Written answers

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      48. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [11969/26]
    • Child Poverty
      56. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [4035/26]
    • Departmental Reports
      62. To ask the Taoiseach for an overview of the ‘Budget 2026: Spotlight on Disability’ report recently published by his Department. [12355/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      75. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [11970/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      104. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a Shared Island committee that approves Shared Island funding; the members of the committee; and if all parties are represented on the committee. [12187/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      115. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [12502/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the revised National Digital and AI Strategy. [13324/26]
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Culture Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take to protect Dublin’s nighttime culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16811/26]
    • Middle East
      146. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he welcomes the upcoming matches between the Irish football team and the Israel national football team, in light of...
    • Sports Organisations
      147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he is aware of issues with the lack of a national governing body for darts; and the actions he has taken to resolve...
    • Sports Facilities
      148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has considered establishing a support or grant mechanism to assist community organisations and...
    • Sports Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total value of grants awarded under the Community Sport Facilities Fund to clubs in County Meath in 2024 and 2025; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      152. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the proper legal basis that the digital wallet has for mandatory use by citizens to access online platforms;...
    • Pension Provisions
      153. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the outstanding An Post and Eir pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16818/26]
    • Swimming Pools
      154. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to increase the provision of public swimming pools, particularly in areas currently without...
    • Sports Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if specific funding can be provided to NGBs towards coaching costs (details supplied), to assist in providing sporting...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      156. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures his Department are taking to support local and community radio stations; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      158. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the efforts undertaken since Storm Éowyn to increase the resilience of mobile infrastructure; and if he will make a...
    • Swimming Pools
      161. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he recognises the need for a public swimming pool in Dungarvan, County Waterford; and when the Large Scale Sport...
    • Sports Events
      162. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the solutions being considered to address anti-social behaviour and the use of flares at League of Ireland games following...
    • Arts Centres
      164. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding that his Department has made available for art centres in County Louth. [16780/26]
    • Arts Policy
      165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to provide affordable spaces for artists to work and collaborate;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made in implementing the National Counter Disinformation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the specific steps being taken to improve disability inclusion and accessibility across all sports, including participation...
    • Sports Events
      172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is planning to call for the Irish football team to boycott matches with Israel; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is concerned about a proposal that network operators with equipment from high-risk vendors in their supply chain will...
    • Departmental Policies
      174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures in place to support the development of ladies’ Gaelic football; the actions being taken to improve...
    • Post Office Network
      175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps his Department is taking to support the Post Office network across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Strategies
      176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the details of which of the Digital Ireland 20 high-level objectives and 90 specific deliverables his Department will be...
    • Sports Facilities
      177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the actions he is taking to expand investment in community sports facilities, grassroots clubs and shared school and...
    • Sports Funding
      181. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding allocated this year for the Dublin city and Fingal LSPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16809/26]
    • Online Safety
      185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the progress made to date in relation to the implementation of the Online Safety and Media...
    • Pension Provisions
      186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when he will sanction the modest occupational pension increase for former An Post workers which has been agreed between An...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the criteria for the basic income for the arts is due to change; the number of payments in total that will be made...
    • Online Safety
      189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the work being done by his Department to regulate AI to protect children from misinformation and toxic online culture; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when applications for the Creative Climate Action Fund III will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16808/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      192. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the efforts his Department are making to support wider diversity and participation in sport from underrepresented groups;...
    • Sports Funding
      193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available to local sports clubs that do not own their own land to access the sports capital grant to improve...
    • Sports Events
      195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has any concerns around the planned Ireland versus Israel Nations League fixtures; the engagement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      197. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/26]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Probate Applications
      199. To ask the Taoiseach the current status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Group on Conveyancing and Probate and the timeline for the implementation of each...
    • Departmental Meetings
      201. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine. [16350/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      202. To ask the Taoiseach he will report on his Department’s Statement of Strategy for 2025-2028. [16351/26]
    • Employment Schemes
      203. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of parent’s benefit in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 that was topped up by an employer. [16409/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      207. To ask the Taoiseach to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in...
    • Departmental Reports
      208. To ask the Taoiseach to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication...
    • Employment Data
      210. To ask the Taoiseach the employment rate in County Kilkenny; the way in which this compares to other counties. [15953/26]
    • Military Neutrality
      212. To ask the Taoiseach if he can clarify the remarks recently made by his Department, that Ireland was committed militarily’ with Ukraine; his views on whether this is a departure from...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Legislative Process
      213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland has not enacted the primary legislation required to give full effect to Council Decision 2013/488/EU on the protection of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2025, and to-date in 2026, where the Irish ambassador based in Washington DC met formally with the United States secretary of...
    • Trade Relations
      220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Mexico; and the steps that are being taken to improve the relationship.; and if she will make...
    • Consular Services
      221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on activities of the Irish Consulate General Office in Sao Paulo, including staffing levels. [16506/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025...
    • Departmental Reports
      223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland, in its capacity as a participating State of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, intends to nominate...
    • Departmental Communications
      227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken with the South Korean Ambassador to Ireland since her appointment. [16915/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to staffing shortages in an Irish embassy (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these...
    • Energy Policy
      229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when she will bring a memorandum to Government regarding the formal exit from the Energy Charter Treaty; to formally end Ireland’s...
    • EU Presidency
      230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the EU Presidency county pairings announced in January; the requirements and obligations for local authorities in relation...
    • Family Reunification
      231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address concerns regarding family reunification (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17123/26]
    • Imeachtaí Comóraidh
      234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an bhfuil sí i gceist aici nó ag a Ambasáid san Astráil nó i SAM an eachtra dhána a chomóradh ina ndearna...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the disbursement for monies granted to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislative or scientific measures are in place to protect vulnerable and genetically distinct Atlantic salmon...
    • Departmental Staff
      239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Departmental principal officers who were representing his Inland Fisheries Section or managing Inland...
    • Fisheries Protection
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the scientific reasons his advisors changed the probability threshold from 85% (catch and release) to 75% (surplus) for...
    • Housing Schemes
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures the SEAI is taking to include works to old stone houses, many without foundations, under the warmer homes...
    • Fisheries Protection
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to examine correspondence (details supplied) in relation to proposed amendments to the wild salmon and sea trout tagging...
