Written answers
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Climate Action Plan
1. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon...
- Foreign Policy
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's policy toward China remains that as reflected in the speech of her predecessor as Minister, Micheál Martin, as set out at an...
- Overseas Development Aid
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland’s overseas development aid policies and projects include measures to increase access to artificial intelligence and other...
- Departmental Staff
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when she is going to open the next third secretary competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15594/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Climate Action Plan
7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section...
- Departmental Schemes
8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes retrofitted, and heat pumps installed to date as part of the National Retrofitting Programme; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of Ireland’s climate finance that is delivered in the form of grants versus loans [15401/26]
- Departmental Schemes
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support an application under the climate action scheme by a club in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Reviews
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the land use review; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be published; and if he will...
- Renewable Energy Generation
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 27 January 2026, to provide an update on the 27 actions, highlighting which...
- Waste Management
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce an EPR charge for mattresses to avoid dumping in the landscape and to promote a circular economy,...
- Renewable Energy Generation
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that balcony solar power generation should be promoted in Ireland given that 2 million systems have been...
- Legislative Measures
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 to ensure that the EPA make decisions within the...
- International Agreements
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on any and all actions taken in relation to Ireland's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty since the...
- Climate Action Plan
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the Climate Action Plan 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/26]
- Departmental Policies
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to highlight the actions being taken by his Department to tackle the 30 barriers highlighted in the Joint Committee on...
- Departmental Expenditure
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which he intends on paying expected fines of between €3 and €26 billion for missing Ireland's EU...
- Artificial Intelligence
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the maximum age limit to join the Defence Forces will be increased from 39 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15214/26]
- Climate Action Plan
23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate...
- British-Irish Co-operation
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she has spoken with the UK Defence Secretary to date in 2026. [15445/26]
- Naval Service
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress which has been made in locating naval patrol vessels at the Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire, as announced by the Minister for Defence...
- Defence Forces
26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislation that underpins the activities of the Irish Military Intelligence Service (IMIS); the name of the current Director of the IMIS;...
- Artificial Intelligence
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding assigned to the M20 project in 2026. [15225/26]
- Rail Network
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a morning and evening express service 'fast train' from Waterford to Dublin, with limited stops, to bring the journey...
- Climate Action Plan
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the...
- Bus Services
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to address on-going concerns about ghost buses, bus delays, and the press-it box system; and the negative impacts...
- Driver Test
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to carry out a review of the current Certificate of Professional Competence for HGV drivers; and if he will make a statement...
- National Car Test
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time for tests in NCT test centres nationwide, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/26]
- Weather Events
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is preparing transport networks to maintain safety and reliability during extreme weather events, such as...
- Road Safety
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recent measures introduced to reduce road fatalities and serious injuries; the way in which their effectiveness is being monitored;...
- Vehicle Registration
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fleet owners and motor traders who have failed to upload vehicle insurance details to the National Fleet Database as...
- Public Transport
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to increase funding for public transport to maintain the 2:1 ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15269/26]
- Electric Vehicles
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of EV grants awarded in each of the years 2020 to-date in 2026, by county; and a breakdown of EV grants drawn down...
- Disability Services
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment that will be made in 2026 for the provision of disability user friendly public transport. [15275/26]
- Electric Vehicles
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the electric vehicle roadmap (details supplied); if Ireland is on track to meet key milestones; and if he will...
- Air Safety
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of air traffic controllers employed in each of the years from 2018 to date in 2026, by location, in tabular form. [15301/26]
- Bus Services
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority under the Bus Stop Enhancement Programme; the funding which was...
- Taxi Regulations
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will rule out fare hikes in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/26]
- Public Transport
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the new dedicated statutory body that has been approved for the Metrolink project, the reasons the project could not be located...
- National Transport Authority
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to expedite the processing of requests for additional/increased bus stops...
- Bus Éireann
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings with Bus Éireann he has had since June 2025; the subject of each meeting, in tabular form. [15339/26]
- Traffic Fines
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the statutory fee for the release of a vehicle impounded by An Garda Síochána, currently €125, was last increased;...
