Written answers

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      38. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first meeting of the delivery and monitoring committee for the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030, which he chaired on...
    • Cabinet Committees
      73. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [9961/26]
    • Child Poverty
      85. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [10097/26]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Generation
      140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm that his attention has been drawn to the HSE’s 2017 Position Paper on Wind Turbines and Public Health...
    • Climate Action Plan
      147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the revised climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14772/26]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 298, 301 and 302 of 10 February 2026, whether his Department has undertaken a...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions that have been taken by the ESB to strengthen their infrastructure and network in light of Storm Éowyn in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retrofits under the warmer homes scheme that were completed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is reviewing the remunicipalisation of domestic waste collection in Dublin; the way in which they would...
    • Energy Policy
      159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will formally leave the Energy Charter Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14625/26]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for not taking secondary fuels into account when determining Ireland's N-1 compliance in the Department's...
    • State Bodies
      161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether State-owned electricity companies are required to report gross profit percentages or sums to him. [14263/26]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress Ireland is making to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and 2050 in order to avoid the substantial...
    • Illegal Dumping
      163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of illegal dumping collected by the four Dublin local authorities in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026;...
    • Climate Action Plan
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding for north Dublin under the 2026 Community Climate Action Programme; the total funding since 2023; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the inclusion of new-build properties in the current solar PV grant, in view of the fact...
    • Departmental Schemes
      166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to expand and upgrade the warmer homes and the better energy scheme for low-income households to include...
    • Departmental Strategies
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on progress made to date by his Department in relation to the National Biomethane Strategy, in...
    • Recycling Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is promoting or funding to support sustainable and ethical fashion, including incentives for...
    • Energy Prices
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the CRU analysis of the characteristics of domestic electricity and gas arrears and when said analysis...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the expansion of the vulnerable customer definition and whether said expansion will include financial...
    • Departmental Schemes
      171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recent changes to the warmer homes scheme in terms of attic and cavity insulation. [14523/26]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his assessment of whether the development of an LNG reserve in Clare contravenes the State's climate obligations; and if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current policy position of his Department on the use of plug-in solar PV systems in apartments and rented homes;...
    • Grant Payments
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken to increase applications for the SEAI solar PV grant in counties where there has been a notably...
    • Departmental Schemes
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of applicants for the warner homes scheme; the current average wait time from application date to...
    • Energy Policy
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government plans to develop a single, integrated national energy strategy; if he will address existing frameworks...
    • Electricity Generation
      177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the commitment to have at least 2 GW of new, flexible, gas-fired generation; the progress in this regard;...
    • Grant Payments
      178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to support families to move away from solid fuels for home heating but who cannot afford or...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the EPA's 2025 projection that Ireland is likely to miss its 2030 emission reduction targets, the specific,...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the 2030 target for the delivery of offshore wind that will be delivered by end of this decade; and if...
    • Recycling Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any assessment of the pilot project in Killarney related to the use of single use coffee cups; the...
    • Electricity Grid
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the lessons which have been learned relating to grid resilience from recent storm events, such as storm Chandra; the...
    • Environmental Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the re-wetting of bogs; the progress which has been made in terms of the number of hectares that...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input his Department has had into the development of solar energy development guidelines as initiated by the...
    • Just Transition
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the role of the new START scheme under the EU Just Transition Fund; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Recycling Policy
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific measures his Department is taking to address the environmental impacts of the fashion industry, including...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated potential compliance costs to the State arising from a failure to meet legally binding EU climate targets by...
    • Fisheries Protection
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he is separating spring salmon from summer salmon when placing restrictions on draft fishermen, instead of...
    • Energy Prices
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with the introduction of the Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) in 2026, the measures being taken to ensure that the required...
    • Energy Policy
      194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal advice he has sought regarding the potential of commercial entities seeking access to the gas entry point that...
    • Recycling Policy
      195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount in 2024 and 2025 of rPET pellet produced in the State; the amount that is recycled within the State; the amount...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in terms of the utilising of hydrogen energy; the role his Department is now playing in this; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes on the wait list for the warmer homes scheme in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure that the proposed strategic gas reserve is not exploited for commercial uses; if he...
    • Energy Prices
      199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the CRU review into price gouging and level of pass through from wholesale prices to retail prices; and...
    • Waste Management
      200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department has had any meetings with, or received any reports from, the National Waste Collection Permit...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Security
      201. To ask the Taoiseach when the Government will publish Ireland’s first National Security Strategy (details supplied). [14986/26]
    • Legislative Programme
      202. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      203. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases. [14028/26]
    • State Bodies
      204. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations. [14399/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      205. To ask the Taoiseach the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations. [14417/26]
    • Paternity Leave
      206. To ask the Taoiseach the data on the percentage and number of men who availed of additional paternity leave in each of the years 2020 to 2025. [14433/26]
    • Maternity Leave
      207. To ask the Taoiseach the data on the percentage and number of women who availed of additional maternity leave in each of the years 2020 to 2025. [14436/26]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) given the applicants travel date is imminent [15007/26]
    • Departmental Investigations
      210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the analysis her Department has undertaken into the environmental impact of the Mercosur trade agreement; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of buildings leased by her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid...
    • Foreign Policy
      212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she or the Government considers the recent murder of tens of thousands of civilians by the Government of Iran to constitute a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from her Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if she...
    • Foreign Policy
      214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government was consulted, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, by the European Commission in advance of its announced...
    • International Agreements
      216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions her Department has had enacted since Ireland adopted the Sendai Disaster Framework. [14216/26]
    • State Bodies
      217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and...
    • Pension Provisions
      218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to...
    • Military Aircraft
      219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of exemptions for foreign military aircraft to pass through Ireland that were refused in 2025; and if she will make a statement...
    • EU Agreements
      220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the cases lodged with the General Court (T-907/25 and T-908/25) regarding the council decision amending the EU-Morocco Association...
    • International Sanctions
      221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Cross-Departmental International Sanctions Committee, chaired by her Department, discussed imposing sanctions on Israel; and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the National Committee on International Humanitarian Law, chaired by her Department, discussed International Humanitarian Law in...
    • Departmental Consultations
      223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Government Trade Forum, chaired by her Department, discussed trade with Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to introduce a local participation mechanism in Ireland's defence procurement process to ensure Irish SMEs are included; and if...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens living in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank; whether the Irish Government engages with them; and if...
    • Passport Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) given the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a...
    • Consular Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider opening a permanent consulate in Montreal, Canada. [15109/26]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cyberattacks on Irish embassies and consulates during 2025; the nature of these attacks. [15110/26]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Properties
      231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total...
    • Legislative Programme
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on all Bills under his remit that were mentioned in the 2026 spring legislative programme. [14033/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten...
    • Waste Management
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the body that sets the standards for public waste collection companies; if his Department has a role in regulating fees...
    • Departmental Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dates on which the National Energy Affordability Taskforce has met since its inception; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the transposition of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive into Irish law; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban...
    • Wild Fires
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether defined monitoring methodologies and emergency activation protocols for acute wildfire smoke exposure have been...
