
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with animal welfare organisations in relation to their specific concerns related to sulky racing on public roads; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a significant increase in funding for long overdue roads projects in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Swords to city centre core bus corridor. [11138/26]
    • Departmental Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update including a timeline of the Jamestown roundabout scheme in Finglas; and the allocated funding to the scheme. [11140/26]
    • Bus Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding upgrades to a bus service in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position with the provision of train services to a town in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the report prepared by TII regarding the M7/M9 junction; the actions recommended in the report; the timelines involved; if...
    • Road Signage
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider additional signage and advertising to inform better driver behaviour on motorways; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Projects
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government will work with all State agencies to provide a real time and comprehensive transport app to inform commuters of...
    • Departmental Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of active travel initiatives funded by the National Transport Authority in Waterford city and county since 2020; the initial...
    • Bus Services
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus shelter could be provided for the town of Ballybunion, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11173/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that...
    • Coastal Protection
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which are being taken to safeguard the Great Southern Wall in Dublin Port particularly in light of recent weather conditions;...
    • Departmental Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when repair works on the N65 near Heathlawn will commence; when the temporary stop-go light system will be removed; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on safety concerns related to the makes of cars available for use on Irish roads; and whether he plans to take measures to...
    • Bus Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that a bus stop located on the Old Bog Road, Kilcock, County Kildare, was removed in or around September 2024 without any...
    • Road Safety
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any road safety audit has been undertaken since the removal of the bus stop on the Old Bog Road, Kilcock, County Kildare; if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies...
    • Air Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current escalation pathway for when flights crews note non-cooperative aerial observations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the announcement in December 2025 regarding the purchasing of new DART carriages will have automatic ramps covering the gap between...
    • Air Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment that has been made on the impact of the withdrawal of the midday Dublin-Donegal flight, in particular for cancer patients;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update regarding the rent-a-room tax relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11287/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure for 2025, and the impact it had on the surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/26]
    • Departmental Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the average private motor insurance premium charged to learner drivers in each of the past five years, by age cohort; whether his Department or the Central...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external...
    • Pension Provisions
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the pension increases payable in respect of former Department of Posts and Telegraphs service under the Eircom superannuation defined benefit pension...
    • Insurance Industry
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance to introduce a scheme in association with insurance companies, whereby homeowners can obtain insurance to protect their homes and properties against flooding...
    • Departmental Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year costs, if the stamp duty on credit and debit cards was capped at €2 per year per card. [11483/26]
    • Tax Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an error in 2025 and 2026 tax clearance certificates (details supplied); the action he is taking to ensure this does not happen again; and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the design for a flood relief scheme for Athy, County Kildare is progressing on schedule; if funding for the project will be...
    • Departmental Budgets
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the Committee recommended that currently known and expected overruns should be incorporated into and reflected in all budgetary...
    • National Gallery
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the new netting on parts of the roof of the National Gallery; the initial cost approved; the expected cost; when...
    • Road Projects
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will repair damage to a private road in County Kerry (details supplied) following their flood defence works; and if he...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies...
    • Pension Provisions
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether any guidance has been issued to public bodies regarding the protection of defined benefit pension schemes from being used to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the coastal protection works/flood prevention works he plans to carry out in County Kerry during 2026; the amount of funding which has...
    • Pension Provisions
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when An Post pensioners will receive the rise that is overdue in their pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Office of Public Works
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of public funding spent to date on the hire of a WC facility on An Bhlascaod Mór; the duration of the current...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding will be provided for small scale and large, drainage scheme projects in 2026 given the value of smaller scale...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Inquiries
      309. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising...
    • Redundancy Payments
      311. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received notification of collective redundancies by a company (details supplied) in Ireland. [11490/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      312. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the commencement date for the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      313. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of claims or cases adjudicated upon by the Workplace Relations Commission mediation service in each of the past five...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule of special education classes to come; the number of classes; and the way in which the data collected by the NCSE been reflected in...
