Written answers

Tuesday, 17 February 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      51. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet [7829/26]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      91. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. [7831/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      109. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [7332/26]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an overview of the strategic HR and cultural change to be delivered under the updated Implementation Plan for the Report of the Commission...
    • Departmental Policies
      149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the analysis she has conducted on the impact of her proposal to remove the triple lock on Irish neutrality; the safeguards that...
    • Defence Forces
      154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans to achieve a greater balance of numbers across the three services in the Defence Forces; the measures to be taken in this regard,...
    • Departmental Priorities
      157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline her priorities as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12455/26]
    • Defence Forces
      158. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions she has taken to improve pay and conditions in the Defence Forces. [12457/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will drop plans to abolish the triple lock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12199/26]
    • Defence Forces
      169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she is satisfied that the Defence Forces have been properly resourced to adequately defend key defence ports and monitor vessels passing...
    • Departmental Data
      170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of unsanctioned Russian vessels that have been identified to date in 2026 in Irish waters; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      171. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval vessels currently under the operations of the Defence Forces in Hauwboline, Cork; the number of these vessels that are...
    • Naval Service
      175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval ships purchased by the State in the last thirty years; the costs associated with each purchase; and if her Department plans...
    • Defence Forces
      176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way the new strategic framework for the transformation of the Defence Forces will impact the Naval Service and Air Corps; and if she will...
    • Naval Service
      179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the funding allocated to infrastructure projects at Haulbowline Naval Base in Cork, as outlined in the recently published...
    • Air Corps
      180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the first Airside Masterplan and on the procurement process for the development of the Landside Masterplan for Casement...
    • Defence Forces
      181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the delivery of the Military Radar Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12389/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will commit to holding a referendum on any changes the Government seeks to make to the triple lock, considering the triple lock is an...
    • Defence Forces
      183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the surveillance and reconnaissance capability gaps in the Army’s current drone systems that the planned acquisitions under the Defence...
    • Departmental Functions
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the work of the newly established Office of Veterans Affairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12476/26]
    • Defence Forces
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reasons for delays in key defence projects in the updated Implementation Plan for the Commission on Defence Forces; and if she will make a...
    • Air Corps
      194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to recent Dáil debates, her views on past health and safety measures in the Air Corps; the actions she intends to take to support...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her attention has been drawn to reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation flights refuelling at Shannon airport,...
    • Defence Forces
      196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way the new strategic framework for the transformation of the Defence Forces will improve Defence Forces equipment; and if she will make a...
    • National Security
      197. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will outline Ireland’s defence and national security readiness ahead of taking up the EU Presidency in July 2026; and if she will...
    • Defence Forces
      199. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe for the recommendation on the replacement for the Irish Army’s LTAV fleet; the date by which she expects to give permission...
    • Departmental Policies
      201. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will let the people decide on the question of abolishing the triple lock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12201/26]
    • Naval Service
      202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the capacity in the Naval Service, in terms of personnel, specialist personnel and fleet; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces
      204. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applicants who succeeded, withdrew or were rejected at each individual stage of recruitment for the Defence forces, for each of...
    • Emergency Planning
      209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the taskforce that considers the so-called Exercise Cathal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12369/26]
    • Defence Forces
      211. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the procedures and actions to be implemented by Irish military personnel on their observations of suspect drone activities in Irish airspace; if...
    • EU Meetings
      215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will report on her attendance at the EU Foreign Affairs (Defence) Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12169/26]
    • Defence Forces
      216. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an overview of the Defence National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12170/26]
    • Naval Service
      218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval vessels that can currently be put to sea simultaneously; and the number required under level of ambition 2. [12472/26]
    • Defence Forces
      219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the development of Collins Barracks, Cork; the capital investment made at the barracks over the past five years; whether any...
    • United Nations
      223. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the UN in the past ten years has requested Ireland to enhance its participation in UN peace-keeping missions, or partake in additional...
    • National Security
      227. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the threat level to our maritime security; and the plans in place to defend against this threat. [12371/26]
    • Defence Forces
      228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions she has taken to resolve the issue whereby 85% of Defence Force buildings in Cork are uninhabitable. [12458/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will report on her engagements with regard to the impact the proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality protection will have on Irish...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising
      234. To ask the Taoiseach the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications...
    • Departmental Funding
      235. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form. [11806/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      239. To ask the Taoiseach 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 origin. [11190/26]
    • National Risk Assessment
      240. To ask the Taoiseach when the National Risk Assessment 2025 will go to Cabinet; when it will be published on the Government website. [11892/26]
    • Climate Action Plan
      243. To ask the Taoiseach to outline which specific actions in the Climate Action Plan 2025 are currently assessed as at risk or delayed; and the remedial measures being taken to address these...
    • Departmental Staff
      244. To ask the Taoiseach the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or...
    • Departmental Funding
      247. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens currently detained in ICE custody in the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12495/26]
    • Immigration Status
      249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on her Department’s collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security in the United States regarding Irish...
    • Departmental Communications
      250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she spoke with the US House of Representatives speaker during her recent visit to Washington DC. [11600/26]
    • Immigration Policy
      251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions she is taking to ensure the wellbeing and protection of the rights of Irish citizens who are detained by Immigration and Customs...
    • Departmental Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by her Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Communications
      256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any engagement she has had with the American authorities in relation to the detention of an Irish citizen (details...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if further to correspondence (details supplied) she will expedite the foreign birth registration of a child of an Irish citizen; and if she...
    • Departmental Communications
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised concerns about the imprisonment of a person (details supplied) with the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of her Department; the way in which these...
    • Departmental Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number Irish citizens his Department is aware of that have been detained by ICE in the US. [12230/26]
    • Departmental Budgets
      271. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Budget 2026 allocation for the Irish embassies based in Zagreb and Stockholm, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to meet with any religious groups that have raised specific concerns into how the image of St. Bridget was used in an advert...
    • Passport Services
      274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests she and her officials received in each year from 2019 to date in 2026 from Teachtaí Dála agus...
    • Departmental Funding
      276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023, 2024 and...
    • Deportation Orders
      280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings she had or actions she took during her recent two day visit to the United States from 4 to 6 February 2026 to address the...
    • Departmental Communications
      281. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken to the family of a person (details supplied); if she has sought to speak to them directly; and if she will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial supports provided to Irish citizens listed for deportation from the United States; the amount spent to repatriate and support...
    • Departmental Projects
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to her Department's St Brigid's Day 2026 social media advert, if she will provide a detailed explanation of the commissioning,...
    • Departmental Communications
      286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a copy of all communications between her Department and the representatives and family members of a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the recent public statements (details supplied) that the Government is not doing enough to engage with and build rapport with...
    • Deportation Orders
      290. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic measures she has taken to support those in the US affected by ICE deportation agents; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      291. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12848/26]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Energy Prices
      292. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the help available to single people who work full time and live alone in their own home to deal with the spiralling cost...
    • Departmental Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated to NGOs by his Department in 2025; the funding allocated to NGOs by agencies and bodies under the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of contracts his Department in the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the nature of services this company...
    • Programme for Government
      295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to 'explore if legislation could be enacted to divert surplus...
    • Departmental Funding
      299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in...
    • Departmental Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projects, if any, which he has designated under s.20 of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature...