    • Electric Vehicles
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his private wires legislation will address the relevant legal issues associated with the use of private EV chargers for...
    • Departmental Bodies
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39,...
    • Recycling Policy
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeline for implementing the disposable coffee cup levy; if an assessment of its effects on small businesses has...
    • Departmental Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current waiting times for BER assessments associated with SEAI grants for County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Conservation
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm that there are sufficient staff in place to process applications for the new and expanded retrofitting...
    • Electricity Grid
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that public capital investment in the electrical grid under NDP will be largely absorbed by data centre...
    • EU Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has conducted any analysis on the impact of the proposed changes to sustainability through the amalgamation of EU...
    • Energy Prices
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the engagement he has had with electricity companies on the cost of electricity for Irish consumers; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken by the ESB to ensure greater supply resilience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3926/26]
    • Departmental Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 11 February 2026, the estimated annual proceeds from the sale of recyclable...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any research into the environmental impact of industrial scale seaweed harvesting on the...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the maximum fine administered for breaches under the Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 529...
    • Air Quality
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the agency by local authorities in each of the years 2019...
    • Climate Action Plan
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the social climate plan; the timeline for publication; if he anticipates that Ireland will be able...
    • Climate Change Policy
      260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuels to achieve climate objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons that are in arrears; and the number that have been cut off over the last five years, per county....
    • Data Centres
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of data centres there are in operational and in planning stage, by county, and by size and if their usage is...
    • Energy Prices
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to make it easier for customers to change energy suppliers; the way in which he is combating...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline any supports, schemes or...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Offices
      265. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of buildings leased by her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under...
    • Defence Forces
      266. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of medical assessments completed for the PDF and RDF, by year, and medical assessment location such as (St. Bricin’s,...
    • Departmental Funding
      267. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section...
    • Pension Provisions
      268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will ensure a local procurement requirement is implemented during the Government’s negotiations on Ireland’s military radar...
    • Defence Forces
      270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of outsourced services in the Defence Forces and the plans to bring them back in-house; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naval Service
      275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way her Department will put in place an accelerated programme of naval vessel replacement in 2028, as highlighted in the Updated Detailed...
    • Departmental Properties
      276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her views on a request for a tenant purchase of a house owned by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government
      277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made towards implementing the Programme for Government's commitment to introduce a new management system for the...
    • Departmental Policies
      278. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in light of the annual establishment of illegal encampments on the Curragh Plains in late Spring early Summer, the strategies in place to...
    • Defence Forces
      279. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the proposals she is implementing in relation to recruitment in Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15148/26]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 4 February 2026, the actual number of ex-Army personnel subject to abatement at this time; and if...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Fishing Industry
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline what he and his Department can do to assist more persons to obtain an able body seaman ticket and build a career in offshore...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will comment on media reports around the alleged use of Shannon Airport to facilitate the deportation of Palestinian citizens to...
    • Departmental Offices
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid...
    • Legislative Programme
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on all Bills under his remit that were mentioned in the 2026 Spring Legislative Programme. [14034/26]
    • Public Transport
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes that are planned or will be introduced by him to improve public transport between Shannon, County Clare and the University of...
    • Air Services
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) has provided formal written assurances to his Department that existing levels of staffing can safely...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if...
    • Road Projects
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding will be provided in 2026 for an overdue road safety improvement project to upgrade a road at a location...
    • Greenways Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in setting a date for the review of the code of best practice for national and regional greenways; and if he...
    • Road Safety
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the serious road safety concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for a driving test at the Naas test centre; the steps being taken to reduce delays for applicants in...
    • National Car Test
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times in each NCT centre serving the Dublin region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14308/26]
    • Bus Services
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus shelters which were installed by the National Transport Authority in each county nationwide in each of the years since...
    • Dublin Bus
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he will engage with Dublin Bus regarding ongoing capacity and reliability issues on the 32X Malahide to Belfield service,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and...
    • Pension Provisions
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions refused under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973 in...
    • Bus Services
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 47 electric buses for Galway and 65 electric buses for the Dublin area were received; the measures being taken to maintain the...
    • Road Projects
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recent funding allocation of €2.5 million for the Drumeen East to Derragh section of the N68 in County Clare includes...
    • Electric Vehicles
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure along major routes in Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Local Link services will be extended to cover more rural areas in Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14546/26]
    • Legislative Reviews
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has undertaken any review of the adequacy of statutory seizure powers under the Road Traffic Acts and related legislation in...
    • Road Projects
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N20 Cork to Limerick road improvement scheme; the stage the project has reached under the Transport...
    • Road Safety
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish the detailed statistical analysis carried out by the Road Safety Authority concerning scramblers involved in fatal and serious...
    • Legislative Reviews
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has examined the legislative and policy implications of extending the statutory remit of the Road Safety Authority...
    • Departmental Regulations
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory provision under which he proposes to introduce regulations to prohibit the use of scramblers in public places; whether he...
    • Road Safety
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has reviewed the effectiveness of section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 in preventing the supply of mechanically...
    • Greenways Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the review of the code of best practice for national and regional greenways will formally be commenced by TII; the timeline for its...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he considers the use of compulsory purchase orders appropriate for the development of greenways and other leisure amenities; the...
    • Departmental Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of landowners subject to compulsory purchase orders in respect of greenway developments since 2018 who have not yet received...
    • Greenways Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that are applied in the selection and progression of greenway routes; whether these criteria are publicly available; and the...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to state, in respect of each major transport infrastructure project commenced in the past five years and requiring environmental impact...
    • Departmental Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that have been sought, or can be sought, by Wexford County Council to complete the Gorey to Courtown footpath in North...
    • Fishing Industry
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the laws and regulations governing the disposal of waste and rubbish by trawlers and fishing trawlers into Irish...
    • Departmental Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars and percentage of the national vehicle fleet powered by fossil fuels in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make...
    • Road Safety
      334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools enrolled in the safe routes to school in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of schools waiting to be...
    • Public Transport
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost arising from the reduced 20% public transport fares to the public and the reduced 50% public transport to students and...
    • National Transport Authority
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his discussions with the National Transport Agency regarding the roll-out of Phase 8 (D-Spine) of the BusConnects...
    • Driver Licences
      338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of disqualified drivers in court which have surrendered their licence to the RSA, as required by law, in each of the past...
    • Bus Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to each local authority to be spent on bus shelters per year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the minimum educational and professional qualifications required for vehicle inspectors employed at National Car Testing centres; the...
    • Rail Network
      347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following the refurbishment of the first class carriages on the intercity services from Dublin to Cork if consideration will be given to...
    • Departmental Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown, by county of the number of recipients of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme for each of the past five...
    • Legislative Measures
      351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of what he envisages for inclusion in the promised Taxi Regulation Amendment Bill; the current status of the...
    • Departmental Regulations
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to legislate or bring in regulations that would allow for the development of ride sharing services in Ireland; and if he...
    • Regional Airports
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the new regional airports programme 2026-2030; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene to ensure there is a midday flight from Donegal to Dublin, which many patients in receipt of cancer care and other...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      355. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the 0% VAT rate to include injectable medicines on private prescriptions; the estimated cost to the Exchequer to do so; and if...