    • School Facilities
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the approved modular buildings for a school in Cork city (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11121/26]
    • School Admissions
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child in County Kildare (details supplied) will receive a special school place; if the child's need is known to the local SENO; and if she...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position on calls by an organisation (details supplied) for 'Seizure Safe Schools'; if she will meet to discuss their proposals;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department, or any agency or body under its aegis, has at any time entered into a contract, funding arrangement, partnership, service...
    • Departmental Programmes
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department, or any agency or body under its aegis, has worked with, supported, promoted, facilitated, or otherwise engaged with...
    • School Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures to address pay equity concerns for principals of special schools (details supplied); the expected timelines for resolving...
    • School Staff
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school has not been allocated any SNAs for 2025-2026 despite the significant and growing level of need; the number of children with...
    • School Facilities
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the notice sent to youth organisations of a 3% uplift in funding arising from 2026, the breakdown of the way in which the Budget 2026...
    • Departmental Communications
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Minister of State has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); if she has responded to this correspondence; if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended by her Department and by each agency for which she is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new school (details supplied) will be completed and open for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11362/26]
    • School Staff
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the severe cuts in SNAs across multiple schools in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11472/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications her Department received under the emergency response scheme in respect of schools in County Kerry during the past four...
    • Departmental Projects
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a permanent build for a school (details supplied) was not included in the tranche of 105 projects to progress to tender and/or...
    • School Meals Programme
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address a matter (details supplied), apart from the €75 increase to help schools meet rising costs without...
    • State Examinations
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she intends to review and revise upwards the policy of granting an additional ten minutes in the Leaving Certificate and Junior...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11495/26]
    • School Facilities
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if gender neutral toilets are being located in a new school (details supplied); the number of national schools that currently have gender neutral...
    • Schools Building Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to publish the next tranche of school building projects under the National Development Plan, further to the recent publication...
    • Departmental Programmes
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a primary school will be included in the next expansion of the DEIS programme (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address the severe cuts in SNAs across multiple schools in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11587/26]
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Sports Facilities
      378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding received in the constituency of Dublin north-west through sports capital and large-scale sports...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or...
    • Pension Provisions
      381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the timeline for the payment of the pension increase for An Post retired workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Defective Building Materials
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the 20-year claw back for owners who seek to remediate their properties that are not their primary home,...
    • Fire Stations
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the planned new fire station, for Bunclody, County Wexford. [11134/26]
    • Fire Service
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount which has been paid to each local authority to meet the requirements of the firefighter pay deal; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overheads which must be paid by each local authority, to meet central management costs relating to Uisce Éireann; if...
    • Housing Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will provide a directive to local authorities to increase the fresh start mortgage initiative, in line...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or...
    • Housing Schemes
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether eligibility for the local authority home loan adequately accounts for demonstrated repayment capacity, particularly in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Housing Agency did not proceed with the purchase of a property (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the...
    • Housing Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the homes delivered over the past five years, by local authority; the number of units transferred to local authorities for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of reported breaches of wildlife protection legislation in each of the past five years involving illegal hunting,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to expedite the introduction of the over-shop grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11486/26]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role of Bord Bia in the hot school meals programme; if suppliers are required, encouraged or incentivised to use Bord Bia...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11124/26]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government will consider extending and reforming a social protection payment (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is working on reforms to the domiciliary care allowance payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or...
    • School Meals Programme
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the hot school meals programme will guarantee that food supplied to participating schools is of Irish origin; if not,...
    • Civil Registration Service
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to delays in securing marriage notification appointments in the Cork area; his Department's...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance review for a mother in respect of her daughter (details supplied) has been lodged; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that the requirement for the past five years of PRSI contributions to be class A/A1 to qualify for the over-65...
    • Departmental Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the most recent auto enrolment figures for each county, including the total number of individuals enrolled to date; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the amount of money expended by his Department on fuel allowance, per annum, in each of the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 5 February 2026, if Tusla will set up a meeting with a family to discuss their...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Housing Provision
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if she will provide support to resolve these situations in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by county, to date in 2026, in tabular form. [11161/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided...