- Public Transport
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure incurred to date on the Dart South West project. [15423/26]
- Coast Guard Service
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the work undertaken by date, by the Irish Coast Guard, to progress the development of a new station for the...
- Active Travel
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will re-open the Safe Routes to School Programme for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15463/26]
- Aviation Industry
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of the Irish Aviation Authority’s press statement of 11 February, which confirmed that the temporary UAS Geographical Zone...
- Dublin Airport Authority
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether it is his function, that of the Oireachtas, or that of the Dublin Airport Authority to decide on the naming of Dublin Airport; and...
- Electric Vehicles
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place or proposed to support the delivery of goods by pedelec cargo bike, given that electric vans are supported with...
- Artificial Intelligence
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy...
- Active Travel
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected delivery schedule for the Blacksod Bay Loop active travel scheme in County Mayo, including design, procurement and...
- Pension Provisions
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of increasing the payment for those in receipt of the pre-1951 CIÉ pension; and if he will make...
- Tax Collection
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered eliminating the financial penalty for those who pay their motor tax in instalments; and if he will make a statement...
- Taxi Regulations
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns from the taxi industry that algorithms on application platforms (details supplied) are distorting the market...
- Road Traffic Offences
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to update the list of substances that are tested in roadside testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Industry
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fleet owners and motor traders who were prosecuted for the failure to upload vehicle insurance details to the National Fleet...
- Department of Finance
- Climate Change Policy
82. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low...
- Rental Sector
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Tax Strategy Group to examine the possibility of reducing taxation on rental incomes, as an incentive for property owners (1 to 3) to...
- Tax Code
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts being made to implement the recommendations following the Indecon Review of the Taxation of Share-Based Remuneration, particularly in respect of...
- Cost of Living Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he is aware that the Bank of England is considering introducing price controls to control the cost of living (details supplied) and whether he would...
- Tax Yield
86. To ask the Minister for Finance amount of money raised in residential zoned land tax to date, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/26]
- Banking Sector
87. To ask the Minister for Finance to request that the ombudsman use his power under section 25 (3) of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017, to prepare a report showing the...
- Artificial Intelligence
88. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches,...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Climate Change Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the...
- Public Appointments Service
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further work being done to cut the long delays in the higher executive officer recruitment panel, notwithstanding the extension of...
- Flood Relief Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief projects currently under construction and funded by OPW; when each of those projects will be completed, in tabular form....
- Public Procurement Contracts
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his view on what is termed ‘The 1% Clause’ in public sector contracts, namely that a company, if found to be just 1%...
- Office of Public Works
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that attended each heritage site under the remit of OPW in the years 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [15441/26]
- EU Funding
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his response to Border counties losing out on levels of EU funding available to similar European regions as a result of the northern and...
- Civil Service
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and grade of ongoing general civil service hiring competitions currently ongoing; the number of applications received; the...
- Research Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will he provide additional funding or assistance to a group (details supplied) for them to be able to source and purchase a suitable...
- Artificial Intelligence
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Climate Change Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the...
- Industrial Development
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in IDA-backed companies in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15283/26]
- Departmental Bodies
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of female WTE accounts executive and senior accounts executive posts employed by IDA Ireland as of 17 February 2026, in...
- Gender Balance
109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of female WTE accounts executive and senior accounts executive posts employed by Enterprise Ireland as of 17 February...
- Artificial Intelligence
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has received an offer from the HSE for a building beside a school (details supplied); and whether it will accept this...
- School Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the pause on the review of SNA's, if this will lead to a change in outcome for the review of a school (details supplied); and if she will...
- Climate Change Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate...
- Special Educational Needs
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position regarding reduced school hours for children attending special schools; if this is regular practice in such school...
- Departmental Data
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidents reported arising from behaviours of concern for each of the past five years in schools; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals by individual schools at either primary, secondary or special school level in each of the past three years to the National...