    • Departmental Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his...
    • United Nations
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the United Nations special rapporteur on the human right to a clean,...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure; Infrastructure; Public Service Reform and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the serious local concern about the proposal from IFI to replace a well-regulated catch-and-release...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding the non-medicinal use of Nitrous Oxide (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      251. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the State Claims Agency Risk Management Liaison Group still carries out annual audits of the Air Corps Health and Safety procedures and so...
    • Defence Forces
      259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recruitment criteria for the Irish Defence Forces; the recruitment per year from 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      261. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and...
    • Departmental Reports
      262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      264. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the options available to a person (details supplied) in a pensions matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16637/26]
    • Naval Service
      266. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans to permit Royal Navy vessels to patrol Irish waters during Ireland's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union, as...
    • Defence Forces
      269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail the potential Defence Forces overtime, associated costs and security planning for the upcoming Presidency of the EU; and if she will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a standardised app will be available for usage at all EV charging points as at present the apps are applicable to...
    • Ports Policy
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capacity for Ireland to host large, seized vessels in Irish ports; the potential associated costs and manpower required; whose...
    • Bus Services
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional bus stops in Waterford city approved, funded, and activated/delivered in each year 2023-2026, in tabular form;...
    • Rail Network
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional lighting will be provided at Athy train station, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16201/26]
    • Air Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drones currently allowed to operate drone delivery services in the State. [16245/26]
    • Departmental Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to issue a permit at the earliest possible date in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if high-vis PPE will become mandatory for legal pedal-assist e-bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/26]
    • Rail Network
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an inventory of lands and properties owned by Irish Rail in the Dublin central area; the number that are currently in a state of...
    • Driver Test
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason approved driving instructors are currently not permitted front/road facing dash cams, in order to ensure safety and recording...
    • Pension Provisions
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the position regarding pensions within Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) and its subsidiary companies; the...
    • Road Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the feasibility of establishing a targeted footpath repair and upgrade fund within the 2027 roads programme, aimed at...
    • Rail Network
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of catering services on the Irish Rail InterCity services, which currently have no catering service; the...
    • Air Services
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his engagement with Donegal cancer flights in relation to the proposed alteration to the PSO contract regarding...
    • Bus Services
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a bus shelter at the busiest stop on a route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/26]
    • Rail Network
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed by Iarnród Éireann as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16493/26]
    • Driver Test
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time and average number of people waiting in each county for driving tests for categories B, C1, C, BE, and CE; and...
    • Local Authorities
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated to each local authority under the 2025 bus stop enhancement programme; the total amount of that allocation...
    • Departmental Funding
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in...
    • Driver Test
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16612/26]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit holders involved in fatal road traffic collisions each year since 2020 to date; the number of fatalities in...
    • Coast Guard Service
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the circumstances surrounding an aeromedical evacuation (details supplied). [16633/26]
    • Departmental Projects
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the latest update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16649/26]
    • Bus Éireann
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of an issue persisting since Summer 2025 in relation to the audio levels of next stop announcements onboard Cork city...
    • Road Safety Authority
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has issued, or intends to issue, any policy direction to the Road Safety Authority requiring the publication of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 May 2025, No. 602 of 21 May 2026, and No. 17 of 24 September 2025, to provide details of...
    • Road Safety
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has conducted any policy review since 2021 of the effectiveness of section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 and...
    • National Development Plan
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the N/M20 Cork to Limerick road improvement scheme remains designated as a strategic inter-urban priority under the current...
    • Road Network
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department holds the most recent estimated capital cost range for the N/M20 project; whether this estimate has been adjusted...
    • Road Safety
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether legal advice has been received confirming that section 35A of the Road Traffic Act 1994, as amended, provides sufficient...
    • Bus Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average cost of installing a bus shelter. [16917/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a representative from his Department participates in the traffic forum chaired by the NTA. [17059/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the EV grant scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number of grants that were awarded; the number of...
    • Air Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific number of qualified controllers that will be working at Dublin, Cork, and Shannon this summer; if this is sufficient for...
    • Road Safety
      334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify, of the €1.5 billion for national, regional, and local roads announced this week; the amount allocated to Dublin City...
    • Rail Network
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the construction timeline and funding of a train station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to extend the 238 Hollystown Swing Roundabout (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17211/26]
    • Bus Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to extend a service 40d to Hollystown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17212/26]
    • Parking Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the carpark serving Thurles Railway Station given the high demand, particularly in the mornings; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will fund the installation of a next bus display screen at Dublin Bus pole number 941. [17230/26]
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average duration in months of environmental impact assessment and appropriate assessment stages for major transport infrastructure...
  • Department of Finance
    • Housing Schemes
      343. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include an annual review of the property price ceiling for the help-to-buy scheme in the budgetary process to account for fluctuations in...
    • Tax Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of the ETF tax regime, as set out in the most recent Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16435/26]
    • Departmental Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Finance to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which...
    • Departmental Reports
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model...
    • Tax Data
      348. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on donations to approved bodies under section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      349. To ask the Minister for Finance if those in receipt of the carer’s allowance and liable to income tax have already had their weekly payments changed to reflect this; if other...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      350. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any existing statutory provision currently empowers the Revenue Commissioners to introduce real-time or continuous withholding tax reporting...
    • Pension Provisions
      351. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual Exchequer funding currently provided in respect of the No. 2 Fund of the Eircom Superannuation Scheme; whether pension increases under that...
    • Tax Exemptions
      352. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income from forestry that was recorded as exempt from tax by companies, corporations, and Coillte for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [16908/26]
    • Tax Yield
      353. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected from taxing farmers on income from agri-environmental schemes. [16910/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      354. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to add a category to the MED 2 form to allow claims for tax relief for cone beam computed tomography dental imaging. [16921/26]
    • Tax Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue foregone if the VAT rate for electricity was set at 0%, in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [16993/26]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Special Amenity Areas
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any recent reviews have been carried out in relation to extending the special amenity area along the Liffey Valley in Lucan; and if...
    • Office of Public Works
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement framework to provide hospitality staff for OPW events and functions; the...
    • Departmental Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in...
    • Departmental Reports
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line...