    • Departmental Schemes
      306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of home retrofits completed under SEAI schemes in 2025; the statistics on uptake by lower-income households and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      309. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the Government is supporting community-led and farmer-owned renewable energy projects in rural Ireland,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      310. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not listed the Owenriff River (Inverin) No. 140 and the Crumlin River No. 139 situated in...
    • Departmental Reviews
      311. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date for the publication of the terms of reference for the independent review into Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm the existence of the ‘Inland Fisheries Primary Legislation and Policy Group’ within his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department considered scientific advice contained in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment)...
    • Climate Action Plan
      316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the Climate Action Plan 2026: the reason for the delay in publication; the projected timeline for...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      317. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a proposed large-scale seaweed harvesting plan along the Galway and Mayo coastline by a Canadian company...
    • Departmental Funding
      318. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his Department in...
    • Departmental Projects
      319. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the introduction of a levy on disposable coffee cups within the lifetime of this Government; and if he...
    • Energy Policy
      320. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide figures on the uptake of the home energy upgrade loan scheme since it was rolled out in 2024, broken down by...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide updated figures on the installation of solar panels in homes, new and retrofitted, with a year-by-year...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      322. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider postponing licenses being granted for industrial scale harvesting of wild seaweed along the Irish cost; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider the creation of a national seaweed policy which prioritises ecosystem health; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months for €50, €75, €100,...
    • Pension Provisions
      330. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve a pension increase for retired workers of EirGrid without delay. [13582/26]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Safety
      331. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps her Department is taking to ensure we have the capacity to deploy anti drone defences outside Baldonnel airfield; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      332. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by her Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      336. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of her Department; the way in which these are...
    • United Nations
      337. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position on the UN investigation of a recent suspect chemical substance release near the Blue Line Demarcation; if any risk has...
    • Air Corps
      338. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the procurement of additional assets for the Air Corps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/26]
    • Defence Forces
      339. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list, for each of the last 20 years, the size of each of the branches of the Defence Forces. [12450/26]
    • Naval Service
      341. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her views on the way in which Ireland can combat shadow fleet ships in its Exclusive Economic Zone, considering the significant potential for...
    • Defence Forces
      342. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will commit to not bringing bring forward legalisation to abolish the triple lock until it has first been put to a referendum; and if she...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Policies
      356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of reports of scrambler motorcycle activity at a location (details supplied); the policy measures and legislative powers...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is currently monitoring US state flights which are stopping over at Shannon; and if there is awareness of deportation...
    • Road Safety
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on the regulation of urban horses and carriages; if he has concerns over the abuse of horses in urban areas; if he is aware...
    • Rail Network
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on security services in 2025; the amount that is expected to be spent in 2026. [11602/26]
    • Penalty Points System
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the last time a review was carried out of the penalty points system for road traffic offences; and if he will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made with regard to adjustment and increases in CIÉ pensions for retired CIÉ workers. [11657/26]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the residential noise insulation scheme at Dublin Airport, in light of the increased number of night time flights and...
    • Dublin Bus
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA plans to move the H1 bus terminal to Hawkins Street, Dublin 2. [11704/26]
    • Taxi Regulations
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to bring forward legislation to provide the NTA with the statutory power to compel app-based dispatch operators (details...
    • National Car Test
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of delays in getting appointments for NCT checks in some centres, in some instances denying individuals the opportunity to...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dublin Airport residential noise insulation scheme will be extended to areas (details supplied), given that residents have...
    • Departmental Funding
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form;...
    • Road Signage
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on traffic lights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11877/26]
    • Departmental Projects
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects, if any, which he has designated under s.20 of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Act 2024;...
    • Parking Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to issue a disabled drivers permit to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11919/26]
    • Departmental Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which...
    • National Transport Authority
      377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the oversight the NTA currently has of the systems used by app-based dispatch operators, that are now algorithm-driven platforms; whether...
    • Departmental Regulations
      378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered introducing regulatory models recommended by agencies such as Transport for London, which has called for...
    • Legislative Measures
      379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether legislative measures are planned to ensure full regulatory visibility of pricing and fee structures for taxi ride-booking apps;...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposal to make the BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) delivery drone zone over Cork City permanent; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department accepts that the Road Safety Authority data supplied in reply to Question No. 242 of 2026 shows an increase in...
    • Legislative Measures
      384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed legislation commonly referred to as “Grace’s Law” to prohibit the use of scramblers and...
    • Penalty Points System
      390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the current system under which penalty points are applied from the date on which they are formally processed and...
    • National Transport Authority
      391. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NTA has not published punctuality or lost-kilometre data for the W61 route for 2025 to date; when this reporting will...
    • Emergency Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to helicopter emergency medical services being underequipped to safely lift patients; if he will consider...
    • Road Safety
      395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take, in light of a Garda analysis (details supplied) to address serious safety issues on the N68 in the Darragh area...
    • Departmental Data
      396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test applicants currently waiting for tests in the Dublin test centres; the length of time applicants have been...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give urgent attention to the serious concerns regarding the NCN pilot scheme on the R448, raised in correspondence (details...
    • Departmental Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of passenger numbers on the 99 Dublin Bus in comparison to the average service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12272/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA plans to develop a new rural transport route which services Streamstown, County Westmeath; and if not, if the NTA will...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Dublin Airport Authority will consider expanding the eligibility area for the residential insulation grant scheme; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the reduction in carriage numbers on the 16:28 Grand Canal Dock to Hazelhatch service, which previously operated with four...
    • School Transport
      408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on an application made under the Safe Routes to School Programme (details supplied); when this application should...
    • Departmental Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received under the Safe Routes to School Programme since 2021; the number of applications that have been...
    • Legislative Measures
      410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to enact legislation to implement mandatory data sharing between the NTA and all app-based service providers to...
    • National Transport Authority
      412. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the establishment of a permanent NTA monitoring mechanism for driver and passenger commission calculations; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered introducing an independent, not-for-profit-based app for the taxi service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the 13 high collision locations recently identified for County Galway in TII’s national collision analysis; and if he...
    • Legislative Process
      415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 10 February 2026, the details of the sections relating to MIBI and fixed charge notices that...
    • An Ghaeltacht
      416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will reply to the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht’s correspondence regarding speed signage...
    • Bus Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to amend a bus service to provide an earlier first departure on the 40D travelling from Tyrrelstown to Broombridge; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Obligation
      418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the PSO flights contract signed in February 2026 from Donegal to Dublin, to outlined the details of any review clause...
    • Bus Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will consider extending route 139 Naas to Blanchardstown to Tyrrelstown further up the Corduff Road to the roundabout that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the number of applications received in the latest round of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme; if he is...
    • Disability Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the qualifying criteria for the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant to ensure those who regularly provide their...
    • Departmental Projects
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if preparatory work on a project (details supplied) can be progressed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12542/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in developing a strategy in relation to the provision of new facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain why there has been no confirmed notification of any bus route diversions by the National Transport Authority as a result of...
    • Departmental Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a salary range that the new CEO of the Shannon Airport Group will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the number of no-shows for driving tests for Category B permits, broken down per test centre, per month, from...
    • Rail Network
      429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the expected timelines of delivery of electric battery carriages and associated infrastructure for Wicklow Town; and if...
    • Bus Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount that has been spent setting up, establishing and running the existing leapcard system that is to be replaced by a new...