    • Tax Credits
      356. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that were eligible for tax credits arising from research and development for each of the years 2021 to 2025 inclusive; the number of...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      358. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on whether the NTMA holds any investments in security/weapons manufacturers companies (details supplied), highlighting the current...
    • Departmental Properties
      359. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of buildings leased by his/her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these...
    • Tax Exemptions
      360. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual shortfall to the Exchequer, if principal private residences of the deceased were made exempt from the payment by beneficiaries of an...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      362. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      363. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14166/26]
    • Tax Credits
      364. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms that availed of the research and development tax credit in 2025, by firm size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14176/26]
    • Tax Yield
      367. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the sugar-sweetened drinks tax each year since its introduction to-date in 2026, by the yield, in each band; and if he will make a...
    • Ukraine War
      368. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount Ireland is contributing to the €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14347/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      370. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assess the clear regional disparity created by the use of open-market valuations in determining eligibility for the help-to-buy scheme (details...
    • Tax Code
      373. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the 20% income tax threshold to €48,000 in recognition of the pressures facing middle-income earners; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      374. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10...
    • Pension Provisions
      375. To ask the Minister for Finance the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations;...
    • Tax Code
      377. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any proposal to introduce continuous, real-time, or expanded withholding tax reporting obligations beyond existing statutory arrangements would...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      379. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2014; the portion of the increase related...
    • Tax Collection
      384. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of category A vehicles that were charged with the nitrogen dioxide emissions (NOx) levy in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the revenue raised each...
    • Departmental Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the cycle-to-work scheme in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026; if he will provide a breakdown between the number of bicycles,...
    • Housing Policy
      389. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress of the housing investment and policy impact working group. [14452/26]
    • Tax Exemptions
      390. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish a list of properties and/or items that currently benefit from an exemption to capital acquisitions tax on the basis of their national,...
    • Financial Irregularities
      393. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman will confirm, since the 2025 Act came into force, the approach it is now taking in the case of complaints...
    • Tax Collection
      394. To ask the Minister for Finance if modelling has been carried out by his Department on the impact on tax revenues if significant contributors of corporation tax were no longer making such...
    • Tax Reliefs
      395. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on progress of recommendation no. 41 of the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity on a review of tax measures to incentivise...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      397. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the timelines and processes for appointment of the next Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. [15126/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      398. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any assessment of potential tax measures to support young farmers to acquire land for farming. [15128/26]
    • Tax Credits
      399. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any assessment of introducing a VAT credit model for specific sectors to allow for a capped reduction in VAT payable as a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      402. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the Exchequer cost of increasing capital acquisitions tax threshold B to €300,000, on both a first-year and full-year...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      407. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons awarded a primary medical certificate on appeal rather than at the initial application stage; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline any legislative, regulatory, or administrative reforms currently under consideration or in development to reduce delays in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the conditions in a Garda station (details supplied) where, due to storm flooding, a conference room developed a huge...
    • Departmental Contracts
      411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum...
    • Vacant Properties
      412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of OPW lands, to include size, buildings and storage facilities across the State that are not in use and...
    • Departmental Reviews
      413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of reviewing the Civil Service Blended Working Policy Framework as outlined in the Programme for...
    • Heritage Sites
      414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of the Ministerial Consent granted to the work regarding the proposed works on buildings adjoining the...
    • Departmental Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and...
    • Pensions Reform
      416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of recent flooding at the confluence of a culvert which runs through an area (details supplied), Dublin which severely...
    • Pension Provisions
      418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No’s 412 and 413 of 4 February 2026, the overall number of applications for abatement; the...
    • Office of Public Works
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the reinstatement of the external wrought iron gates at the Merrion Street and Kildare Street entrances to Leinster...
    • Departmental Projects
      420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the predicted construction cost for the National Children’s Science Centre project; the costs that have been incurred to date;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Mayne river in North Dublin is included in the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme; the plans in place for a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      424. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has noticed a decrease in the number of contractor firms (engineers, architects, surveyors) bidding for public...
    • Public Sector Staff
      428. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department has ensured that the increase of over 50% in civil service numbers in the period 2015 to 2024 has...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Funding
      429. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department is currently providing or willing to provide in the future to support small family-run self-catering...
    • Consumer Protection
      430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to the 2025 report by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission highlighting significant information gaps for...
    • Trade Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment total value of dual-use exports to Israel from 2017 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13996/26]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      434. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in IDA-supported companies in each county, from 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      435. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of the five IDA visits to Laois in 2025 that were virtual, and the number that were physical; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      436. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to publish the National Life Sciences Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14010/26]
    • Departmental Properties
      437. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum...
    • Departmental Funding
      438. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of funding provided to Local Enterprise Office’s in Cork city and county over the past three years; the...
    • Departmental Communications
      439. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has engaged with stakeholders regarding the redevelopment of the former sugar beet factory lands at Newberry, Mallow; and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the State, or any State-owned agencies, funded the building of a factory (details supplied); if so, the cost of the grant towards...
    • Industrial Development
      442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of investment by the State, or any State-owned agencies, in the IDA Park, Johnstown Navan; the average build cost of each...
    • Tourism Industry
      443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements he has had with the tourism industry regarding the role of online booking platforms and the commission and fees they...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      444. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council; if it will be built into the governance structures of the National AI...
    • Departmental Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      448. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for SMEs in Offaly to integrate AI technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14548/26]
    • Labour Market
      449. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will undertake a review of the critical skills occupations list to ensure it accurately reflects current labour market...
    • Work Permits
      450. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the continued inclusion of certain IT-ICT, business support, administrative and sales roles on the critical skills...
    • Enterprise Policy
      451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria, labour market data and consultation processes used to determine which occupations remain on or are removed from the...
    • Work Permits
      453. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on a general employment permit application (details supplied), given four of the five applications...
    • Enterprise Policy
      454. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider updating the critical skills occupations list; if he will consider the addition of trade professions to the list;...
    • Work Permits
      455. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when seasonal work permits will be allocated for seasonal workers in the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on Ireland's Spaces Strategy for Enterprise, including performance on goals set out in the 2019 to 2025...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Funding
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the need for greater supports for young people in Ireland and her plans to allocate additional, targeted funding...
    • Special Educational Needs
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider reviewing the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied), considering the recent reduction of 60% to their mainstream SNA...
    • Departmental Properties
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of buildings leased by her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under...
    • Departmental Data
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have had an SNA review conducted by the NCSE in the past year; the number of those schools which saw a reduction in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will outline the position in this case; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any requirement for schools within an area to offer the Leaving Certificate Applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school building project (details supplied) will proceed to tender stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/26]
    • School Funding
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department will provide adequate funding to a school (details supplied) to cover operational expenses; if her Department...
    • Special Educational Needs
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant reviews completed in County Louth for academic school years 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26; and if she will make...
    • Youth Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s work to strengthen the local youth club grant scheme. [12769/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from her Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on capital works being carried out in a school (details supplied) to accommodate special education; the works being undertaken; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formal impact assessment that has been conducted on the educational and emotional consequences of SNA reductions; the way "reasonable...