    • Office of Public Works
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total projected cost to the State of the new Macroom Garda station; the breakdown of this cost; the role of the Office of Public...
    • Public Parks
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there have been any recent discussions regarding the creation of a Liffey Valley park from Islandbridge to Celbridge; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the likely date for completion of the extension and renovation of Portlaoise Garda station; the planned date for its return to use; and...
    • Departmental Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether quantified time-reduction targets have been set under the Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan; and if he will provide the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the proposed removal of pinch points along the River Shannon between Meelick and Banagher; if surveys or assessments...
    • Traveller Community
      376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will take action to address the lack of members of the Traveller community employed within the public sector and semi-state...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm that Section 10 of the template employment contract for Chief Executives of commercial semi State bodies is applicable only...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements he and his Department have had with European institutions and other member states regarding the revision of Public...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Artificial Intelligence
      381. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoin mbuairt atá léirithe ag eagrais cheoil, lena n-áirítear IMRO agus IRMA, faoi...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      382. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether a property that has been operating as a short-term let for seven or more years will require change of use planning permission...
    • EU Presidency
      388. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific priorities, with particular reference to innovation and life sciences, that his Department has identified ahead of...
    • Departmental Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      390. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line...
    • Departmental Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over...
    • Online Safety
      392. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on tackling the use of recommender algorithms on various online service providers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traveller Community
      393. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consideration his Department is giving to the creation of a comprehensive national Traveller employment plan; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Policies
      397. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the research undertaken by, or commissioned by, his Department on the four day week; to summarise the findings; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      398. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will include the loss of livestock in the flood compensation scheme as farmers/farm families are small businesses and cannot...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a stance on the value of early intervention classes in assisting children with additional needs to transition to school....
    • School Transport
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the launch date of the bus for students residing in Tyrrelstown-Mulhuddart SPA through the SSIA (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will return the position of full-time caretaker to a school (details supplied). [16209/26]
    • Schools Administration
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) seeking a permanent roll number; if the decision to refuse this can be reviewed; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a school (details supplied) performed under each of the individual criteria used to prioritise school building projects included...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application by a school (details supplied) for their inclusion in the DEIS 1 Plus programme; and if she will...
    • Child Abuse
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the supports and services for victims of abuse in industrial schools will be put in place. [16253/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a campaign by parents regarding the modular project proposed for a school (details supplied); if a commitment will be provided...
    • School Transport
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 17 February 2026, if she will consider correspondence from a parent (details supplied) in relation...
    • School Enrolments
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 10 February 2026, if two extra places will be available in a school (details supplied) following...
    • Special Educational Needs
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the allocation of special needs assistants (SNAs) for schools for the 2026-2027 school year; the date on which...
    • School Funding
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to ensure that smaller schools (details supplied) including those in rural and isolated areas, have equitable access to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and funding options available to a post-primary school in Drogheda, County Louth (details supplied) whose gymnasium is now in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to address ongoing delays and inaccuracies in the assessment of a school building project (details supplied) ;...
    • School Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of funding issues for a school in County Kildare (details supplied); the steps the school can take to secure additional funding;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the next steps of a project (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16333/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will complete its review of an addendum report submitted on 31 October 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new DEIS+ scheme is being developed under her Department's Education Plan 2025 as promised by the previous Minister; if implementation is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new school building will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16389/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current plans to ensure that a group of children are able to access autism classes in secondary school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new build for schools (details supplied) has not progressed; when works will commence and conclude; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills sí ar an eolas faoi an cás go bhfuil ar páistí meán meánscoile Baile Fhormaid, Baile Átha Cliath, freastal ar...
    • Special Educational Needs
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if smaller schools can open special classes; if not, if they are precluded due to size; if size is a factor in this decision; and if she will...
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil aon cinneadh glacadh chun féachaint ar cás ar leith a dhéanamh do Scoil Lir, Baile Átha Cliath, chun stádas...
    • Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil aon cinneadh glactha le aitheantas ar leith i bhfoirm maoiniú nó achmhainní scoile breise a bhronnadh ar Scoil Lir,...
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an eol di gurb St Seton i mBaile Fhormaid, Baile Átha Cliath an céad cumasc de trí meánscoil le stádas Deis, agus gur...
    • Schools Building Projects
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on proposed building works at a school (details supplied); when she expects works to progress to the next stage; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Clare seeking special education school places; the current level of unmet need; the projected demand for places for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the immediate steps which will be taken to address a serious health and safety issue at a school (details supplied); the criteria under which...
    • School Staff
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the number of schools in Dublin Fingal West that had initially participated in a review of SNA allocation for the 2026/27...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and...
    • School Staff
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistant posts that were identified for reduction nationally arising from the recent NCSE allocation reviews;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only two ASD early intervention classes in Waterford schools (details supplied); if...
    • School Staff
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Clare and in each county which appealed their allocation of SNAs in the past five years; the number of appeals which...
    • School Transport
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a child (details supplied). [16630/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for replacing a classroom SET room and UAWC at a school (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • School Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve the working entitlements of SNAs; if she will consider a minimum hours of employment for such a role; if she will consider...
    • Schools Building Projects
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16670/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not allowed to proceed to open a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16677/26]
    • School Facilities
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there is additional support for special schools for sanitary/cleaning products for special schools who cater for children aged 4-18 plus...
    • Special Educational Needs
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on funding for special schools (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16688/26]
    • Home Schooling
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a Home School Liaison Teacher for a school (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16689/26]
    • School Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details regarding salaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16690/26]
    • National Council for Special Education
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the measures being taken to improve communication around the NCSE 1 October deadline; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to establish if transport escorts for adults with disabilities, attending services (details supplied) and employed under the umbrella of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she clarify the position of her Department on the provision of positive behaviour support within special education schools, autism classes and...
    • Disability Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children and young people who are blind or visually impaired and who are currently receiving orientation and mobility or...
    • School Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding currently allocated to post-primary school for the employment of substitute teachers; the basis on which this allocation is...
    • School Transport
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review into the upper age limit of 70 for drivers operating under the school transport scheme; when that review is expected to...
    • School Admissions
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the forecasting done by her Department in respect of capacity of primary and secondary schools for catchment areas touching...