    • Immigration Policy
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the rationale and guidelines applied by immigration officers when questioning Irish passport holders on...
    • Departmental Data
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a dataset regarding the number of individuals that have become naturalised Irish citizens in the past ten years, broken...
    • Legislative Measures
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current legislation dealing with individuals that make false criminal accusations against others; the penalties that can be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of people that applied to join An Garda Síochána in 2025; the number that commenced training in...
    • Deportation Orders
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed deportation of a family (details supplied); if any appeal mechanism is available to them;...
    • Departmental Data
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on vehicle recovery services within Wexford division in 2023 to date in 2026, by year, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising...
    • International Protection
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether, in the awarding, renewal, or continuation of contracts or payments under the International Protection Accommodation...
    • Animal Welfare
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years concerning alleged animal...
    • Departmental Policies
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has undertaken any policy, legislative, or regulatory review of the State’s framework for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of property owners in each county that were in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment in January 2023,...
    • Visa Applications
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Stamp 2 student permissions issued in each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda stations across the State that are designated as training stations for trainee members of An...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES rare breeds penalty applied to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in...
    • Live Exports
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dedicated livestock vessel used to transport the 117 pregnant heifers exported from Ireland to Libya on 5 January 2025, including...
    • Animal Diseases
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider implementing an alternative policy to the mandatory bovine TB slaughter policy given concerns that have been raised...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine considering the importance of protecting the native Irish honeybee (Apis mellifera mellifera), when his Department will make public...
    • Animal Welfare
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an animal welfare case (details supplied); if he believes existing animal welfare legislation is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to address the unacceptable delays in the processing of aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Welfare
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out by his Department in each of the past five years relating to equine welfare, including cases...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Disability Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of the plans, procurement and submission of planning in relation to the proposed disability respite centre at Drumbear and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has examined the Portuguese model for endometriosis support, specifically the provision of up to three paid days...
    • Disability Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of the detailed plans, procurement and submission of planning in relation to the proposed disability respite centres at a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount spent by the Government defending challenges to the assessment of need for children in the State over each of the past...
    • Disability Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of funded full-time residential places for disability services in the CHO7; the number of individuals listed on the...
    • Child Safety
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department sets national policy in relation to the prevention of children absconding from residential care and special...
    • Children in Care
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the effectiveness of aftercare policy is evaluated for young people who have spent long periods in State care prior...
    • Disability Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists, by grade posts filled at each CDNT within CHO9 as of 3 February 2026, in tabular form. [11482/26]
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Facilities
      534. To ask the Minister for Health when funding approval is expected for the redevelopment of the emergency department at Beaumont Hospital and the proposed 95-bed block; the current stage of...
    • Food Labelling
      535. To ask the Minister for Health 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 hospitality and catering sector;...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 537
      537. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11122/26]
    • Disability Issues
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if additional respite beds will be made available in the north Kerry area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11129/26]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 539
      539. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the application for appropriate accommodation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11141/26]
    • Home Help Service
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as home support workers, either full or part-time, by community health organisation, for each of the years between 2015 and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the reason sanitary towels are not available whenever they are needed for patients in all wards in hospitals, both adult and paediatric; if the HSE has plans...
    • Health Promotion
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider supporting a State-led awareness campaign on the promotion of seizure first aid and TIME, SAFE, STAY (details supplied) amongst the...
    • Health Strategies
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the potential development of a national strategy to reduce epilepsy-related deaths in Ireland; the outcome of a meeting between her Department and an...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a canteen in her Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish...
    • School Meals Programme
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the statutory role of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in supervising, auditing, or enforcing food safety, hygiene, and traceability among suppliers...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women on waiting lists for endometriosis surgery across Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11201/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of her review of the European Scheme for Assisted Intervention in another State (ESAIS), particularly in respect of the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has sought or received advice from the attorney general in relation to surrogacy legislation; the way Ireland can ensure the safety of...
    • Abortion Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted or will conduct research into the reasons women seeking an abortion chose not to attend their second appointment after the...