    • School Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will outline the amount of funding which has been provided to a special school (details supplied); if her Department plans to...
    • National Development Plan
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) were not included in the announced list of school projects in the National Development Plan; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department have not responded to the project building team of a school (details supplied) since May 2025; and whether she is aware...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an emergency works application (details supplied); if she could give an update and outline a timeline for when flood damage...
    • School Staff
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when staffing allocation decisions for the 2026-2027 school year will issue to schools in Kildare North; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of voluntary redeployment within the ETB sector, including any planned reforms to Appendix 2 of the redeployment scheme; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address serious concerns raised in correspondence regarding a Kildare school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); if she will consider the alternative application by the school; her views on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reading school places in Dublin south-west; and number of applications for places received for the academic year 2025-2026. [14257/26]
    • School Facilities
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to include a school (details supplied) in the Development plan; the deadline to make a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Éireann
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of Bus Éireann being consistently unresponsive in relation to queries from families and elected representatives pertaining...
    • School Facilities
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Energy and Condition Survey of the school estate will be completed; the actions that will result; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the funding for Education for sustainable development projects in schools will be continued; and the date by which schools will have to make...
    • School Enrolments
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in counties Wicklow and Wexford currently holding a place on two or more school lists; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she is redesignating special schools that cater for children with learning disabilities; the supports that will be made available to...
    • Teacher Training
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether mandatory specialist autism training is required for all teachers and principals in schools operating autism classes; if not, the reason...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of psychologists employed by NEPS; the average waiting time for assessment; the number of schools limited to a capped number...
    • Departmental Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children recorded as experiencing school refusal where autism, ADHD or other neurodivergent conditions are identified as...
    • Youth Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an evaluation of Oíche na hÓige has taken place; if it will be an annual event; if a date has been set for 2026; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the ongoing needs of Ukrainian young people will be met within existing lines (UBU, LYCGS, YSGS) without displacing current...
    • Special Educational Needs
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children in mainstream schools and special schools that are being redesignated as...
    • Departmental Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section...
    • Special Educational Needs
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria and provision for one-to-one support in mainstream classes for children with additional needs; the number of children currently...
    • School Accommodation
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will approve and release funding for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and the steps her Department is taking...
    • School Transport
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a request to make changes to a school bus route to better serve students in a local area (details supplied). [14503/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on construction commencement for the 32-classroom school earmarked for a school (details supplied); the likely timescale for...
    • School Accommodation
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the additional accommodation application for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the school’s design has...
    • Special Educational Needs
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the criteria for assistive technology supports to ensure that children with Down syndrome are not excluded from eligibility,...
    • School Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy measures to boost teacher supply, including permanent contracts after one year, announced in April of last year, have been...
    • School Admissions
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to the parents of a child (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a school place in their local area for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding the allocation of additional needs school places (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure behind cuts in SNAs in a school in Cork (details supplied); the mechanisms that exist to address cases where schools report unmet...
    • Child Abuse
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the Interdepartmental Group established to examine the issue of historic child sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools has...
    • School Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants or financial aids available to a school (details supplied) to enhance their outdoor yard space that would pay for outdoor...
    • Schools Building Projects
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new school building project for a school (details supplied) will be published on eTenders; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of the criteria for the award of incremental credit as set out in Circulars 10/2001, for primary teachers 29/2007, and 29/2010 for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the correspondence regarding post-primary special class places (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; if...
    • Residential Institutions
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision supports and services to survivors of Institutional Abuse, as agreed through previous mediation with this group. [14839/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for a major building programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14914/26]
    • School Staff
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is correct that following a review carried out, a school (details supplied) will see a reduction in SNA support allocation; if it is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and post-primary schools who are receiving support through the assistive technology grant, by school level; and...
    • School Transport
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the portal will be open for students to apply for school transport for the 2026/2027 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on matters relating to special needs assistants who may be losing their posts (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Transport
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure a person (details supplied) will be provided with special school bus transport, in view that the pupil was in receipt of transport and...
    • School Accommodation
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to this Deputy's Topical Debate on 17 February 2026, the practical steps her Department will take in relation to a playing pitch for a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a value for money audit has been carried out in relation to the overall cost of installing two modular ASD classes for a school (details...
    • School Transport
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school bus tickets will be awarded to students (details supplied). [15062/26]
    • School Enrolments
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a school placement for a child with additional educational needs raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allow SNA's to qualify for occupational injury leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15075/26]
    • Teacher Training
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any plans to review the requirement for newly qualified teachers to have completed the Droichead programme within three years; and if...
    • School Facilities
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will positively consider the establishment of a special class for children with an autism diagnosis in a school in County Clare (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); the timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Facilities
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) own a building on the same site as a school which they are putting on the market for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in Newtownmountkennedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15158/26]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building to accommodate the amalgamation of school (details supplied); if approval will be given to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be approved to go to tender stage for their construction project, as outlined in their application submitted...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Culture Policy
      597. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the role of his Department in supporting the implementation of objectives within a report (details supplied) relating to...
    • Departmental Properties
      598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of the 2,000 recipients of the so-called ‘basic income for the arts’ scheme, by the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      600. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an exhaustive list of all departments that have paid flood related compensation from his Department's vote...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      601. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has reviewed the unsuccessful applications of the second round of the LSSIF, which commenced in April...
    • Sports Facilities
      602. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether public funding has been provided through his Department or through Sport Ireland in respect of a centre (details...
    • Sports Funding
      603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight mechanisms that apply within his Department to ensure that facilities supported by public funding for sport...
    • Departmental Funding
      607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39,...
    • Pension Provisions
      608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their...
    • Diaspora Issues
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if there are plans to allow Coimisiún na Meán fund media companies that cater for the Irish diaspora abroad [14616/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 372 to 377 of 12 February 2026, in respect of the 2.1% pension increase request for...
    • Departmental Reviews
      615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to state whether any review of the continued operation of section 46(4) of the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983, as...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to support those currently on the basic income for the arts scheme which is due to end in February 2026 whereas...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding the fibre broadband access at a location; if he will provide...
    • Internet Safety
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps taken to implement the recommendations of the Government appointed Online Safety Taskforce in relation to...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the restructuring of RTÉ agreed as part of the multi-annual funding package agreed with the organisation....
    • Arts Policy
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if any mapping exercise has been carried out regarding access to artistic and cultural activities and venues across the...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the planned redevelopment of the National Concert Hall. [15116/26]
    • Arts Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the planned redevelopment of a theatre. [15117/26]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the planned redevelopment of the National Library. [15118/26]
    • Arts Funding
      624. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish arts recognition and synthetic media research; if he...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • House Sales
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of homes purchased in Ireland by investment funds, by area, and house size, across 2023, 2024, 2025 and to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will have funds repaid to him for works carried out to his apartment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total...
    • National Parks
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the consultation for Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí; when the outcomes will be...
    • Marine Institute
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the report by the Marine Institute regarding the impact of tangle nets on endangered marine species; if he...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the SACs designated for grey seal on the coast of Ireland; the measures currently in place to protect seals; and to specify...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten...