    • Schools Building Projects
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 24 February 2026, in relation to the plan mentioned, if she will supply a timeline for carrying out...
    • Special Educational Needs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16879/26]
    • School Transport
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a school transport extension (details supplied). [16975/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new school site to accommodate schools (details supplied); when the new schools will be...
    • School Facilities
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the poor and dangerous condition of the car park surface at a school (details supplied); who is responsible for maintenance of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on SNA allocation for a school (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17013/26]
    • Education Policy
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grant supports available through her Department to students who wish to take part in the European Youth Parliament; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in Kilkenny and Carlow and in each county which have access to an SNA; the number of schools that do not have...
    • School Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the primary capitation grant with a view to introducing a fixed-cost component for small schools to reflect unavoidable...
    • Schools Building Projects
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her announcement of 105 priority school building projects in the first tranche of the NDP rollout, what this means for other projects;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the application by a school (details supplied) to open a second special class for children with autism, which will meet the...
    • School Transport
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to report No. 98 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on school transport, if she will provide the exact figures that the Bus...
    • School Curriculum
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when sample AAC reports will be provided to teachers for science subjects to illustrate the expectation that will be considered when grading...
    • Schools Building Projects
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in the list of school building projects as announced under the National Development Plan;...
    • School Staff
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the current basis on which guidance counsellors are allocated to secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy position of her Department regarding the establishment of new Irish medium primary and post-primary schools in Dublin city;...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Public Sector Pensions
      533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the proposed increases to An Post pensioner payments will be implemented. [17148/26]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      534. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps his Department is taking to support wider diversity and participation in sport from underrepresented groups; and...
    • Sports Events
      535. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has concerns regarding the planned Ireland v Israel Nations League fixtures; the engagement his...
    • Sports Facilities
      536. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department or Sport Ireland has received complaints or representations in the past three years about community...
    • Sports Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the national funding or grants that are available to a local football club (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      539. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress being made to address the extremely poor mobile phone reception across County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      541. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 12 February 2026, the timeline for the payment of the pension increase for An...
    • Departmental Schemes
      542. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has reviewed the funding uptake in both rounds of the LSSIF in light of Covid restrictions and subsequent...
    • Departmental Reports
      545. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over...
    • Sports Funding
      547. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe for the application portal to open for the sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the statutory or regulatory basis under which pension increases under the Eircom Superannuation Defined Benefit Scheme...
    • Sports Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that capital investment in sports facilities is reaching grassroots and community clubs in...
    • Sports Organisations
      557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight and compliance mechanisms that are in place to ensure that sporting bodies in receipt of public funding...
    • Arts Funding
      558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the specific measures being taken to ensure that funding for arts and cultural organisations, particularly in rural and...
    • Departmental Funding
      559. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight mechanisms that exist to ensure that public funding for major cultural and heritage projects is spent...
    • Arts Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when his Department intends to publish a detailed breakdown of the additional €600,000 allocated to an organisation...
    • Departmental Reviews
      561. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department intends to undertake an assessment of the need to expand a network (details supplied) to strengthen the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      562. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the options available to residents in an estate (details supplied) regarding broadband services; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Funding
      564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the required information to an organisation in respect of an allocation under a previous round of funding under...
    • Imeachtaí Comóraidh
      565. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport in ainneoin go bhfuil cinneadh déanta aige gan comóradh Stáit a eagrú i gcuimhne ar éalú an...
    • Sports Facilities
      568. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the local campaign in Booterstown, County Dublin calling for the provision of a public...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rental Sector
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the 20,000 population threshold area will be determined with regard to the new short-term letting...
    • Housing Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the local authorities now operating the choice-based letting system for the advertising of available social...
    • Housing Schemes
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on an affordable housing scheme in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/26]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15628/26]
    • Departmental Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on HAP and RAS tenancies in Dublin city in each year since 2011, in tabular form [16315/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the “Fresh Start Principle” to include individuals who have experienced credit...
    • Departmental Policies
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the sectoral adaptation plan for Built Environment and Planning (2025-2030) has not yet been published; when it...
    • Departmental Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all designated conservation areas across the State, by location and the local authority under whose remit...
    • Housing Schemes
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities under the housing adaptation grant approve and fund modular bathroom pods where they are deemed the most...
    • Vacant Properties
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process that was put in place to arrange for property registered to Cork County Council to be transferred to Cork City...
    • Departmental Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses occupied by bats in County Kerry that are designated as bat roosts; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to introduce a scheme that would allow local authorities to facilitate the exchange of a privately owned...
    • Tax Yield
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities that own land for house building are liable for the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE qualified entomologists employed by his Department as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16507/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering a new phase of supports for existing cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme...
    • Housing Schemes
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if individuals may avail of Government schemes such as the help-to-buy scheme, and first home scheme when...
    • Departmental Schemes
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his...
    • Departmental Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000,...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been any assessment in relation to purchasing the lands included within the SAAO at St. Edmundsbury/Woodville and...
    • Legislative Measures
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the legislative or Departmental guidelines regarding the restructuring of legacy shared ownership loans...
    • Septic Tanks
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering an update or review of the septic tank grant, given the amount of ground water in the State over the past...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if approved housing bodies must carry a sinking fund for repair of their housing stock; the solutions where such a fund may...
    • Departmental Projects
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up to date position on an infrastructural project in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Government the total number of properties acquired by local authorities under the local authority tenant-in-situ scheme,...
    • Public Sector Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 17 February 2026, his views on whether public sector job applicants that are...
    • Departmental Schemes
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will overhaul the built heritage investment scheme run by his Department, in view of the fact that this year, very few...
    • Housing Policy
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any supports available to homeowners who have become disabled after purchasing their home and are struggling with...
    • Hedge Cutting
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the present guidance for gardeners on hedge management; whether small-scale hedge trimming is prohibited between the 1 March...
    • Departmental Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of active HAP tenancies with a breakdown by local authority area and an average HP payment per month in each...
    • Defective Building Materials
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the defective concrete blocks grant scheme complies with the State’s current building regulations and...
    • Local Authorities
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government where a person who purchased a local authority affordable home but has since identified structural issues or quality issues...
    • Legislative Process
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 2024 to earmark certain cost rental units for...