    • Water Pollution
      431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 5 February 2026, the provisions that are put in place in the event that a cargo ship or...
    • Bus Éireann
      432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to address the low punctuality and high levels of lost kilometres recorded on Bus Éireann Route 115 to...
    • EU Regulations
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the reporting trigger, format, and escalation pathway applicable where an aviation crew encounters an anomalous or...
    • Driver Licences
      437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an American driving licence cannot be exchanged for an Irish driving licence; if he will consider reviewing this policy for...
    • Disability Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible bus stops in the state; the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of these stops...
    • National Transport Authority
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the full scope of the National Transport Authority's forthcoming regulatory assessment of dispatch operator licensing in...
    • Road Projects
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider adding an extra carriage on the Docklands to M3 parkway train at peak times; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of drivers on their second learner permit; if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has written to all second permit holders...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 2415 of 13 January 2026, if he accepts road traffic deaths and serious injuries as a public health...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of accesses granted to the beneficial ownership registers by competent authorities since the commencement of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      447. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE forensic accountants currently employed by the Revenue Commissioners; and the civil service grade this post is filled by. [11591/26]
    • Customs and Excise
      448. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash by currency seized by Revenue Customs Service at Dublin Airport and Dublin Port in 2025 under proceeds of crime legislation, in tabular...
    • Departmental Reviews
      449. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of inheritance tax within his Department; the parameters for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Universal Social Charge
      452. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out into the cost of eliminating the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/26]
    • Tax Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out into the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the higher rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Credit Unions
      455. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Government debt held by credit unions at end September 2023; at end September 2024; at end September 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      459. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of the Irish deposit guarantee scheme fund, broken down by different sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11728/26]
    • Credit Unions
      460. To ask the Minister for Finance in light of the current geopolitical situation and moves at European level for simplification and strengthening the single market, would he support credit...
    • Housing Schemes
      462. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise and increase the help-to-buy limit of €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11763/26]
    • Tax Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11764/26]
    • Tax Code
      464. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has examined the introduction of a capped, tax advantaged long term savings or investment account, similar in structure to the...
    • Customs and Excise
      467. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the EU's new small parcels customs duties (details supplied) will be applied to businesses and individuals importing such parcels from Britain;...
    • Departmental Funding
      468. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      472. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent each recommendation of the National Payments Strategy under each of the sixteen 'future outcomes' has been completed or has not been completed as...
    • Tax Code
      473. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date designating psychotherapy and counselling services as VAT exempt; the costings if this was to take place; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Bodies
      474. To ask the Minister for Finance the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the...
    • Tax Credits
      475. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the age tax credit for qualifying individuals and jointly assessed couples (details supplied) in order to reduce the income tax...
    • Tax Code
      476. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the annual exemption limits for persons aged 65 years and over for the payment of tax on pensions; when these limits were last reviewed; and...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      478. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is implementing the recommendations of the Report on the Israeli Bonds Programme, eleven of which...
    • Vacant Properties
      479. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes liable for the vacant homes tax, by county, in 2025. [12263/26]
    • Tax Code
      480. To ask the Minister for Finance to clearly outline the VAT obligations arising from reverse charge mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/26]
    • Insurance Industry
      481. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding motor insurance premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      482. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to reform the system of tax expenditures and to strengthen tax evaluation practices within his Department, so as to ensure that the...
    • Housing Policy
      483. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the price ceiling for the first home scheme has increased by €25,000, while the help-to-buy scheme price ceiling did not; to review the...
    • Tax Code
      484. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider personal income tax breaks for families on ICT equipment purchased for school-use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/26]
    • Vehicle Registration
      486. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations, standards or oversight mechanisms in place regarding the allocation and printing of registration plates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      487. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out any analysis on the amount of tax revenue raised from the operation of the deemed disposal rule; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      488. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to progress and publish an implementation plan taking into consideration the Funds Review...
    • Housing Policy
      491. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the criteria for help-to-buy in order for more essential workers to have access to the scheme and to settle in the areas they...
    • Departmental Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) that have been registered with the Central Bank of Ireland under the provisions of the Criminal Justice...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      495. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of issues faced by business owners in registering with the Revenue Online Service (details supplied); whether he has plans to modernise the...
    • Banking Sector
      496. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that the closed bidding session for PTSB has closed; the number of companies/entities that have expressed an interest in purchasing PTSB; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      502. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify tax obligations for a non-EU national working remotely in Ireland for a U.S. employer, including residency and income thresholds. [12787/26]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      503. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding services provided by Revenue; if he will liaise with the Office of the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Policies
      504. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the revised RRF plan has dropped the measure ‘Accelerate Decarbonisation of the Enterprise Sector’; and if he...
    • An Garda Síochána
      505. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been achieved so far on the construction of a new Garda dog training centre; when this project will move to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      506. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated to NGOs by his Department in 2025; the funding allocated to NGOs by agencies and bodies under the remit of his...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      507. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on flood relief works for Shannon town and its environs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11611/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      509. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the long-outstanding pension increase due to retired An Post workers will be signed off and implemented; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Projects
      516. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects, if any, which he has designated under s.20 of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Act...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      517. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for members recruited post-2013 in An Garda...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      519. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy rationale for proposals to bypass ministerial involvement in the approval of major infrastructure projects; whether he...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      521. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether any formal assessment has been carried out by his Department to determine if delays in major infrastructure delivery are...
    • National Development Plan
      524. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on national climate adaptation measures under the National Development Plan, particularly flood-risk management...
    • Departmental Bodies
      525. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which...
    • Departmental Strategies
      526. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on any strategies to enhance pedestrian and cycling infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      527. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of female qualified horticulturists employed by the OPW as of 10 February 2026, in tabular form. [12065/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      528. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the 7% increase for An Post pensioners has not been paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12157/26]
    • State Bodies
      529. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether there are any vacancies in the Standards in Public Office Commission; if so, the length of time they have been vacant; and the...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      530. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE staff, by job title working in the Office of Government Procurement, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      531. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will approve a pension increase for retired workers of An Post without delay. [12258/26]
    • Office of Public Works
      534. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will identify a suitable site for a Garda station (details supplied). [12315/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      535. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered or is considering approving the agreed increases to retired staff of An Post; if he is considering extending...
    • Office of Public Works
      536. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with the OPW in relation to an issue (details supplied) in Portumna, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      537. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations...
    • Departmental Projects
      541. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 235 of 29 January, and 983 of 13 January 2026, the status of the research projects that were...
    • Pension Provisions
      542. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to approve without further delay the agreed pension increases to retired staff of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      543. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the Office of Government Procurement’s decision not to permit any adjustment to hourly rates under the Managed...
    • Office of Public Works
      544. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW projects completed between 2020 and 2025 inclusive, including budgeted costings, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      549. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the efforts his Department have undertaken to source expertise from abroad to direct tranche 2 flood relief projects for...
    • Pension Provisions
      552. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will approve the agreed increases to retired staff of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13470/26]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Schemes
      553. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the SBCI loan scheme is scheduled to proceed in March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12534/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      554. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contracts with his Department in the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the nature of services this company...
    • EU Directives
      555. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the steps his Department has taken specifically to provide relief to entities currently reporting under Corporate...
    • Legislative Measures
      556. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reform current health and safety legislation to better reflect the capacity of the general public, and to introduce...