    • Parking Provision
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any planning regulation that stipulates that a medical service provider, such as a pharmacy or GP surgery, must...
    • Departmental Bodies
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Monuments Service will provide a wheelchair accessible entrance at a cemetery (details supplied; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a private home purchaser can combine the first home scheme with the croí cónaithe cities scheme. [14199/26]
    • Commercial Rates
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ECCE-only childcare services that are considered exempt and not exempt from paying commercial rates in 2025 and...
    • Local Government Reform
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the significant increase in population, he will increase the number of city and county councillors nationally; and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has obtained legal advice to support the position that complaints concerning the administration, delay, procedures,...
    • Construction Industry
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether hemp-based construction materials, including hempcrete and bio composite products are being considered within public...
    • Departmental Policies
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has issued policy guidance or circulars to local authorities regarding the governance and leasing of...
    • Planning Issues
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the exemption for protected structures is listed as a potential exception in urban areas of high population under...
    • Departmental Bodies
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39,...
    • Housing Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered or supported small-scale, clustered or integrated housing developments specifically designed...
    • Housing Schemes
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the STAR allocations to each organisation that has been awarded equity payments under this scheme, with a breakdown...
    • Housing Policy
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with local authorities on developing a protocol to allow households fleeing domestic, sexual and...
    • Housing Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on second hand acquisitions by each local authority, the number of properties acquired, by local authority,...
    • Housing Schemes
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a formal decision was taken at Department level to cease centralised data collection and monitoring of the Room for a...
    • Housing Provision
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an overview of the progress made to expand social housing provision since 2020; the priorities for further...
    • Housing Schemes
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocation for the tenant in situ scheme for 2026, including the amounts allocated to each local authority; and...
    • Noise Pollution
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the recommendations set out in a report (details supplied); the proposed review of noise regulation; the...
    • Meteorological Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider implementing a localised weather warning system, given the recent severe weather events; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated renewable energy planning guidelines will be published; the current status of their preparation and...
    • Water Quality
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with the Lough Neagh stake-holders group to discuss the current ecological crisis impacting the lake, and by...
    • Land Issues
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the effectiveness of the Land Acquisition Fund is assessed in terms of its contribution to housing delivery;...
    • Coastal Protection
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the interdepartmental group on coastal change management, and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 do not apply to local authority dwellings; whether any review...
    • Rental Sector
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that the forthcoming National Planning Statement on Short-Term Letting provides a workable...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the funding application for the Cork city homeless hub (details supplied); the reason for the delay in a...
    • Fire Service
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained firefighters by each local authority area for each of the years 2021 to 2025 inclusive. [15107/26]
    • Housing Provision
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of projects submitted to date in 2026 by each local authority seeking support under the Housing Activation...
    • Housing Policy
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities provide transparent eligibility and allocation rules for...
    • Departmental Data
      695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of social housing units currently owned or managed by each local authority, and the most recent...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Youth Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will make a statement on the need for greater supports for young people in Ireland; and his/her plans to allocate...
    • Departmental Data
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the conditions and requirements which apply to a national of another EU member state who intends to move to Ireland; whether...
    • Disability Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [14087/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the current illness benefit rate, in light of concerns that the existing payment is extremely difficult to...
    • Departmental Data
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39,...
    • Pension Provisions
      709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the means test for carer’s allowance, in light of concerns that the current thresholds are excluding...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the income thresholds for disability allowance, with a view to ensuring that people with disabilities are...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Meals Programme
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to reduce food waste under the hot school meals programme. [14735/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will review the eligibility criteria for the working family payment in respect of workers insured under PRSI Class...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the appeal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the status of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently examine a carer’s review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pensions
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision made in the case of a claim for a bereaved partners contributory pension can be re-examined in light of the...
    • Departmental Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received, awarded and approved for supplementary welfare allowance grants in relation to fuel...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the research his Department has carried out in respect of assessing the adequacy of social protection payments; the...
    • State Pensions
      726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are changes to be introduced to the State pension contributory to allow persons on a reduced rate due to average...
    • Departmental Data
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payment appeals being processed by his Department for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for a decision on a social welfare payment appeal; the measures being made by his Department to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/26]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to returning emigrants who do not meet the criteria for habitual residence condition; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the appeal; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Funding
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether capital or reform funding allocated to justice-sector digital modernisation projects includes performance, reporting or...
    • Visa Applications
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the visitor visa refusal of a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the recent annual corruption perceptions index rankings by an organisation (details supplied); his views on...
    • Departmental Properties
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total...
    • Visa Applications
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update regarding an application for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Inquiries
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of oversight his Department has over the operations of, and decisions made by the Director of Public Prosecutions;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he intends to establish a formal review or inquiry into the recent prosecution of a number of Gardaí in the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025 applications processed to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Prevention
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact of the Greentown Programme extension on disrupting child criminal networks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of body-worn camera incidents reviewed by An Garda Síochána in 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Seekers
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation's review; if it includes recommendations for tougher border...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals naturalised in 2024 who had prior criminal convictions abroad; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions secured under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 for...
    • School Transport
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for section 60 licences for school transport, by county. [14153/26]
    • Visa Applications
      752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application (details supplied) has been received; the status of the application; when a decision will be reached in...
    • Protected Disclosures
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether it is Departmental policy or practice that Ministers are not provided with the substance of correspondence that may...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on providing a tax free payment under the accommodation recognition payment for housing Ukrainians in 2024;...
    • Departmental Data
      758. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of a document (details supplied). [14491/26]
    • Domestic Violence
      761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made to provide the necessary resources to address the gap between policy and practice identified in the...
    • Prison Service
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the most recent statistics on the number and rate of self-harm episodes recorded in Irish prisons, broken down by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      766. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who applied for an extension to continue working after full service was completed in each of the past...
    • International Protection
      767. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in cases where an international protection applicant authorises their local TD to seek updates on an application on their...
    • Asylum Applications
      768. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders currently unenforced, and the reasons; the length of time people typically remain after a...
    • Courts Service
      769. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has engaged at policy level with the Courts Service regarding the standardisation of offence classification and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      772. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Dublin DMR west in 2025, broken down by station, in tabular...
    • Legislative Measures
      775. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have been prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023, which came into...
    • Legislative Reviews
      776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 17 July 2025, to provide a detailed progress update on the Programme for...
    • Visa Applications
      777. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      778. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles which were reported stolen in Dublin in each of the years 2023 to 2025; the number of prosecutions which...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of fees paid out annually by his Department to legal firms over the past four years and to date in 2026 on...
    • Asylum Applications
      780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the HAP25 Afghan Community Sponsorship Programme; whether the 50 places approved for Afghans in need of...
    • Prison Service
      781. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently in prison who have previously served time in prison. [14846/26]
    • Domestic Violence
      782. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children admitted to women's refuges in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026. [14847/26]
    • Human Trafficking
      783. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested, prosecuted, and convicted of human trafficking in the State in each of the past ten years and...