- School Transport
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for processing and approving an application for a Special Transport Grant for a child; the average duration from submission...
- Departmental Surveys
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will publish the results of the primary school survey, which was open from 4 November to 16 December 2025; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENOs in Cork; and the number currently absent from work on a leave of absence or illness leave, by area, in tabular form. [15379/26]
- School Transport
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 532 of 10 February 2026, whether greater consideration for ethos will be considered (details supplied); and...
- Commissions of Investigation
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reporting process for historical physical abuse in schools whether committed by staff or by other children and allowed/facilitated by staff;...
- Special Educational Needs
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Stage 1 Submission regarding an ASD Class at a school (details supplied) which was submitted in April 2025; and if she will...
- Education Policy
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the roll-out of transition year to all students, and working towards transition year being mandatory; and if she will make a...
- School Curriculum
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is working on a set curriculum for transition year to complete a base level of topics and subjects, while leaving scope for...
- School Meals Programme
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2025 holiday meal pilot evaluation will be published; the indicators (attendance, wellbeing, cost per participant) which will determine...
- Education Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the youth information policy review will conclude; the changes which are envisaged for omnichannel delivery (details supplied) to meet...
- School Facilities
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15572/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy...
- Special Educational Needs
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fast-track an application made by a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) to develop an autism class on site; and if she...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of athletes supported under each tier of the international carding scheme in each year from 2016 to 2025...
- Climate Change Policy
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section...
- Broadband Infrastructure
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the serious difficulties being experienced by households in accessing adequate broadband services,...
- International Agreements
143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any product or services purchased from Canada by his Department in 2025, broken down by description...
- Cultural Property Inventory
144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the efforts being made to protect the availability of cultural spaces in Dublin city; the measures being taken by his...
- Sport and Recreational Development
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will facilitate discussions with all relevant stakeholders in athletics across the island of Ireland, to engage in...
- Departmental Bodies
146. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met formally with the CEO of Screen Ireland; and the topics discussed. [15436/26]
- Sports Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on when it is expected further rounds of funding under the Community Sport Facilities Fund...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the strategy and development of Ireland’s 6G network; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Planning
149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has implemented a public warning system to send mass alerts to the public in the case of natural disasters such...
- Broadband Infrastructure
150. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plan to address broadband urban blackspots, as committed to in the Programme for Government; whether he has yet carried...
- Artificial Intelligence
151. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authorities
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the updated average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3)...
- Departmental Programmes
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which local authorities will assist in delivering START programme projects in Kildare north, particularly in the...
- Homeless Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if considering his recent media comments about getting families out of homeless accommodation and preventing families from...
- Defective Building Materials
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when homeowners who have spent money since March 2024 under the defective concrete block grant scheme will be reimbursed up to...
- Weather Events
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans have been reviewed for responding to extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12522/26]
- Housing Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm if Wicklow County Council have been given a budget for tenant-in-situ applications and if it is available...
- Departmental Correspondence
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15425/26]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the drafting and publication of revised wind farm guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Artificial Intelligence
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Undefined
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the question referred therein; and if he will make a...
- School Meals Programme
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he will take to address concerns regarding cross contamination making school meals unsuitable for coeliac...
- Climate Action Plan
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3)...
- Social Welfare Benefits
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals...
- Departmental Expenditure
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any product or services purchased from Canada by his Department in 2025, broken down by description...
- Citizens Information Services
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider additional funding for Citizens Information Services so they can hire additional staff to meet the...
- Artists' Remuneration
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to intervene to ensure that no individuals are penalised as a result of a partner being granted the basic income for the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if stamps from taxable employment earned under employment by Posts and Telegraph, then Eir, that class D stamp can be looked...
- Departmental Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers and employees, who have benefited from the wage subsidy scheme to support employment of those with...
- Artificial Intelligence
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in...
- Sports Organisations
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal classification of payments made to athletes under the international carding scheme administered by Sport Ireland;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker’s benefit refused since 2016 where the applicant’s primary prior...