    • Departmental Policies
      557. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to give an update on Action 3.3 of Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      558. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular...
    • Departmental Reviews
      560. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the assessments that are carried out to determine the level of Exchequer funding that any NGO receives from...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      561. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any direct lobbying he has received from any NGO in relation to his annual funding; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      562. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in...
    • Departmental Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list maintained by IDA of Nevada Headquartered companies with operations in Ireland. [12066/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      564. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department is considering measures to compel watermarking on AI-generated images and videos;; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      565. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the national life sciences strategy consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      566. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 243 of 23 September 2025, 149 of 7 May 2025 and 156 of 7 October 2025, and noting that his...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      567. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems were used at any stage in the drafting, analysis, consultation, or preparation...
    • Public Appointments Service
      568. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific recruitment initiatives that are being used to increase the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector;...
    • Disability Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the Government plans to ensure transparency and accountability for meeting targets on disability employment; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      571. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the evaluation mechanisms in place to assess the impact of increased public sector employment of people with disabilities on social...
    • Legislative Measures
      572. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be a requirement of the proposed Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 that all units that qualify to be let under the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      573. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to employers and employees to promote remote and flexible working; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      574. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of discrepancies identified and resolved in the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      575. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has received in 2026 under the emergency humanitarian flooding...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      580. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the small business unit within his Department is delivering on its responsibilities; including implementing the SME test to...
    • Legislative Measures
      581. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to clarify the following aspects of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025; the way in which the proposed 20,000 population...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Schemes
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to commitments made on 10 November 2025 to survivors of the industrial and reformatory school system, the current status of the delivery...
    • Youth Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any grant funding available that an organisation (details supplied) could apply for to support the provision of community...
    • Special Educational Needs
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a full response will issue to a person (details supplied) and this Deputy regarding a child's special education school placement; and if she...
    • Land Issues
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Dublin City Council to resolve an ownership issue relating to a plot of land owned by her Department (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Schemes
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department provides grants to schools engaging in nature-based education for the purchase of necessary equipment such as waterproof...
    • School Admissions
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children across the State that are currently without a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11625/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the delivery of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11640/26]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 591
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11643/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her announcement of 105 priority school building projects in the first tranche of the NDP rollout, the position regarding other...
    • Special Educational Needs
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can request the NCSE and SENO to engage with the family of child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the issue of capacity in all the primary schools in Naas, which are now full for the upcoming...
    • Departmental Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number SNAs provided for in total under budgets 2024, 2025 and 2026, by WTE, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the way in which the furniture and repairs funding scheme works (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Period Poverty
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there is additional support for special schools for sanitary products for special schools who cater for children aged 4-18 plus; and if...
    • School Equipment
      602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of delays in the provision of approved assistive technology for primary school pupils in County Kerry including a school (details...
    • School Enrolments
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether schools are permitted to set their own enrolment deadlines for special classes; whether her Department has any role or influence in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the replacement of the prefabricated classrooms located on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a person's school bus pickup point (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11774/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by her Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Departmental Reports
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the Dublin 15 Special Education Taskforce will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11891/26]
    • School Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant posts that have been created and attached to a mainstream class since SENO reviews began; and if she will...
    • School Enrolments
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received in each of the past five years seeking permission for students in special schools to remain for an additional...
    • Schools Building Projects
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an application (details supplied) with her Department since before the Covid-19 pandemic for the replacement of the temporary...
    • School Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately reverse the decision to cut four permanent SNAs at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide emergency funding to a school (details supplied) to allow this school carryout emergency works including the replacement of windows...
    • Departmental Bodies
      622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of her Department; the way in which these are...
    • National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
      623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child will be issued with an updated letter of eligibility from the NCSE (details supplied). [11976/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); when it will commence and be completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the decision in Circular 0002/2026 to award bonus marks for both written examinations and continuous assessment components...
    • Schools Building Projects
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently consider a request from a school regarding building works (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12023/26]
    • Education and Training Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the allocation of therapy and SNA is done, comparing between ASD-focused provisions and medically complex schools; and if she...
    • School Staff
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the SNA review nationally; if there are delays in this review; if so, the actions being taken to expedite the reviews; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extension was placed on a planning application for a school building project (details supplied) where further information was required,...
    • School Staff
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the moving of all pension records of retired teachers to digital media during the coming year, if there will be an option for retired...
    • School Enrolments
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and details of early intervention classes for students with ASD or ASD pre-school places in Waterford, for each school year 2024-2025,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building projects for a number of schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [12190/26]
    • Residential Institutions
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the deep hurt felt by the “forgotten children” from this State and their families (details supplied); if she and...
    • Education and Training Boards
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definitive timeline for when the Kilkenny and Carlow ETB will receive the funding to proceed to the construction phase for schools (details...
    • School Transport
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation with respect to the payment of special education transport escorts; the measures her Department is taking to improve pay...
    • Schools Building Projects
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent school building (details supplied); when it will proceed to tender; the way her Department intends to ensure...
    • Residential Institutions
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Support for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024, will be enacted. [12276/26]
    • School Staff
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12279/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider introducing a special education equipment grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12280/26]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 649
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a matter regarding salaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12284/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will consider providing special schools with an AP1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12285/26]
    • School Transport
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to instating a school transport route for a school (details supplied) for the coming school year for young people...
    • School Staff
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of any discrepancy between the acceptance/calculation of incremental credit applications between primary and secondary school...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 654
      654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the guidelines and recommendations arising from phase 2 of the School Transport Report will commence implementation; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to specify how the €69 million allocated in Budget 2026 will be expended in relation to the measures outlined in the School Transport...
    • Legislative Measures
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Education Leave for Injuries Bill 2025 for teachers and SNAs, currently proceeding through Seanad Éireann. [12309/26]
    • School Transport
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on transport for a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12338/26]
    • School Enrolments
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will allocate an additional class to a school (details supplied) given the number of students in the area still awaiting a...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 662
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans have advanced for a new school building in Cork (details supplied); the status of the project; the way in which her Department plans to...
    • Further and Higher Education
      663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 4 November 2025, if her Department will provide an update on the discussions with University College...
    • School Accommodation
      664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1047 of 13 January 2026, the status of the application for additional accommodation at a school (details...
    • Home Schooling
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have availed of home tuition due to having no school place for the year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early intervention classes in special schools, by county in each of the years 2017 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of two mainstream special needs assistant (SNA) posts in a primary school (details supplied) following a recent SNA...
    • Departmental Funding
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason letters of eligibility for young people with special educational needs are tied to the 1 October date given assessments occur all...
    • School Curriculum
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the working definition of the term ‘social justice’ as used by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in its 2022-2025...
    • Special Educational Needs
      676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case for provision of an additional ASD room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12497/26]
    • Education Schemes
      677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new DEIS plan will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12551/26]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 678
      678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the creation of a second ASD class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12552/26]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 680
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the issues raised in relation to a school (details supplied). [12554/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the measures being taken to increase the number of autism class and special school places at post-primary level, in light of...
    • School Curriculum
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to the inclusion of age-appropriate education on premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) within the school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school (details supplied) has been notified of a reduction of 1.5 Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts in its allocation for...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 685
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12577/26]
    • School Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will formally announce the reforms of the way in which teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the recent allocations of special classes for County Cork, the reason no new special classes have been allocated to the entire...