    • Pension Provisions
      552. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the HSE supplementary pension; the persons entitled to claim; and the criteria to apply for same. [11212/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the resourcing of a CAMHS ID services in the Sligo area, as a specialist section of CAMHS for kids with intellectual disability was...
    • Departmental Reports
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of written briefings relating to governance, patient safety, or organisational risk in Children's Health Ireland which were submitted to her...
    • Mental Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a specialist section of CAMHS for children with intellectual disabilities in Sligo; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the major shortfalls in school dental screening and extreme waiting times in County Longford; if she will urgently review...
    • An Garda Síochána
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the delay processing a Garda vetting application for a person (details supplied) which impacts a HSE occupational therapy position offer;...
    • Health Services Staff
      562. To ask the Minister for Health whether retention packages for medical staff are under consideration for hospitals in the CHO5 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11296/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed discharge in hospitals in the CHO5 area in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for home care packages following hospital discharge in the CHO5 areas; and the measures in place to reduce delays; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of emergency department handover at Wexford General Hospital in 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Dental Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for dental treatment for medical card holders in County Wexford compared with private patients; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Executive
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a company’s systems (details supplied) are used by the HSE; where such systems are used to process and or store patient data.; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11326/26]
    • Dental Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the dental treatment she requires under general anaesthetic; if she will ensure that care for this patient is...
    • Nursing Homes
      574. To ask the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if these beds will be retendered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11330/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      575. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the bexcero vaccine has been examined and will be made available through such clinics; and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for a CGM Sensor was refused for a person (details supplied); if this decision will be reviewed considering the persons serious...
    • Medical Cards
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the process to renew a medical card; the format in which a person can complete and submit their renewal for example, in person, online or by post; the...
    • Home Care Packages
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting commencement of a home support package in Cork City and County, by Community Healthcare Network area, at the end of each month...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on home support waiting lists nationally, by CHO area, at the most recent reporting date; the criteria used by her Department to...
    • Health Services Staff
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment her Department has undertaken of home support workforce capacity in Cork City and County, including recruitment, retention, and attrition rates;...
    • Home Help Service
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours funded nationally and in Cork city and county for each year from 2022 to date; the number of hours actually delivered; the gap...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      595. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, for each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive, the total gross expenditure met from Vote funding under the treatment abroad scheme in respect of...
    • Health Services Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Health whether she accepts that neither her Department nor the HSE currently operates any national key performance indicators governing recruitment clearance...
    • Health Service Executive
      601. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will issue a formal policy direction to the HSE to introduce mandatory national key performance indicators for recruitment clearance and...
    • Departmental Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of recruitment control measures introduced in 2023 and 2024 on clearance delays, vacancy persistence, and...
    • Departmental Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which national accountability for recruitment performance is maintained following the establishment of six health regions under Sláintecare, in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMHS services at the end of January 2026, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11458/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see the paediatric spinal neurosurgery service at Beaumont Hospital; if she is aware of the...
    • Hospital Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency department nurses at Beaumont Hospital as of 3 February 2026; and if this number will be further increased during the first half of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant paediatric ENT surgeon at CHI Temple Street for a first appointment. [11485/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if the medicine skyclaris/ omaveloxalone will be reimbursed by the HSE as it is the only drug approved to treat Freidreicsh’s ataxia; and if she will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      609. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the registration board for clinical biochemists; the current phase of development (details supplied); the timeline...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      611. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an instruction to the HSE regarding critical illness protocol requests from former recipients of the special scheme...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for physiotherapy and speech and language therapy, broken down by CHO including the number waiting more than two years;...
    • Health Services Staff
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded whole-time equivalent posts for occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists in primary care services; the...
    • Hospital Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which have and which do not have 24-hour chaplaincy services; the reason for any hospital not having such services; if there is any change to the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      620. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase capacity in a health care facility to reduce waiting lists for procedures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Inquiries
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen...
    • Departmental Advertising
      622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Inquiries
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      624. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising...
    • Regeneration Projects
      625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to expedite all regeneration schemes in County Kerry; the reason for the delay with the Cahersiveen rural regeneration and...

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