- Disability Issues
182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions taken to improve retention and uptake of work for disabled employees and entrepreneurs. [12461/26]
- Youth Unemployment
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on youth unemployment; if he has plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda members can now access driving licence photographs at roadside checkpoints on their mobility devices, from the...
- International Protection
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a scheme that will support integration in communities that host large numbers of those seeking asylum or...
- An Garda Síochána
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 999 calls made from 2020 to 2025 that resulted in a dispatch of a Garda resource within 10 minutes of the call,...
- Citizenship Applications
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application will be completed, in view that it is 20 months since the application (details supplied) was...
- Climate Change Policy
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3)...
- Departmental Data
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fleet owners and motor traders who were convicted for the failure to upload vehicle insurance details to the...
- Visa Applications
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for each visa type submitted through an office (details supplied), in tabular form. [15284/26]
- International Protection
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an international protection applicant who had threatened the life of a female staff member at an IPAS facility, was...
- An Garda Síochána
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 744 on 16 December 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Departmental Data
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public services vehicle inspectors allocated to each Garda Division as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form....
- Legislative Reviews
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the review of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15355/26]
- Private Security Authority
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his Department have plans to alter private security license cards to ensure that those who are visually impaired are...
- Disability Services
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he would consider the introduction of guidelines on the authorisation and use of low volume or silent fireworks for large...
- Prison Service
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison places per capita in the Mid-West for the years 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2026 in a tabular a tabular form; and...
- An Garda Síochána
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if specialised Garda units have had a reduction of 40 per cent in the number of members assigned to them since 2009. [15435/26]
- Departmental Data
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on Garda vehicle recovery services within the DMRs, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare-Carlow Division in 2025 and to...
- Jury Service
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of any formal policy, protocol, or funding allocation in place to support the mental wellbeing of jurors...
- Departmental Data
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the number of stolen bicycles which were recovered for the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [15512/26]
- An Garda Síochána
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details, broken down by month and Garda division of the number of times tasers have been used in the pilot...
- Artificial Intelligence
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Industry
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the investigation being undertaken by his Department into the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) concerning...
- Climate Change Policy
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the...
- Agriculture Industry
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified archaeologists employed by his Department in each the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [15336/26]
- Fishing Industry
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met formally with the Chairperson of Sea Fisheries Protection Authority; and the topics discussed. [15446/26]
- Agriculture Industry
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the land use review; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a...
- Research Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will he provide additional funding or assistance to a group (details supplied) for them to be able to source and purchase a suitable...
- Artificial Intelligence
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disability Services
218. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies in Children's Disability Network Teams, by team, in the West and North-West region as of 16 February 2026,...
- Climate Change Policy
221. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of...
- Disability Services
222. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to visit an organisation (details supplied) or if an invitation has been extended for a visit. [15274/26]
- Childcare Services
223. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she has met with (details supplied) concerning the difficulties childminders face under the new childminding regulations;...
- Disability Services
225. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE occupational therapist posts filled at South Kildare CDNT as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [15342/26]
- Traveller Community
226. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update in relation to the independent finance and governance review of an organisation (details supplied), given...
- Childcare Services
227. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare facilities registered in County Monaghan; the total number of children that can be cared for within those...
- Legislative Programme
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons for the omission of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 from the Government Legislation Programme Spring...
- Disability Diagnoses
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will assist a child (details supplied) with an Assessment of Need application; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Resource Centres
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a family resource centre was not provided to a community (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
232. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in intellectual disabilities posts filled within CHO7 as of 19 February 2026, in...
- Artificial Intelligence
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of staffing (by grade and discipline) of each CAMHS team per county, including senior clinical and senior psychology posts; the current...
- Departmental Data
239. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all drug task forces in the Cork East constituency. [15227/26]
- Health Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1018 and 1019 of 20 January 2026, if she will clarify the way in which the State's public-protection obligations are met...