    • Schools Building Projects
      688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current status of the permanent building project for a school (details supplied) and the projected timeline for delivery; if she...
    • School Staff
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the adequacy of existing protections for teachers and other school staff if they are injured in the workplace; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to engage with the co-signees of a Bill introduced in Seanad Éireann (details supplied) in relation to the substantive issues...
    • School Staff
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to engage with teacher unions in relation to the experience and planning framework for teaching staff if they are injured in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the proposed reduction of a .5 SNA post will leave...
    • Irish Language
      696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the injustice being experience by students sitting their Leaving Certificate exams in relation to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building which will replace the existing school building for a school (details supplied) will be built; the reason the timeline...
    • Undefined
      699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address critical issues raised in correspondence regarding school resources (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a new school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12834/26]
    • Schools Administration
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the roll-out of DEIS Plus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12835/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of DEIS and non-DEIS schools that currently operate one special class; the proportion which operate more than three special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12859/26]
    • School Admissions
      706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will intervene to increase the cap imposed on incoming first year students at a school (details supplied) in order that they...
    • School Facilities
      707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for two additional accommodation units will be granted; if so, when; will the additional...
    • Special Educational Needs
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for assistive technology for a student (details supplied) will be processed and granted; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Pension Provisions
      710. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will work to ensure that the workers in question are able to get the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      714. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the agreed increase to Eir pensions will be approved; when it will be paid to members of the scheme; and if he will...
    • Sports Facilities
      715. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he has received any applications or requests to any section of his Department or State body under his aegis, for funding...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      716. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in...
    • Heritage Promotion
      720. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the status of any application to have stone lifting recognised on the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage;...
    • Pension Provisions
      721. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will address the concerns regarding pension entitlements raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      722. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when approval will be granted for the 2.1% increase to occupational pensions effective from 1 July 2025, which has already...
    • State Bodies
      723. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the systems in place to agree performance metrics of chief executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      724. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the indicative opening date for applications under the 2026 round of the Community Sports Facilities Fund, formerly the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      725. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the status of an application (details supplied); if he will outline the reasons for the delay in sanctioning the increase;...
    • Online Safety
      727. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his views on whether a measure in the UK is feasible in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      730. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason it has taken almost six months to approve the increase to the An Post superannuation scheme, submitted by An...
    • Sports Organisations
      732. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the lack of comprehensive adult safeguarding policies within certain sporting organisations, particularly...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      739. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on agreed increases to retired staff of Eir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12353/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      740. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and-or partner funding from his Department in...
    • National Library
      741. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is in favour of the National Library exhibiting letters (details supplied) and loaning same to county museums; and if...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      742. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an urgent update on an increase to Eir pensions and confirm a series of matters (details supplied)....
    • Arts Funding
      743. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the 2,000 artists who currently avail of the basic income for artists will face a six-month gap in payments; if this is...
    • Post Office Network
      744. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to provide the nationwide...
    • Online Safety
      745. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the types of online platforms and services that will be subject to the proposed age verification mechanism...
    • Sports Facilities
      746. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the development of the national cricket stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/26]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      747. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the actions his Department is taking to increase female participation in all sports from grassroots to elite levels; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      748. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on his Department's investment following the €3 million in funding provided in Budget 2026 for...
    • National Broadband Plan
      749. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the progress of the national broadband plan in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      750. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on progress made to date and the plans for the future for the expansion of the night-time economy action plan...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      751. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on a pension increase for members of the Eircom superannuation defined benefit pension scheme (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      752. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide dates (details supplied), in relation to the authorisation process for pension increases agreed by An Post and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      753. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he has considered or is considering approving the agreed increases to retired staff of Eir. [13173/26]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Coastal Erosion
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Report of the Interdepartmental...
    • Legislative Process
      757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to update on progress to transpose the energy performance of buildings into Irish law; if his Department will meet the...
    • Housing Policy
      758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements in place to ensure a portion of the target of 12,000 new social homes built on average a year as part of the...
    • Planning Issues
      759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the updated planning policy statement on short-term letting as its absence has caused significant levels of...
    • Local Authorities
      760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes available to local authority to retrofit solar panels on to existing social housing stock. [11590/26]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides grants to schools engaging in nature-based education for the purchase of necessary equipment such...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new regulations in relation to developer-led wastewater infrastructure plants will be operational; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a requirement that all new-build residential properties be fitted with solar panels as...
    • Legislative Programme
      764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current stage of the Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2025; the progress made to date; and the expected timeline for its next...
    • Local Authorities
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the existing requirements for new hires in local authorities to start at the lowest end of the pay scale for any...
    • Planning Issues
      767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate for objections or submissions in relation to localised public infrastructure to come...
    • Housing Policy
      769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication of updated rural housing guidelines; if he intends to amend the definition of ribbon...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received any applications or requests to any section of his Department or State body under his aegis, for funding or...
    • Housing Policy
      772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider introducing measures to assist people to downsize, in particular older people who have 3/4 bedroom houses...
    • Housing Provision
      774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give an update on the establishment of new urban community task force as outlined in Delivering Homes, Building Communities...
    • Planning Issues
      777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise planning application fees for An Coimisiún Pleanála, and resources for the planning system; and...
    • Departmental Policies
      778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give an update on Action 2.8 of Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Finance Agency has plans or policies to cap or limit borrowing available to specific approved housing bodies...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the role of his Department and role of the NSAI in interpreting building regulations and standards; the final...
    • Housing Schemes
      781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reform and expand eligibility for the secure tenancy affordable rent scheme; the timeframe for any proposed...
    • Housing Provision
      782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority-owned residential properties in County Kilkenny that are currently vacant, by the length of time...
    • Departmental Funding
      784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in...
    • Departmental Projects
      788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects, if any, which he has designated under s.20 of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature...
    • Housing Provision
      790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Fingal County Council is encouraging local authority tenants who are on the transfer list to "see...
    • State Bodies
      794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the systems in place to agree performance metrics of chief executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way...
    • Legislative Measures
      795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the transfer of responsibility for the Multi-Unit Development Acts 2011 to his Department; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to initiate a series of local authority boundary reviews, 11 years after the last set of reviews; if he plans to...
    • EU Directives
      798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to weaken the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive in Ireland considering his published comments in the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarity on when the technical review of the defective concrete block scheme, operated by his Department,...
    • Departmental Policies
      800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his Department's remote working policy; the number of days staff are permitted to work remotely per week; if any...
    • Housing Policy
      806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is necessary for local authorities to require evidence of income from the previous 12 months for example, 2025, when...
    • Housing Schemes
      807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount allocated to each local authority for tenant-in-situ in 2024 and 2025; the total amount spent by each local...
    • Childcare Services
      808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a pre-school (details supplied) operating under the ECCE scheme has received a commercial rates bill; whether this...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      809. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there are any proposals, or funding available through his Department or Uisce Éireann to support community-led...
    • Housing Policy
      811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the maximum equity a person can hold in their home to still qualify for the mortgage to rent scheme. [12430/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful applications up to and including January 31, 2026 for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, by...
    • Housing Policy
      813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the review of the code of practice for the Approved Housing Body (AHB) allocation process to be completed; to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has issued any direction to local authorities regarding the installation of permeable surfaces such as...