    • Domestic Violence
      787. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda callouts to instances of domestic violence in each county in the State, in each of the past five years, in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      788. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who were assaulted while on duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, in tabular form....
    • Prison Service
      791. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; the estimated value of these drugs finds in each prison...
    • International Protection
      793. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the accommodation of persons seeking international protection and refugees in each of the past fifteen...
    • Missing Persons
      794. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported missing in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026; and the number of whom...
    • International Protection
      795. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify whether the IPAS accommodation centre at a location (details supplied) is required to have on-site security under...
    • Stardust Fire
      799. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Stardust recognition payment scheme will consider applications from survivors who were not beneficiaries of the original...
    • Legislative Measures
      800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions there have been under “Coco’s Law” annually, since its introduction into Irish...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of his consideration of business cases relating to the acquisition or use of a software programme (details...
    • An Garda Síochána
      804. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number or Gardaí per head of population for each of the years 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2026 in County Clare, in a tabular...
    • Visa Applications
      806. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application was rejected (details supplied); if consideration would be given to reviewing the case; and if he...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      807. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 900 of 17 February 2026, if it would be feasible to open up this number to Irish citizens...
    • Alcohol Sales
      808. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if reforms relating to the licensing of nightclubs, and any other provisions relevant to the night economy, are included in the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the Government has assessed the potential for industrial hemp to replace peat based products and industries in former bog...
    • Animal Welfare
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there plans to increase horse seizure operations under the Control of Horses Act 1996; and the number of prosecutions have...
    • Animal Breeding
      814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations mandated by his Department in regard to pig and turkey farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14008/26]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county in 2025; the breakdown of the total payments issued by his...
    • Departmental Properties
      816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he will issue a fishery natura declaration for SAC areas designated for grey seals, including the Blaskets, in light of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update regarding the opening of the Long Bank Mussel Seed Bed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of abolishing the parental levy on the school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14311/26]
    • Agriculture Industry
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to develop a national strategy for industrial hemp; whether he will support Irish farmers to diversify into...
    • Departmental Programmes
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56...
    • Departmental Functions
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation...
    • Fishing Industry
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ‘North Irish Sea Interim Razor Fishery Management Plan’ proposal, which was submitted by members of...
    • Animal Welfare
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans his Department has to address the ongoing issue of urban horses and associated animal welfare and public safety concerns;...
    • Beef Sector
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity, in tonnes, of beef or beef products imported into the State in each of the past ten years, by country of origin, in...
    • Animal Welfare
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will address the serious animal welfare concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Coillte to ensure that its existing forest road network is used optimally by all forest owners, with a view to...
    • Farm Costs
      829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken efforts to measure the average percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser in each of the past ten...
    • Departmental Data
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers leaving the sector on an annual basis over the past ten years [14902/26]
    • Fishing Industry
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of monitoring and inspections that has taken place of the large EU and UK registered pelagic freezer trawlers operating off...
    • Farm Costs
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Möscha swivel spout, an improved alternative to traditional splash plates as it has lower emissions, will be approved in...
    • Legislative Programme
      833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to progress the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 to the next legislative stage; if he will confirm...
    • Animal Welfare
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to prevent the importation of pests such as the Tropilaelaps mite (described by experts as potentially more...
    • Disability Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Fund for Students with Disabilities will be expanded to include students who attend agricultural colleges; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Industry
      839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming. [15127/26]
    • Departmental Data
      840. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of farmers currently over the age of 64 and over the age of 66 in receipt of a BISS payment in 2025....
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government’s position in relation to national and regional partnership plans for delivering the next CAP; and if he will...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Child Protection
      843. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support the establishment of an independent Child Death Review mechanism; if she accepts that the absence of such a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      844. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process for a person currently awaiting assessment of need once they turn 18. [14961/26]
    • Child Protection
      845. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department formally reviewed the 2023 University College Dublin report on sexual exploitation risks for children in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      846. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify the position of parents in a situation (details supplied); and if the approach taken is consistent with...
    • Healthcare Policy
      847. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2413 of 13 January 2026, if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      848. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of buildings leased by her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      849. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from vote allocations over the past ten years; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to change policy in relation to preschool provision on school campuses; the details in this regard, including the ways in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      851. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a contract negotiated by TUSLA with a company (details supplied) for specialised accommodation and staffing in Wexford...
    • Childcare Services
      852. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend AIMS support to after-school services, as currently children with additional needs receiving support in...
    • Disability Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence (details supplied); the current status of the child's engagement with CDNT services, including...
    • Childcare Services
      854. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any childminder pre-registration assessments have taken place where requirements were not met; and if so, the number out of the...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      856. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who have completed the pre-registration course through the county and city childcare committees. [14211/26]
    • Childcare Services
      858. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who are now fully registered. [14213/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      863. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56...
    • Disability Issues
      865. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she acknowledges that independence for adults with intellectual disabilities includes the right to live with dignity,...
    • Paternity Leave
      870. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the data on the percentage and number of men that availed of additional paternity leave in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      872. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has commenced a public consultation process on the development of an induction process as committed to as part of...
    • Disability Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to move away from institutional and congregated models of care, including the ongoing placement of younger...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      881. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures in place to reduce waiting lists for disability assessments in Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      882. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if respite services for families of children with disabilities in rural areas such as Offaly will be increased in 2026; and if she...
    • Child and Family Agency
      885. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of Tusla staffing levels in the midlands for child welfare cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14542/26]
    • Parental Leave
      886. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the work undergone by her Department to investigate and prepare for the introduction of paid surrogacy leave for parents;...
    • Employment Support Services
      887. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will develop a Traveller and Roma employment training and enterprise plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      892. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department or Tusla maintains a data architecture capable of linking duration of time spent in State care with post-18...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      895. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will act in relation to a recent High Court ruling (details supplied) and add Temple Hill and St. Joseph’s to the list...
    • Departmental Schemes
      896. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will extend an aftercare allowance for an additional year for a third level student in Kildare south (details supplied)....
    • Child and Family Agency
      897. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have died while either in the care of Tusla, or while on the child protection notification system, in...
    • Parental Leave
      901. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1093 of 17 February 2026, if she will consider a public consultation plan regarding the Action...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      902. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average percentage increase in pay for the lowest paid early years staff that is, those earning within the first quintile of the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      903. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the development of Phase 3 of the First 5 Strategy, particularly in relation to the proposed pilot Child and Family...
    • Childcare Services
      904. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children availing of the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) in total; the number of children availing of universal NCS...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      908. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of increasing the estimated first-year, full-year and annual cost of increasing the current minimum rate of pay for early...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Service Executive
      909. To ask the Minister for Health if she, or her officials, have sought clarification from the HSE regarding its decision to submit to limit the scope of an inquest (details supplied), and...
    • Departmental Policies
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the specific steps she proposes to take to ensure that the concerns raised by persons (details supplied) are not only heard by those with the power to effect...
    • Health Service Executive
      911. To ask the Minister for Health in engaging with the HSE regarding its decision to challenge the scope of an inquest (details supplied), to outline whether she will also seek clarification as...
    • Departmental Properties
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of buildings leased by her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases;...