    • Legislative Measures
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he is considering the introduction of emergency legislation to reform or overhaul the current planning system in light...
    • Agriculture Industry
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters Regulations in the context of...
    • Housing Schemes
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the income limit for the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme to assist tenants who are just over the current...
    • Housing Policy
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that a package of social housing reforms, including a social housing passport to allow households move from one...
    • Defective Building Materials
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he can assist older people who are eligible for the defective concrete block grant scheme but who are unable...
    • Departmental Data
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all tier 3 and tier 2 AHBs, stating each AHB’s total owned social and cost rental housing stock,...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Staff
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to ensure that cultural awareness and anti-racism training is made mandatory for all staff working in employment activation...
    • Departmental Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the threshold of WFP by 30%. [16174/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to reduce the number of years that a carer must care for in order to receive the carer’s pension;...
    • Departmental Data
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department can be flexible when considering an application (details supplied); and if he will consider amending the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance application (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16385/26]
    • Civil Registration Service
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the purpose of the proposed new registration (amendment) Bill described in the Spring Legislative Programme as developing...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will reconsider the decision of his Department to refuse an exemption to a person in receipt of invalidity pension...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his...
    • Departmental Data
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000,...
    • Pension Provisions
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in a pensions matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to examine the health and local employment benefits of broadening the hot school meal programme to community...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average duration of time recipients have remained on disability allowance; the number of recipients on the scheme for...
    • Public Services Card
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an up-to-date public services card can be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the ongoing ‘cost-of-disability payment’ consultation includes consideration of additional payments to...
    • State Pensions
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding payments to a category of persons who are currently in receipt of a State payment and will be...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application (details supplied) for carer’s leave benefit can be granted; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Protection
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who was granted international protection status but has been unable...
    • Departmental Funding
      650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the success of the pilot scheme titled 4empowerment; if he is aware of an application for a scheme that has...
    • Residency Permits
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an IRP renewal application will be processed and the IRP card issued (details supplied) given it is over ten-weeks since...
    • An Garda Síochána
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda command and control vehicles that came into fleet in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in...
    • Census of Population
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 27 January 2026, to confirm that according to the CSO, the number of people...
    • An Garda Síochána
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 4 February 2026 if the necessary information has been provided to him from Garda...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 4 February 2026 if the necessary information has been provided to him from Garda...
    • Work Permits
      659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to introduce a bridging right to work for international graduates (details supplied) on Stamp 1G who have submitted valid,...
    • Departmental Funding
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his...
    • Departmental Reports
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he or his Department was informed in advance by British authorities about the introduction of live facial recognition...
    • International Protection
      664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Britain will continue to be designated as a safe third country following the enactment of the International Protection Bill...
    • Deportation Orders
      665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is currently in negotiations or discussions with any campaign or group of asylum applicants who have received deportation...
    • Protected Disclosures
      666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has issued any policy guidance, circulars, statutory codes or administrative instructions concerning the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a company (details supplied) was paid more in asylum accommodation payments for the last quarter of 2025 than it was...
    • Citizenship Applications
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm when a citizenship application will be completed, in view that the application (details supplied) was first lodged...
    • Ukraine War
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can ensure officials finalise a contract and payment through the Ukrainian accommodation scheme (details supplied). [16882/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 24 February 2026, the number of instances where concerns regarding a renewal...
    • Prison Service
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm that his Department have carried out a full review of the possible future use of the Old Cork Prison which is now...
    • Courts Service
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost to the State of a murder prosecution and trial. [17002/26]
    • Visa Applications
      675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in an Irish Embassy in processing visas (details supplied); and if he...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the engagement of his officials before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (details supplied), if it is now his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Consultations
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department intends to consult with the further education sector prior to making any policy changes in relation to...
    • International Protection
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time of applications for international protection in the years 2020 to date in 2026, by quarter; and if...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda cars and vans allocated to Garda R and J districts of DMR in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department collaborates with the Department of Transport to identify horse welfare breaches occurring on public roads; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant application (details supplied) will be processed and awarded as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified entomologists employed by his Department as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16508/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 19 February 2026, if he will provide the information requested, for the past five years;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the lime subsidy scheme; if he will consider reintroducing this scheme for 2026; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Breeding
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that valais blacknose ovine semen is being imported from the UK that does meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis for compensation levels regarding bovine viral diarrhoea; when current compensation levels were set; when they were last...
    • Agriculture Industry
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the proposal of Minister of State Healy-Rea at his Department concerning changing the definition of a farmer to allow people to...
    • Animal Welfare
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address gaps in enforcement relating to urban horse control and animal welfare, following a recent incident in which a...
    • Forestry Sector
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual total amount of forestry premiums paid to individual farmers, private companies, Coillte, and any other entities for each...
    • Food Industry
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any egg shortages in supermarkets in Waterford or nationally. [17112/26]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of the ACRES will open for applications, specifically in relation to new entrants and farmers who were unable...
    • Fisheries Protection
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cá mhéad long nó bád eachtranach a stopadh nó a gabhadh de thairbhe iad a bheith ag iascaireacht go...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Health Services Staff
      713. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a behavioural therapist will be in place in CDNT9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16436/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      714. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address the issues raised (details supplied) and give a full and comprehensive plan to the family. [16976/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      715. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 846 of 24 February 2026, the specific legal basis of the assertion that parents bear a...
    • Health Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which the proposed respite centre in Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim is scheduled to commence construction and...
    • Family Resource Centres
      717. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of family resource centres currently funded nationally; the plans in place to expand the family resource centre programme...
    • Health Services Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she intends for pay transparency for salaries on job advertisements to be introduced; if she expects for this to be in place by...
    • Disability Issues
      719. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the campaign organised on behalf of people suffering from a condition called Fragile X Syndrome...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      723. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16254/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      724. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will make appropriate funding available for school-age childcare with additional needs, as currently there is funding...
    • Childcare Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 117 on 19 February 2026, if she will engage with the Minister for Finance regarding supports...
    • Health Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child (details supplied) referred to CDNT4 in 2022 and identified in March 2024 as requiring speech and language...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      727. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if urgent assistance can be provided to a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      729. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when St. Joseph’s Baby Home in Stamullen, County Meath and Temple Hill Hospital in Blackrock, County Dublin will be added to...