    • Heritage Sites
      815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the National Monuments Service has not carried out an official inspection following notification in August 2025 of...
    • Energy Conservation
      819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes built between the start of 2021 and to date in 2026 that have heat pumps installed in them; to provide...
    • Planning Issues
      820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the exempted development guidelines for residential development will be brought into force; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Stations
      824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a fire station (details supplied) will be included in the new priority fire service infrastructural projects 2026-2030...
    • Departmental Data
      825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of builders who have signed up to the statutory register under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the number of homeowners nationally who remediated defective concrete block damage at their own...
    • Housing Policy
      832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any assessment has been made in relation to the legacy mortgage structures on 2008 purchases; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      834. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all State agencies that allocate programme and project funding to section 10 organisations. [13419/26]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to examine improvements to key ancillary benefits,...
    • Departmental Websites
      875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when his Department last reviewed the explanations and phrasing used on both the Department’s website and the Citizens...
    • Departmental Data
      876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of the Bereaved Partner’s (Contributory) Pension and the Bereaved...
    • Public Services Card
      880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in obtaining a public services card needed to process a passport...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Prevention
      881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being developed to support businesses affected by retail crime, including legislative reforms and anti-theft...
    • An Garda Síochána
      882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet during 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of unmarked Garda...
    • Animal Welfare
      884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his approach to pet theft; whether pet theft is currently considered to be property theft; if the theft of domestic animals and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage increase in Garda numbers in the Dublin Metropolitan Region North over the past five years, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 774 and 775 of 4 February 2026, whether his Department is aware of a matter (details...
    • International Protection
      887. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the IPAS accommodation centre at Kippure, County Wicklow; the full breakdown of costs on an annual...
    • Residency Permits
      889. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the extended Travel Confirmation Notice, currently valid from 8 December 2025 to 28 February 2026, for individuals awaiting...
    • Visa Applications
      890. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to advise when an application (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11705/26]
    • Immigration Policy
      891. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incorrect stamps have been issued at border control in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      893. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of reports that Garda callouts to schools over knives and weapons have doubled in the past year (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in...
    • Sports Funding
      898. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether fully shovel-ready community and sporting infrastructure projects, where planning permission is granted, land acquired...
    • Departmental Staff
      899. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      900. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether funding can be increased to an organisation to expand services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prison Service
      901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date for publication of the death in custody report from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons, sent to his Department in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda cars and unmarked vans attached to Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 10 February 2026, in...
    • Domestic Violence
      903. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse incidents reported in Cork east in 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2022. [12084/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      904. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in each county, at year end for each year 2016-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [12094/26]
    • Citizenship Applications
      907. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next procedure for new Irish association citizenship applicants who satisfy all vetting requirements; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      908. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 16 December 2025, if the relevant information has been provided to him in order...
    • Visa Applications
      910. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the difficulties raised in correspondence regarding a de facto partner visa (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      911. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      912. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the recommendations of An Garda Síochána recruitment training capacity group that reported to him in...
    • Residency Permits
      914. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the path to residency status for a person (details supplied) who is currently in the State through temporary...
    • Immigration Policy
      915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the expiry of the temporary protection directive he would consider granting more lenient residency conditions for...
    • Housing Policy
      916. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify comments in respect of compliance with the required standard for each resident to have 4.56 sq.m of space...
    • Legislative Process
      917. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for the legislative transposition of the NIS2 Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      919. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he maintains data on the number of international protection applicants who are bound to present at the International...
    • Citizenship Applications
      920. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for citizenship will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12630/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      921. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to publishing annual reports on the effectiveness of the measures introduced by the Criminal Justice (Money...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 922
      922. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish the total number of suspicious transaction reports received by the Financial Intelligence Unit Ireland...
    • Departmental Data
      925. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions initiated for offences under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the guidance, advice, or direction his Department has issued to Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSP)...
    • Departmental Policies
      937. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the regulations required to implement a functional periodic payment order framework; the reasons the...
    • Visa Applications
      938. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to specific delays in the Dublin regional office related to processing times for visitor visas;...
    • International Protection
      939. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been brought to concerns related to the International Protection Bill 2026 related to the definition of...
    • Visa Applications
      946. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline residency and citizenship pathways for a non-Irish spouse of a returning Irish citizen, and processing timelines....
    • Departmental Policies
      947. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider implementing regulations to provide for independent oversight of section 32 and 47 assessors in family law...
    • International Protection
      949. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 800 of 4 February 2026, if he will request the Legal Aid Board to provide the number of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      952. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Garda Reserve applicants who have passed the interview and medical but are awaiting vetting clearance;...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      953. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 to make provision to allow TDs to be part of the new...
    • EU Directives
      955. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the implementation of the NIS2 directive. [12919/26]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      956. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted Irish citizenship by association under Section 16(1)(a) of the Citizenship Act 1956, for each...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the current enforcement of legislation to protect animals through arrests and animal seizures; if he has...
    • Departmental Data
      959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sanitary and phytosanitary checks which were carried out at designated border control posts here on imports covered by...
    • Departmental Funding
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular...
    • Departmental Projects
      965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects, if any, which he has designated under s.20 of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Act...
    • Fisheries Protection
      966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the public consultation on the management of the crayfish fishery held in 2021 by his Department; if any...
    • State Bodies
      971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decision letters will issue to applicants of the third window for non-productive investments (NPI) available to participants in...
    • Food Security
      973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the effect of biodiversity loss on food system and supply chain resilience; the updated figures on the value and volume...
    • Animal Welfare
      974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the recent death of a horse in a sulky race (details supplied); the current legal status of sulky racing in...
    • Bord Bia
      975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns regarding Bord Bia governance raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that Ireland gets the best possible CAP deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12416/26]
    • Food Safety
      977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if traceability records will be made publicly accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12620/26]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the number of farmers still impacted by the delay in payments under the ACRES scheme for 2023 on a county by county basis, when...
    • Departmental Staff
      981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the posts within his Department which necessitate a person being a qualified veterinarian; the WTE of each, by category; the number...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Children in Care
      985. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount the third party residential care model costs compared with services provided directly through HSE with regard to...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      986. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality which public sector bodies have met the 6% employment target for people with disabilities as of 1 January 2025; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      990. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of Government proposals to introduce legislation banning conversion therapy; the scope of any proposed ban; the...
    • Child Protection
      991. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider the creation of a mandatory rechecking system for Garda vetting for those people employed in the childcare sector; and...
    • Child Abuse
      992. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider establishing a museum in Tuam dedicated to victims of abuse by religious orders. [12805/26]
    • Disability Services
      993. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will direct the HSE to review the referral pathway decision for a child (details supplied) whose case has been refused by the...
    • Parental Leave
      998. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing new rules that would allow spouses to share parental leave allocations between each other (details...
    • Child Protection
      999. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the review that was ordered in the wake of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any circumstances whereby a childcare provider engaged in core funding can request a review with a view to increasing...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1006. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by her Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1010. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of her Department; the way in...
    • Childcare Services
      1011. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address extensive childcare waiting lists, particularly for children under three; and if she will make...
    • Child Poverty
      1012. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific measures the Government is taking to reduce child poverty in rural areas, such as County Laois, where deprivation may...
    • Mental Health Services
      1013. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department is working with Tusla, the HSE, Cuan, and other relevant agencies to support coordinated access to...