    • Health Services Staff
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapist posts, by grade, that have been filled at Connolly Street primary care centre, as of 11 February 2026, in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the number of geriatric consultants in Beaumont Hospital by funded WTE; vacant WTE posts; the number of individuals awaiting an appointment with a geriatric...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      919. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently a national waiting list in operation for adults requiring spinal fusion surgery; and if so, the current waiting times on this list. [14057/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the current secretary general at her Department was paid their current salary during their tenure; and the reasons their successor will now be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      921. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive spinal fusion surgery. [14061/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide the shingles vaccine for free for the over 60s under the national immunisation schedule; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if plans for an offsite neurosurgery rehabilitation facility in the Munster and south Leinster regions will be progressed (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      924. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from her Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Trusts
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the body, organisation, department which is responsible for the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14115/26]
    • Cancer Services
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) will face no more delays in their cancer treatment, and that such treatment will...
    • Ambulance Service
      927. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an 'ambulance diversion' may be put in place restricting the number of ambulances which can proceed to a specified hospital for a...
    • Departmental Data
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics within the recommended 10 days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular...
    • Medical Cards
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE chiropody cards are currently only available to individuals living in Dublin and Kildare; if her Department plans to expand the availability of...
    • Departmental Data
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed prostate rapid access clinics within the recommended ten days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14127/26]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      943. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Government has examined the feasibility of introducing in Ireland a "generational smoking ban" (that is a permanent prohibition on the sale of...
    • Mental Health Services
      944. To ask the Minister for Health the measures currently in place across health services to support women who have experienced traumatic childbirth and who are presenting with post-natal mental...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      947. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) has an urgent operation as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14162/26]
    • Abortion Services
      948. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1038 of 20 January 2026, the total number of babies, from 2019-2025, who have been born alive after abortion procedures...
    • Departmental Data
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the HSE rehabilitation services lists and costs, on an in-patient basis and, separately, in an outpatient basis (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Services
      950. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will reimburse the full cost of the treatment abroad scheme in-lieu of The National Rehabilitation Hospital being unable to provide for...
    • Departmental Data
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the sources of referrals to the National Rehabilitation Hospital including referrals from specific hospitals and units; and...
    • Care Services
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if all patients that receive treatment abroad under the treatment abroad scheme are eligible for care packages such as assigned carers and other supports the...
    • Departmental Data
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for deep brain stimulation; the number of locations providing services; the equipment needs of the existing deep brain...
    • Health Strategies
      954. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has examined the potential for developing a brain bank in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14185/26]
    • Health Services
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity which exists for robot-assisted deep brain stimulation; whether additional capacity has been sought and considered; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      957. To ask the Minister for Health when she received the phase 1 nayagam review report; if she will publish it and if not, the reason; the reason she has not yet published it; whether she has...
    • Departmental Properties
      958. To ask the Minister for Health the position of her Department and the HSE regarding purchase of residential properties on the private market that are being bid on by prospective buyers for...
    • Health Services Staff
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated start date for the newly appointed neurologist (details supplied) to Bantry General Hospital. [14198/26]
    • Departmental Data
      960. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount currently held by the HSE in patient private property accounts in respect of deceased or untraced former service users; the amount held for...
    • Health Service Executive
      961. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funds held in patient private property accounts in each of the past ten years; the amount identified as belonging to deceased service users...
    • Mental Health Services
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the total approved bed capacity of the Central Mental Hospital; the current number of operational beds; the current occupancy level; and if she will make a...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      969. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the continued refusal to recognise the UK qualification in dental hygiene with oral therapy for professional practice in Ireland; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      970. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [14296/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      971. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount of money paid to each agency the HSE used in 2025 to hire agency staff across all public nursing homes; the total number...
    • Environmental Policy
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms which ensure that the Health Service Executive is informed promptly of prolonged or recurring wildfire or smouldering smoke incidents affecting...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays affecting a person (details supplied) in accessing vital occupational therapist support; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      974. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10...
    • Pension Provisions
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations;...
    • Mental Health Services
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents of seclusion, physical restraint and other restrictive interventions recorded in each child and adolescent mental health services...
    • Home Care Packages
      979. To ask the Minister for Health when home support will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal deemed clinically fit for discharge home from a Community Hospital; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at Linn Dara approved centre; the number of additional nurses, doctors, and multidisciplinary staff required to restore the centre...
    • Hospital Services
      981. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline and milestones for commissioning and opening the 20-bed CAMHS Inpatient Unit at the National Children’s Hospital [14458/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      983. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide detailed, up-to-date data on the number of CAMHS inpatient beds available nationally; the number of beds currently operational...
    • Departmental Staff
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if the contact details of a person will be provided (details supplied). [14463/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      987. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has plans to provide additional palliative care beds in County Longford; if so, the number of beds planned; and the timeline for provision of...
    • Hospice Services
      988. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated for palliative care provision in County Longford for 2026; whether funding is specifically earmarked for increasing capacity at...
    • Vaccination Programme
      991. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making the HPV vaccine available free regardless of age, gender, or student status. [14482/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      992. To ask the Minister for Health whether Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) training is currently mandatory for all staff in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) inpatient and...
    • Departmental Data
      993. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the sale of a facility (details supplied). [14500/26]
    • Health Services
      994. To ask the Minister for Health for an update into the review of usage of the old library building on St. Mary's Road in Cork. [14501/26]
    • Vacant Properties
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of buildings currently vacant owned by the HSE in Cork; the addresses of these buildings; and their current status, in tabular form. [14502/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      996. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of cancellations of spinal surgery operations within Children’s Health Ireland in each hospital, for each of the past...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the surgery cancellation rate for CHI; and the number of these cancellations which have been outsourced to Blackrock Private Hospital. [14510/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients with cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes are excluded from availing of insulin pumps free of charge through the HSE’s long-term...
    • Mental Health Services
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health her views on measures aimed at improving mental health care and treatment, strengthening diagnosis, ensuring robust management of prescription medication,...
    • Nursing Homes
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of funding nursing home care for persons aged under 65 years under the nursing homes support scheme (Fair Deal) in each of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the age-related criteria and the clinical or medical circumstances under which a patient awaiting fertility treatment including IVF at the Coombe Hospital may...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health if the current tender process for season 2026/2027 will not be delayed by her or cancelled; the reason she would not consider the creation of a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided regarding positions that were approved for primary care occupational therapy posts in Laois (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a speech and language assessment for a child (details supplied). [14587/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current system for accessing CPAP machines for patients with sleep apnoea, in light of cases where families are paying €118 per...
    • Health Services
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to ADHD assessment services for adults in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14613/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health in inappropriate nursing home settings through the ‘Under 65 Programme’, by county, in each of the years 2023 to 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has sought or received any audit, validation, or data quality assurance reports concerning the accuracy of Patient Experience Time data used to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health what formal mechanisms exist at Secretary General or Management Board level to ensure consistency of governance, reporting, and compliance standards across...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the capital cost of the extension at Heather House, Cork University Hospital; the date construction was completed; the date on which the additional 19...