    • Child and Family Agency
      731. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an action (details supplied) contained in the 2025 HIQA Child Protection and Welfare Inspection Report for Tusla Dublin north...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      734. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of speech and language assessment for a child (details supplied). [16378/26]
    • Traveller Community
      735. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the continuation of the South Traveller Action Group; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Issues
      737. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of Ireland's progress and performance in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of people with...
    • Health Services Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists by grade posts filled at each CDNT within CHO3 as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16497/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      740. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department...
    • Departmental Data
      741. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line...
    • Health Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with intellectual difficulties awaiting residential services across the State, broken down by CHO region, in...
    • Maternity Leave
      744. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage and number of women that availed of their full entitlement of maternity leave in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and...
    • Parental Leave
      746. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans over the course of this Government to increase paid leave for new parents and the rate of payment they receive from her...
    • Disability Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the profound worry parents of children with intellectual and other disabilities face when they...
    • Departmental Data
      748. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of job placements and sustained employment outcomes achieved in each of the past three years by organisations funded...
    • Child and Family Agency
      749. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a Tusla application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16873/26]
    • Disability Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) on a waiting list for the disability network team for occupational therapy will receive an...
    • Departmental Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the ongoing case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16894/26]
    • Health Services
      753. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) in Cork will receive a device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16897/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      754. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether providers delivering the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme only, are liable for commercial rates; to...
    • Disability Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite hours currently available to adults in County Kilkenny; the type of respite provided; the number who availed...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      756. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list in County Carlow; the length of time they have been...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      757. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital funding supports currently available to early years providers and crèches seeking to expand their premises in order...
    • Health Services Staff
      758. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapist posts within the CDNT in Longford and Westmeath; the number of these posts that are currently...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      759. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16986/26]
    • Disability Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguarding measures that are currently in place for individuals living in residential disability services; and if she will...
    • Health Service Executive
      761. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in the instance where a PPP account is held by the HSE on behalf of an individual who is in long-term residential care, whether the...
    • Disability Services
      762. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide support in facilitating an independent review of the governance and communication structures within disability...
    • Childcare Services
      763. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has developed projections for average childcare costs per month over the coming years based on current policy...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      766. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered the views of ‘An Independent Review of the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme in...
    • Departmental Data
      767. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a plot (details supplied) has only been part excavated, will the Minister re-examine this; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      768. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the membership of the committee responsible for the adjudication of sites for the State-led provision of childcare and...
    • Departmental Data
      770. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior work practitioner posts that was filled at Kilbarrack children's disability network team as of 23 February...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Section 39 pay restoration for organisations funded by her Department; the reason workers in an organisation (details supplied) funded by her...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if a referral for an autism assessment could take place sooner than the current waiting time (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • HIV Incidence
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will leverage its upcoming Presidency of the EU to spotlight a collaborative effort across the EU to eradicate HIV as a public health threat by...
    • Departmental Policies
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the regulation of the advertising and promotion of infant and follow-on formula both in traditional media and online; the actions she...
    • Medical Cards
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if there is scope for discretionary medical cards to be granted more consistently in cases of chronic illness, or for broader reform of the medical card...
    • Healthcare Policy
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if the monthly threshold under the drug payment scheme limit will be reviewed again in the near future (details supplied); if not, if additional flexibility...
    • Primary Care Services
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the provision of basic minor-injury treatment services in primary care and out-of-hours services such as Caredoc, rather than directing...
    • Departmental Data
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who qualified in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the number of those graduates who subsequently entered employment within the Irish...
    • Primary Care Centres
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays for patients seeking GP appointments at a particular primary care centre, where waiting times of up to...
    • Health Services Staff
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if there is only one MS nurse for the whole of Connacht, if it is acknowledged that this is not enough; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16252/26]
    • Civil Registration Service
      784. To ask the Minister for Health whether there is currently a registrar in post in the Tralee Civil Registration Office; if not, the reason an interim or deputy registrar has not been...
    • Departmental Schemes
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is developing a vaccine injury scheme; if so, the details of this scheme; the way in which a person can apply; and if she will make a...
    • Air Corps
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of findings by public health expert (details supplied) two years ago which pointed to the need for a full occupational cohort study of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      788. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of families of people suffering from Friedrichs ataxia in relation to the difficulty in obtaining treatment in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for each of the six long-Covid clinics; the funding that has been allocated annually to long-Covid services and research since 2021;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans reduce the cost of the shingles vaccine for State pensioners and those who cannot afford the cost of the vaccine at the moment; and if she will...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      794. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update and timeline on the introduction of spinal muscular atrophy screening into Ireland’s newborn screening programme. [16335/26]
    • Departmental Data
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each perinatal mental health team; and the number of vacancies, by job title, currently in each perinatal...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community development workers based at Blanchardstown Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force as of 20 February 2026, in tabular form. [16345/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE chefs, by grade, employed by the HSE, working at St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park as of 20 February 2026, in tabular form. [16346/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      799. To ask the Minister for Health when the Temple Street Children's Hospital site will be fully decanted; and the plans in place for the site afterwards; and if the HSE can engage immediately...
    • Departmental Data
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist...
    • Health Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the adequacy of dementia and Alzheimer's care in south Dublin; and on the need for HSE-led day care services for people with dementia in south...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to people who cannot afford the cost of residential treatment for alcohol addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      807. To ask the Minister for Health following the findings of an audit (details supplied), the steps she is taking to ensure that all consultants practicing across the HSE, voluntary groups, and...
    • Health Services
      808. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently arrange the necessary services required by a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16361/26]
    • Medical Cards
      809. To ask the Minister for Health to review the removal of a medical card from a person (details supplied); and whether the card can be reinstated on the basis of the holder's disability. [16362/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to ensure that mental health services in north Tipperary are adequately resourced, in light of current deficits in psychiatry,...
    • Home Help Service
      811. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has been allocated 21 hours home help but is currently only in receipt of four hours per week will receive...
    • Medicinal Products
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to reimburse omaveloxolone, a drug used to treat Friedrichs ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16376/26]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trolleys currently in each accident and emergency department, by hospital; and the average length of time patients waited on a trolley in each...