    • Disability Services
      1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected impact of the recently announced €1 million in funding for nine digital and assistive technology projects under...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      1015. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has examined the role of remote working in supporting parents with childcare responsibilities; whether this will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1016. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any product or services purchased from the USA by her Department in 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by...
    • Childcare Services
      1018. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in relation to their care needs; the actions she will...
    • Disability Services
      1020. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount the State paid to third party residential disability care services contractors, in each of the past ten years. [12221/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1024. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior staff grade physiotherapists based in each CDNT within CHO3 as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      1025. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the difficulty posed by auto enrolment for TUSLA funded projects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Care Services
      1026. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if significant funding can now be found to alleviate the recruitment crisis of respite care staff by the HSE in Kerry, especially...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1027. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023,...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1029. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the reason an orphanage (details supplied) has been excluded from the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme; and...
    • Disability Services
      1030. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on securing a residential placement for a person (details supplied) [12435/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1031. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received any update from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding Tailte Éireann sending...
    • Childcare Services
      1032. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional supports will be granted to assist childcare and early learning centres unable to recruit staff (details supplied);...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1033. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a location (detail supplied) was omitted from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Intercountry Adoptions
      1034. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the current Government policy in respect of domestic adoption and intercountry adoption. [12545/26]
    • Childcare Services
      1035. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress made on each Programme for Government commitment relating to childcare since the formation of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1037. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12639/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1038. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any grant funding available that an organisation (details supplied) could apply for to support the provision...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1039. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any research carried out by her Department into the merits of banning smart phones for under 16s; and if she...
    • Child Abuse
      1040. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals made to Tusla related to reported sexual abuse of children in both 2024 and 2025; the number of referrals...
    • Disability Services
      1041. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 2 April 2025 and No. 1865 of 8 September 2025, the reason her Department has not...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Service Executive
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her engagement on the case of a person (details supplied). [12014/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the briefings she has received on the auto enrolment scheme being rolled out to section 39 and 38 organisations operating on behalf of the State; if she has...
    • Health Services
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if she can confirm that the advanced paramedic care will be re-instated in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12576/26]
    • Emergency Services
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal for Sligo Airport to become the base for the new HEMS helicopter, given the vital importance of this service to the region...
    • Health Services Staff
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2021 that are registered in Ireland who previously worked in Japan, in tabular form [11593/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to see a consultant plastic surgeon at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown for a first appointment. [11594/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2021 that are registered in Ireland who previously worked in Thailand, in tabular form. [11595/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 29 January 2026, when the review on dermal fillers by the Health Research Board will be completed and the report...
    • Emergency Departments
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of patients presenting to hospital accident and emergency departments (details supplied) with mental health issues; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of emergency ambulances available to serve the north Dublin area; the measures being taken to address ambulance delays and to increase...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department, or any agency working on its behalf, ask families to sign a non-disclosure agreement in relation to compensation that was received as part...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider raising the age threshold for eligibility under the child optical scheme beyond 12 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Safety
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline as to when she was made aware of the large scale baby formula recall (details supplied); the procedure that was followed in this regard; and if...
    • Health Services
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the reason older people in Louth such as a person (details supplied) are being informed that they must hold a medical card in order to receive a public health...
    • Departmental Data
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of new oral health patients in target groups attending for scheduled assessment in each full year, 2022 to 2025, inclusive, by local office...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontic patients on waiting lists to commence treatment at the end of each year 2022 – 2025, inclusive, by wait time band, local...
    • Dental Services
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for access to dental treatment under sedation at the end of 2024 and 2025, by sedation type, by patient type, by wait...
    • Medical Cards
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests received in 2024 and in 2025 for assistance with assignment to a GP or a dentist for medical card holders, free GP card holders, or by...
    • Departmental Data
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of 2025, in tabular form. [11666/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is undertaking to promote infant mental health and positive attachment relationships between caregivers and infants; if she is considering...
    • Departmental Data
      1068. 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 Waiting Lists
      1070. 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 Tonlegee Primary Care Centre, Dublin 5; and the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 427 and 428 of 13 November 2025, if she will confirm receipt of the additional information sent on 28 November 2025...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for a GP to obtain a GMS contract; and if they must fulfil any specialist training and the length of time that training takes. [11714/26]
    • State Claims Agency
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in each year 2005-2025 inclusive; the cost of the scheme in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is a three-year waitlist to access a GP as a new patient in Blessington, Wicklow; the measures that will be taken to address this;...
    • Health Service Executive
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms, appeals processes, or alternative supports available to a person (details supplied) who has been assessed by the HSE as not qualifying for...
    • Medicinal Products
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the price of mounjaro is consistent across all outlets, does not vary widely depending on the outlet which...
    • Medical Cards
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 66 years and over who were refused a medical card on income and/or medical grounds in each of the past three years; the average...
    • Health Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the reason for the moving of the speech and language therapy service from Lettermore Health Centre in County Galway to another health centre 17...
    • Departmental Data
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals awaiting access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), per clinic; the average wait time to access PrEP, per clinic, as of December...
    • Health Services
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the assessment and decision making process (details supplied) in the treatment of young children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; the...
    • Departmental Data
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in model 3 and model 4 hospitals,...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of SMA screening within the national newborn bloodspot screening programme as rare disease day on 28...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the reason insulin pump therapy is not currently accessible to eligible type 1 diabetes patients attending Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel; whether...
    • Ambulance Service
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to urgently improve ambulance cover to the Caherciveen/Iveragh region in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to urgently improve SouthDoc cover to the Caherciveen/Iveragh region in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11950/26]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of her Department; the way in which these are measured; the...
    • Health Services
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate contingency arrangements now in place for children awaiting community ophthalmology services in south Tipperary, in circumstances where...
    • Health Promotion
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the guidelines for e-cigarettes/vaping on public transport, in hospitals, and so on; her plans to update these guidelines; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [12009/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the average occupancy rates for model four hospitals on a monthly basis from January 2024 to December 2025, in tabular form; and if she...
    • State Properties
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the HSE transfer a property (details supplied) to Longford County Council for continued use as a community facility. [12024/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Nayagam review into paediatric spinal surgery at Children’s Health Ireland, commissioned in September 2023, remains at phase one with no...
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed vaccine damage scheme to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking vaccines including Covid vaccines will be...
    • Legislative Measures
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health when she will sign the commencement Statutory Instrument for all sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for a psychologist for Gorey, County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently for CAHMS in counties Wicklow and Wexford; the length of time these roles have been vacant for ; the reason this position...
    • Health Services Staff
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nurse vacancies currently at Mullingar Regional Hospital; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant paediatric neurologist at CHI Temple Street for a first appointment. [12058/26]
    • Laboratory Facilities
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health if as of 1 January 2026, the HSE has identified any binding constraints on laboratory surge testing capacity in the event of a declared public health...
    • Departmental Reports
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions, funding approvals, or implementation milestones have been approved by her Department arising from the ESG report published in October...
    • Health Service Executive
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that Dungarvan is still without a registrar of births, deaths and marriages; if her Department will work with the HSE...
    • Departmental Data
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1069 of 27 January 2026, if she collects data on the reason for each cancellation; if so, the number and the reason; if...