    • Health Services
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the care of Children's Health Ireland who were assessed for, offered and received spinal treatment abroad in 2024 and in 2025. [14696/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE’s activity-based funding, diagnosis related group (DRG) systems, or other service-line costing methodologies allow for the estimation...
    • Disease Management
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed whether the absence of programme-level expenditure analysis for high-prevalence chronic conditions, including chronic...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any formal review, risk assessment, or governance oversight exercise since 1 January 2024 specifically concerning...
    • Ambulance Service
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health to advise if there is a full roster of advanced paramedics at Roscommon; given this was the reason she gave as to why the Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) was not...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2015 to 2025, and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14793/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to establish a stop vaping service, modelled on the successful QUITLINE service, to support individuals quit e-cigarettes and...
    • Cancer Services
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the work which is being undertaken by her Department to improve outcomes for people diagnosed with brain cancer; if her Department is increasing funding for...
    • Departmental Data
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who contacted the HSE's drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [14862/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026. [14863/26]
    • Cancer Services
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health the current number and waiting times for each radiation oncology unit, in tabular form. [14865/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for medical compensation in each of the years from 2016 to 2026. [14868/26]
    • Cancer Services
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any increase or perceived increase in the number of persons since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic diagnosed with stage...
    • Mental Health Services
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to North Kerry CAMHS, the number of the 374 cases recorded as active on the CAMHS database on November 2022 that were examined as part of the review...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed new Community Hospital for Lifford, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14903/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of referrals made to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2025, nationally and by CHO area; the number...
    • Hospital Services
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health given that the Model 3 Clinical Care Plan for Letterkenny University Hospital identifies serious risks relating to staffing, funding and infrastructure, and...
    • Mental Health Services
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidelines for children who suffer from PANS/PANDAS; the measures her Department is taking to develop these guidelines further; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to reduce financial hardship for healthcare workers who had to leave work due to contracting Covid, and subsequently...
    • Hospital Services
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of theatre time by speciality, together with details of the utilisation of that allocated time for University Hospital Limerick; if every...
    • Mental Health Services
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2610 of 8 September 2025, the reason none of the urgent recommendations of the private psychiatry needs assessment a...
    • Disability Services
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 2610 of 8 September 2025, the reason four safeguarding reports have yet to be acted upon relating to a person (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting support for access to mental health services, occupational therapy and social work to...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently an assessment of needs officer in place in County Galway [14936/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the upcoming national obesity strategy and the cardiovascular strategy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health if she will fully implement the recommendations of the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group that by early 2026, her Department will establish a clinical...
    • Medical Cards
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any updates on incentives to expand and improve access to GP care in rapidly developing towns, such as Skerries; if she has any plans to reassess...
    • Health Strategies
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a model of care for allergies; if one will be developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14965/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of theatre time by speciality, together with details of the utilisation of that allocated time for University Hospital Galway; if every...
    • Dental Services
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the steps to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) continues to be supported into the future, given its role in delivering oral...
    • Health Services Staff
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Rowlagh health centre; the number of vacancies; the areas they cover; the areas that are without a public health nurse...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [14993/26]
    • Health Services
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health if other HSE Inclusion Health Clinics have been opened (details supplied); if so, the locations; if there are plans to establish further HSE Inclusion Health...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are notable regional variations in approval rates for a primary medical certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15014/26]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding application for the Cork city homeless hub (details supplied); the reason for the delay in a decision; the timeline for funding; and...
    • Disability Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that occupational, or older persons, services in CHO8 supply a suitable wheelchair to a person (details supplied). [15018/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting times for dermatology outpatient appointments; the number of patients that are seen on average at outpatient clinics...
    • Health Services
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to the interpretation service for GPs has been cut and to set out the size of the funding reduction for each IHA. [15057/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by each public hospital on private ambulances and taxis respectively, in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [15084/26]
    • Home Help Service
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in each month of 2025, by RHA and IHA, by whether the person is waiting for a new package or additional hours;...
    • Cancer Services
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further detail on the funding allocated towards developing standardised national tumour specific clinical pathways to optimise early access,...
    • Health Services
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the work done to date to consider further reductions in the drugs payment scheme as per the Programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the work done to date to progress the 2025 Programme for Government commitment to increase medical card income limits; the timelines on such; and if she will...
    • Cancer Services
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards implementing the model of care for psycho-oncology for patients up to 24 years-of-age as per the Programme for...
    • Hospital Services
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health the progress the Government is making in expanding the acute haematology oncology nursing service as per the programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if...
    • Health Services
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to increase the number of clinical trials as per the Programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have signed up to the POCC across each speciality and the numbers that have not signed up across each speciality [15102/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at each of the UL Hospital Group hospitals, from 2011 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have waited over twenty-four hours to be treated following presentation at the emergency department of the University Hospital...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in St. James Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form;...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1141 of 10 February 2026, when she anticipates that a chairperson and requisite board members will be in place. [15133/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the supports that are in place for parents of children who had their scoliosis operations delayed and who are now declined for surgery in this...
    • Ambulance Service
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for each ambulance base for clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA; by end of 2023, 2024, 2025; in tabular form; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and allow for a continuous glucose monitors on the long term illness scheme for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Commission
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1228 of 10 February 2026, if the Mental Health Commission will provide details, not available in its annual Restrictive...
    • Hospital Services
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital initiated cancellations in January 2026, in tabular form. [15188/26]
    • Health Strategies
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a successor to the national maternity strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15192/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the new elective hospital for Galway (details supplied); if this will be a standalone facility;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the two new elective hospitals for Dublin (details supplied); if these will be stand-alone...
    • Mental Health Services
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health if the role of directors of psychology will be developed in all health regions; if their reporting relationship is to the director of health and social care...
    • Disability Services
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop directors of disciplines such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy which are experiencing crises in...
    • Health Services Staff
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment to the role of director of health and social care professions across each health region. [15205/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health if the remit of directors of nursing extends to both adult mental health services and child and adolescent mental health services in each health region; to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Contracts
      1123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the differing roles between the LTI coordinator and CTC manager; and if the CTC manager does the work of a tutor, alongside their...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section...
    • Pension Provisions
      1128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for IADT as the only remaining Institute of Technology to remain following the announcement of the partnership between Dundalk...
    • Ministerial Communications
      1132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/26]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pre-apprenticeship training courses currently running, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising
      1136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the “Build Back Home” advertising campaign in 2024 and 2025:to state the procurement route used for each element of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that have been taken to ensure the proposed €60 million investment in a supercomputer will provide researchers with access...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Local Authorities
      1142. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount each local authority is receiving in local improvement scheme funding, by county; the kilometres being covered under...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section...
    • Pension Provisions
      1145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1146. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the process by which nine organisations were added to a wait list following the 2023 open call for the Community...
    • Scéimeanna Fostaíochta
      1148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bheidh an Clár Seirbhísí Pobail (Community Services Programme) oscailte arís le haghaidh...
    • Community Development Projects
      1149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all clubs and groups awarded a payment through the community recognition fund since its inception; and if he...

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