    • Health Services Staff
      814. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Reference No. 371 of 11 February 2026, if a psychologist could be granted to Adult Mental Health Services in north Kerry...
    • Health Strategies
      815. To ask the Minister for Health whether there is a national HIV strategy or national HIV action plan, separate to the National Sexual Health Action Plan and the Healthy Ireland framework; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street as of 23 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Dental Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Kildare awaiting HSE public dental services, including special needs dentistry, as of 23 February 2026; to provide waiting times and...
    • Health Services Staff
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a SI in shoulder and elbow surgery at the Mater Hospital as of 23 February 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the additional staffing, vehicles and funding allocated to National Ambulance Services in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE community mental health nurse provision, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      832. To ask the Minister for Health if supports are available to provide free travel to companions who are accompanying or caring for a person or child traveling to medical appointments in the...
    • Ambulance Service
      833. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 20 November 2025, if she will provide an update on the project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if private hospitals are required to inform policyholders of private health insurance if their care is covered by their health insurance, before being admitted...
    • Mental Health Services
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints relating to mental health services that have been submitted through the Your Service, Your Say complaints system in each of the past...
    • Health Services Staff
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologist based at University Hospital Limerick as of 24 February 2026. [16489/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant ENT surgeon at Cork University Hospital; the average waiting time for same. [16491/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the location of all minor injury units in the HSE west and north-west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16511/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      840. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the appraisal of the development of a Galway injury unit; the potential locations being considered for the unit; the services the unit could...
    • Health Service Executive
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions received by the HSE following the publication of the tender documents for the Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Civil and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking 12 months for a person (details supplied) to receive their medical records from Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16521/26]
    • Medical Cards
      845. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the criteria for which the discretionary medical card can be granted; if she has considered expanding it; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      846. To ask the Minister for Health to outline a timeline for the delivery of the new maternity hospital for UHK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16525/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      847. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the orthopaedic surgical theatre complex in Sligo University Hospital is again closed due to faulty leaking pipe work, and all surgeries...
    • Health Services
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the Health Service Executive to define and measure “success” in respect of outcomes arising from elective surgical...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a ten-year-old child (details supplied) has now waited over five years for an appointment to see a psychologist after first being referred in...
    • Departmental Funding
      852. To ask the Minister for Health to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and 2026 which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      853. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model...
    • Departmental Reports
      854. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm, in respect of her Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting residential treatment for drug addiction and alcohol addiction across the State, broken down by CHO region, in tabular form [16601/26]
    • Health Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16610/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS WTE vacancies in CHO7; the length of time these roles have been vacant for; the number of patients waiting for an appointment in the area;...
    • Dental Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance can be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16636/26]
    • Disability Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for a child (details supplied) to receive CDNT appointments. [16641/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address and resolve the unfair and unprecedented change to established practice of granting contracts to persons who successfully complete training...
    • Disease Management
      863. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with Epilepsy Ireland regarding their call to expand the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; and if she will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      865. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department is reviewing the potential inclusion of Shingrix in the national immunisation programme for over 65s; if any timelines, assessments or...
    • Health Services
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to reach out to this family and make sure the situation...
    • Healthcare Policy
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider meeting with organisations (details supplied) to discuss the gaps in maternity care in Ireland, ahead of the publication of the new...
    • Hospital Procedures
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the current c-section rate in each maternity hospital in Ireland; if she is aware that the WHO advises a c-section rate of no more than 15%; and if she will...
    • Health Service Executive
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a chief midwifery officer at the executive level of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16654/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to direct-entry midwifery students being unable to work in primary care centres; if she will consider rectifying this barrier...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed mother and baby psychiatric unit; the location of the proposed site; the number of mother and baby units advised to be in...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      874. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed licensing system for retailers selling vaping products and cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16667/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the inclusion of plenadren, a life-saving medication for adrenal insufficiency, under the HSE hardship fund; if she will consider the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases for development and capital spend submitted by Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; the stage each one is at in the process of...
    • Home Help Service
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified care assistants that have been Garda vetted and are available to take up duties delivering home care hours in the community, which are...
    • Hospital Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the staffing levels and medical qualifications for each model 3 hospital; whether each hospital is expected to provide the same range of medical...
    • Vaccination Programme
      880. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken or commissioned any cost-effectiveness analysis comparing high-dose influenza vaccines with standard dose influenza...
    • Health Service Executive
      882. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department receives regular reports from the Health Service Executive on the number, duration of vacancy, and disposal status of residential...
    • Vacant Properties
      883. To ask the Minister for Health whether any target timelines exist, at Departmental or HSE level, for the disposal of residential properties deemed surplus to requirements; if not, whether...
    • Health Service Executive
      885. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department has conducted, since 2020, any review of the HSE Protocol for the Acquisition and Disposal of Property as published in 2022, with...
    • Hospital Facilities
      886. To ask the Minister for Health for an update and projected timeline on the integrated mother and baby unit and child and adolescent mental health services inpatient facility at Saint...
    • Eating Disorders
      887. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the eating disorder specialist hub at Mount Carmel Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16845/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified general practitioners who took up work in County Louth and East Meath in 2025 and to-date in 2026. [16852/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [16869/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      896. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient in Letterkenny University Hospital will be transferred to Beaumont Hospital for an urgent surgical procedure (details supplied); and if she will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      897. To ask the Minister for Health is she can outline the options for people living in Rush, Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and surrounding villages/areas who need access to a GP outside normal...
    • Mental Health Services
      901. To ask the Minister for Health to review a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) access to CAMHS. [16883/26]
    • Disability Services
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider turning a project (details supplied) into an adult service once the permanent home is up and running for children in Monaghan Town; if she...
    • Vaccination Programme
      903. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider providing the shingles vaccine for free for persons over 65 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16923/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service has asked a cohort of recently qualified paramedics to sign temporary contracts and apply for permanent jobs, rather...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for autism assessment/diagnosis in each county; the number waiting three months, six months, 12 months, two years, three years,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for occupational therapy in each county; the number waiting three months, six months, 12 months, two years, three years, four...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding improvement works at a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16942/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the review of the medicines reimbursement process, as committed to in the Programme for Government, will commence; whether terms of reference...