- Health Service Executive
241. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE property (details supplied) is being considered for sale or lease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15233/26]
- Climate Change Policy
242. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low...
- Ambulance Service
243. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if an ambulance service is available for women in County Laois who make the decision to have a home birth; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the non-clinical qualifier 'from the outset' is applied to reimbursement applications for continuous glucose monitoring systems; if she will remove...
- Health Strategies
245. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Major Trauma Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15328/26]
- Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapist posts, by grade, that were filled at Athy Primary Care Centre as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [15332/26]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at Tallaght University Hospital as of 17 February 2026; the average waiting time to see those consultants...
- Health Services Staff
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitian posts, by grade, that were filled at Newbridge Primary Care Centre as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [15334/26]
- Hospital Appointments Status
250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent audiology appointment at Ennis General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities
251. To ask the Minister for Health the role her Department played in the decision to reverse plans for an elective hospital in Merlin Park in Galway City; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2651 of 8 September 2025, to outline the progress made to date on the possible inclusion of Versatis plasters in the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
254. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the long waiting times for children referred to primary care audiology services following school hearing screening; the...
- Hospital Equipment
255. To ask the Minister for Health when a modern IT system with all patient records will be made available across the entire Health Service, representing a major improvement for patients and all...
- Hospital Facilities
256. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans for elective capacity in the HSE West and North West have changed; if she will ensure delivery of the elective hospital as originally...
- Health Services Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists working in each CAMHS team; the number of whole time equivalent; the headcount; the number of consultant psychiatrists...
- Mental Health Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of CAMHS consultations which are conducted in person and remotely, by CAMHS team; the extent of telemedicine across each CAMHS team,...
- Hospital Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of hospital outpatient consultations which are conducted in person and remotely, by hospital and by specialty; the extent of...
- Departmental Correspondence
262. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist a person with a reimbursement request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15400/26]
- Hospital Admissions
263. To ask the Minister for Health the opportunity cost of delayed transfers of care and of a bed day lost, that is the additional cost of a person remaining in hospital when they could be cared...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
264. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the way in which her Department, through the FSAI, ensures that equality legislation is adhered to in allowing equal access for guide and assistance...
- Departmental Data
265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care and bed days lost in total in 2024 and in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form [15409/26]
- Health Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of referrals covered under the treatment abroad scheme or cross-border directive to countries outside of Ireland for mesh implant procedures...
- Pharmacy Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s consideration of over-the-counter codeine sales; when this is expected to conclude; and if she...
- Healthcare Policy
269. To ask the Minister for Health if, under the planned healthcare abroad scheme, initial consultations with treating consultants abroad via video or phone call are specifically prohibited...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant respiratory medicine based at St Vincent's University Hospital. [15437/26]
- Hospital Procedures
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures including primary PCI and non-primary (elective or urgent) PCI carried out in Beaumont Hospital in...
- Emergency Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles available for calls on a 24-7 basis within Kildare as of 18 February 2026, in tabular form. [15439/26]
- Question Heading for question(s) 274
274. To ask the Minister for Health the position of BUMBLEance and the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15453/26]
- Question Heading for question(s) 275
275. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE statement issued on 19 February 2026, which states that phase 1 of the National Elective Care Programme includes zero beds for the elective...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the current status of the elective hospitals proposed for Cork and Dublin; and whether standalone elective hospitals will still be...
- Mental Health Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time WTE psychiatrists per each CAMHS, per funded WTE, and per filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15503/26]
- Departmental Strategies
280. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government can work with retailers and other manufacturers to fast-track, import, or increase the supply of alternative, safe baby formula brands to...
- Artificial Intelligence
281. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Ministerial Responsibilities
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate...
- Overseas Study Placements
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage greater participants by Mexican students in third level institutions and continuing educational opportunities in Ireland....
- Artificial Intelligence
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Climate Change Policy
285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of...
- Social Welfare Payments
286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider extending eligibility for the personal alarm scheme, which is currently provided free of charge to persons...
- Artificial Intelligence
288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing...