    • Health and Safety
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests that have been made, either directly or on behalf of security staff, in HSE hospitals and in voluntary hospitals, for stab vests or...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery in the Mater and or Cappagh hospitals. [12125/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health the total stock of acute hospital inpatient beds in the public hospital system at the end of each year 2016-2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [12140/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance callouts which were responded to in 2024 and 2025 where the person was deceased by the time of ambulance arrival on scene; the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has carried out any clinical risk assessment of patients with disabilities, cognitive impairment, or home-care dependency...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health when the examination currently being undertaken by her Department into the use of monitored dosage systems will conclude; whether it will consider funding...
    • Disability Services
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health whether she accepts that requiring patients with disabilities to privately fund essential medication compliance supports may undermine safe administration of...
    • Mental Health Services
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health to detail her Department’s plan to expand access to urgent care for those experiencing a mental health emergency; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised in respect of the partial sale of Baggot Street Hospital. [12192/26]
    • Home Help Service
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in December from 2022 to 2025; the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, broken down by...
    • Health Services
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a sexual assault treatment unit in the mid-west region; the consideration that has been given to this by her Department and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12209/26]
    • Health Services
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12214/26]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the service history for all MRI machines here; how often they are serviced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12215/26]
    • Departmental Communications
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12217/26]
    • Residential Institutions
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in third party residential care in the State supplied through a HSE contract; and the cost, per person, per year. [12222/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists and psychiatrists currently working with the adult disability services in each county; and if any of these are covering multiple...
    • Home Help Service
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health when home help service positions will be filled in Donegal; the reason for additional staff not being able to take up positions given the long waiting lists;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation in St. Vincent’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current level of provision and staffing of acute mental health services for older adults (details supplied); the waiting times,...
    • Health Services
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of interRAI care needs facilitators; the number currently in-post; the outstanding vacancies; the measures being taken...
    • Mental Health Services
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Ennis primary care centre as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dietitian services for type 1 diabetes management are no longer available at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel; the contingency plans in place...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres currently in use at Cork University Hospital, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital; the...
    • Dental Services
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists, by grade, dental nurses, by grade and dental hygienists, by grade, post filled at each primary care centre and health centre...
    • Hospital Staff
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists and ophthalmologists registrars based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 9 February 2026, in...
    • Health Services
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019...
    • Hospital Services
      1166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims settled by the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year, from 2019 to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to ensure that Ireland is on a par with other European countries in terms of ensuing the financial wellbeing of healthcare...
    • Dental Services
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment for a child (details supplied). [12294/26]
    • Health Services
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of approved centres abroad under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme and a list of registered surgeons under the scheme...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that a number of healthcare workers with long-Covid are facing significant hardship due to a loss of income due to the cessation of special...
    • Health Services Staff
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to avert industrial action by health care assistants in the HSE home support service in Cork, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Donegal; and...
    • Health Services
      1175. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of...
    • Data Protection
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing non-compliance with statutory data protection obligations within an organisation (details supplied), if it is currently operating...
    • Health Services Staff
      1177. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE employment changes, whereby agency staff who have worked in the same role through an agency for at least one year can convert to a permanent HSE...
    • Health Promotion
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will consider funding the shingles vaccine for our older population given the vaccine's association with lower rates of dementia; and if she will...
    • Health Services Staff
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in organisations that receive funding from the HSE but are not deemed HSE employees that have been included in the auto enrolment...
    • Medical Cards
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have received an enhanced medical card from the Magdalene restorative justice ex-gratia scheme in each year since its establishment...
    • Home Help Service
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people for each day in January who were medically discharged at Letterkenny University Hospital but had to remain in hospital as they had to...
    • Health Service Executive
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed explanation of the transition of Lucan North Electoral Division to Blanchardstown Area Community Healthcare Network (details supplied); and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of mental health service users in Mullingar Regional Hospital; the number of repeat visits to Mullingar Regional Hospital accident...
    • Emergency Departments
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting to each accident and emergency department, per county, with mental health issues; and the number of those admitted to a...
    • Health Strategies
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health when the next phase of the Women’s Health Taskforce strategy is due to be published; whether that phase will include detailed measures on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a CAMHS appointment. [12560/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the waiting lists, by county, for CAMHS services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12612/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases in which former employees of an organisation (details supplied) have been denied the pension contributions arising from the 2024 pay...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any financial support for a panic alarm for a person in their 30s with Huntington disease who is falling regularly, where the person is under the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the North Kerry CAMHS review; when it will be published and the reason for delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12682/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason high dose vaccines have been omitted from the recommendations by NIAC as a viable alternative to standard dose vaccines for inclusion in the...
    • Hospital Staff
      1201. To ask the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown by whole-time equivalent number of the various clinical specialties that provide staff and service to the cardiac cath labs in...
    • Hospital Services
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the individual bed number exclusively provided for coronary care on a full time basis in each of the four acute hospitals, UHW, CUH, UHL and UHG;...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1210. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received a report (details supplied) on the north Kerry lookback review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12716/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1211. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the scheduled days and times of all HSE and NPTF "in-sourced" procedures in 2025, from 1 January to 31 December, broken down by specialist areas in...
    • Ambulance Service
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a review of the National Ambulance Services in east Cork sine 2020; if the service is fully staffed between Monday to Thursdays; and if she...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a cancer patient (details supplied) to have an urgent procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1227. To ask the Minister for Health if a delay in a hospital appointment can be urgently investigated for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a neurosurgeon appointment in CUH and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for in-patient rehabilitation care in Ireland; the total number of patients; broken down by condition; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      1229. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staffing numbers within the National Rehabilitation Hospital; per nurse, physiotherapist, speech and language, occupational...
    • Hospital Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of neuro-rehabilitation beds in Ireland; the total number of beds; beds operational, per facility; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      1231. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any research carried out by her Department into the merits of banning smart phones for under 16s; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Services
      1234. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that a five session primary care occupational therapy 'Episode of Care' is an adequate intervention for a child (details supplied) with a...
    • Mental Health Services
      1235. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which CAMHS excludes a child (details supplied) whose behavioural and emotional needs fall outside the capacity of Primary Care; the mental...
    • Health Services
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health when the single point of access system for children's services will be fully operational; the way it will prevent families such as that of a child (details...
    • Health Services Staff
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment being undertaken to ensure the primary care psychology service in Dublin west can be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health if the HIQA health technology assessment (HTA) for the shingles vaccines factored in the potential savings to the State and the HSE from the reported impact...
    • Health Services Staff
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continues to refuse legally compliant written references that confirm only dates of employment and job titles, the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new national action plan for apprenticeships which set out an objective of developing a single model for apprenticeships,...
    • Third Level Fees
      1254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of cases where Irish citizens who have lived abroad for a period are being classified as non-EU students for fee purposes on...
    • Official Engagements
      1260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has visited Dublin City University to-date in 2026; if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the current delays wood manufacturing and finishing apprenticeship students are experiencing due to waitlists...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      1265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any grant funding available that an organisation (details supplied) could apply for to support the...
    • St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
      1266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how upcoming Saint Patrick's Day celebrations are being used to promote and celebrate the Irish language; the steps his...
    • Departmental Funding
      1267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in...
    • Urban Development
      1273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to issue a detailed up to date report on the town centre first masterplan for Kenmare, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Schemes
      1275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the next Our Rural Future strategy will include remote employer engagement, community programmes and remote working as a...

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