    • Disease Management
      919. To ask the Minister for Health if the Oversight Implementation Group for the National Rare Disease Strategy has been established, given that the strategy was published in August 2025; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      921. To ask the Minister for Health in light of Rare Disease Day taking place on 28 February, if she will commit to introducing an early access scheme in Ireland for people living with rare...
    • Disease Management
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if the Oversight Implementation Group for the National Rare Disease Strategy has been established, given that the Strategy was published in August 2025; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an urgent surgical appointment at Galway University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      924. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16959/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      925. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the decision of the National Ambulance Service to offer 12-week temporary contacts to new graduates; the reason permanent positions have not been...
    • Health Services
      926. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16968/26]
    • Care Services
      927. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter (details supplied) and ensure a day centre at Caherciveen Community Hospital remains fully operational; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      928. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration for funding was given to a health centre (details supplied) and the wider North-West Kildare area; the rationale for not providing funding for...
    • Disability Services
      929. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will meet its target of placement beds as outlined in the HSE Disability Action Plan (2024-2026); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      930. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16980/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline her Department’s current position on measures to support the availability of new and existing antimicrobials in Ireland; the way in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      935. To ask the Minister for Health in light of Rare Disease Day taking place on 28 February 2026, if she will commit to introducing an early access scheme in Ireland for people living with rare...
    • Disability Services
      936. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has not received speech and language therapy since 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      937. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chaplaincy cover has been reduced at University Hospital Galway to a twelve hour slot; if she will consider reintroducing full chaplaincy cover at...
    • Disease Management
      939. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a renewed declaration within our upcoming Presidency of the EU to combat the rise in HIV transmission in EU member States to ensure that there is...
    • Health Service Executive
      941. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a HSE-owned building (details supplied) and its use by a local organisation, which has sought it from HSE estates; and if she will make...
    • Health Services Staff
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in CH07 for the role of support coordinator who works together with the HSE and local authorities; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes
      944. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties facing small nursing homes and the widespread closures of nursing homes who are struggling to cope with rising costs; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the drug acarizax is not included in either the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme; if she will consider the inclusion of the drug;...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      946. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delays in advancing the assisted human reproduction legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17061/26]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the current methods of payment for the tobacco and nicotine inhaling products licence; if the introduction of any additional payment methods for retailers are...
    • Medicinal Products
      949. To ask the Minister for Health the approval process for bempedoic acid (nilemdo) under the drugs payment scheme; the reason for delays in processing individual applications for this...
    • Healthcare Policy
      950. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to women with hormone positive breast cancer being excluded from free menopause care due to being unable to use HRT; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to the sanctioning of two additional autism classes for a school (details supplied); when the next tranche of sanctioned classes will be...
    • Substance Misuse
      953. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns regarding the non-medicinal use of Nitrous Oxide (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17120/26]
    • Hospital Equipment
      954. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop additional endoscopy capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17126/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      956. To ask the Minister for Health if she is tendering for the enhanced flu vaccine for Winter 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17128/26]
    • Legislative Reviews
      958. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an evaluation being undertaken by the Alcohol Act Technical Evaluation Group (AATEG) in relation to the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol)...
    • Medicinal Products
      959. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis pain patches will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17156/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      960. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposal to construct a four theatre complex with attached minor theatres on the grounds of Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny, will be progressed given the...
    • Mental Health Services
      961. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive necessary psychology services (details supplied) [17158/26]
    • Road Safety
      962. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2415 of 13 January 2026, if she accepts road traffic deaths and serious injuries as a public health harm requiring...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      963. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of any information/notice or circular being issued by her Department to HSE-funded health and social care services (details supplied)...
    • Health Services
      964. To ask the Minister for Health when the temporary respite house at Fenagh, County Leitrim will be fully prepared and available for occupancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Health whether the new St. Patrick’s Hospital development in Carrick on Shannon will include diagnostic facilities such as X-ray and ultrasound services; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      966. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the use of the drug xolair for allergies; the status of applications to the HSE to fund the use of this drug in limited circumstances for...
    • Ambulance Service
      968. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of paramedics (details supplied); if she will ensure that permanent NAS positions will be offered to paramedics who...
    • Hospital Transfers
      969. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital will transfer to Beaumont Hospital; the reason for the two week delay; and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in a break from custom and practice, a cohort of approximately 80 newly-qualified paramedics in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) have been...
    • Official Engagements
      971. To ask the Minister for Health if she has visited St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin 5 since her appointment; and if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [17227/26]
    • Emergency Departments
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; and the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times. [17228/26]
    • Official Engagements
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if she has visited Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital since her appointment; and if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [17229/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the details of her Departments plans to implement the EU initiative of “Safe Hearts” to shape cardiovascular policy in Ireland in 2026; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      975. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for cardiovascular services in Budget 2026, in tabular form. [17236/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the details of her Departments plans on keeping up with predicted rising demographics in stroke rate; the way in which the €13 million allocated in 2022...
    • EU Presidency
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the issues in healthcare her Department plans to champion specifically within the upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [17239/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      979. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapist posts within primary care services in Longford and Westmeath; the number of these posts that are currently vacant; the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a scheme for Irish citizens that had no opportunity to study their desired course in Ireland and travelled abroad...
    • Parking Provision
      981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the difficulties relating to parking facing university students in Cork (details supplied); if his Department has engaged with...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and...
    • Departmental Data
      984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over...
    • Departmental Meetings
      985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times he met with student unions since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16616/26]
    • Further and Higher Education
      986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline what the fund for students with disabilities covers; the amount that is allocated to each category across all FETs; the amount that is...
    • Third Level Education
      987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken any actions in response to the repeated call in August 2025 by an organisation (details supplied) for a cap on the number of...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Reviews
      988. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will initiate a review of the salary for community services programme managers, due to their current low level of income;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      989. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Department's strategy to expand connected hubs and remote working infrastructure including the potential for new hubs in north...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      990. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department...
    • Departmental Websites
      991. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in...
    • Library Projects
      993. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up to date position of a new community library in County Kildare (details supplied), the projected cost of the library; and if...

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