Written answers
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Probate Applications
1. 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...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Presidency
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on Ireland’s preparations for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [17311/26]
- Military Neutrality
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, in light of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality and long standing leadership in nuclear disarmament, she has assessed the...
- Nuclear Proliferation
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will propose specific verification, transparency or confidence building measures at the forthcoming Review Conferences of the...
- Departmental Policies
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the Governments recognition of the State of Palestine, its position on issues (details supplied). [17440/26]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Waste Management
10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 24 February 2026, for a breakdown of the funding provided under the...
- Departmental Schemes
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the SEAI does not consider the bereaved partner’s (contributory) pension a qualifying welfare payment for...
- Departmental Projects
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full list of the 500 or so capital projects to be delivered as part of the €18.9bn investment in the grid; and...
- EU Directives
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the EU's Waste Framework Directive dealing with textile recycling come fully into effect in Ireland; and the actions...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total capital and current expenditure allocated to the Reserve Defence Forces in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and...
- Air Services
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost to the State of the procurement of the Dassault Falcon 6X aircraft, including the purchase price, all ancillary costs associated...
- Defence Forces
31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a full itemised list of all aircraft, naval vessels, armoured vehicles, weapons systems, surveillance equipment, communications...
- Naval Service
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the Naval Service fleet, specifying each vessel by name, class, age, current operational status, and whether it is...
- Air Corps
34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the Air Corps fleet, specifying each aircraft by type, age, current operational status, and primary assigned role; the...
- Departmental Contracts
35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total value of defence equipment procurement contracts awarded since February 2022 broken down by country of origin of the supplier; whether...
- Departmental Strategies
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the primary radar programme and subsea domain awareness programme referenced in the National Maritime Security Strategy...
- Defence Forces
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a full breakdown of the Defence Vote for the most recent available financial year, specifying the total amount spent by the Department...
- Departmental Expenditure
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total amount spent on the development, production, and publication of strategy documents, policy papers, public consultation processes, and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently review the criteria and cost of a five year driving licence where a person is aged between 65 and 71 years-of-age...
- Bus Services
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the continued issues with bus services in Dublin south-west, particularly the S8 and 15b (details supplied) and if he...
- Road Projects
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current cycling and pedestrian infrastructures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17346/26]
- Departmental Funding
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional finance to Meath County Council to re-surface the roads in exceptionally poor condition; and if he will make...
- Public Transport
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans to increase public transport availability and frequency between Athboy, County Meath and Delvin, County Westmeath, to...
- Rail Network
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Navan rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17362/26]
- Bus Éireann
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann regarding the ongoing capacity pressures on the Route 419...
- Road Traffic Offences
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 February 2026, to list the 81 intoxicants that the Medical Bureau for Road Safety test for;...
- Electric Vehicles
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the installation of EV charging points across Cavan and Monaghan; the locations of same; if there are any plans to...
- Bus Services
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a feasibility study on a proposed new express bus route from Oranmore to Galway city centre. [17399/26]
- Departmental Schemes
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has investigated the possibility of extending free travel to all children aged 18 years-of-age or under; and if he will make a...
- National Car Test
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans on reviewing the fee for the NCT test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17445/26]
- Disability Services
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make public transport more accessible for people with autism. [17667/26]
- Ports Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the updated national ports policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17707/26]
- Córas Iompair Éireann
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén uair a bhéas ceannteidil a bhille maidir le fórsa poilínteacht ar córais taisteal na tíre ullamh; cad...
- Road Safety
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any road safety initiatives or campaigns targeted specifically at people that drive for work; if he is concerned...
- Road Safety Authority
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the basis for his decision to not split up the RSA into two distinct agencies as set out in an independent review...
- Seirbhísí Iompair
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cad é an am chlár a bhainneann le dúnadh Bóthar an Choill Mhóir agus Bóthar Le Fanu i mBaile Átha...
- Driver Test
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in a driving test centre (details supplied); the average wait time for a test at...
- Departmental Staff
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of safety recommendation no. 28 of the Air Accident Investigation Unit's final report into the crash of Rescue 116 (Sikorsky...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the sharp rise in home-insurance premiums, with many households seeing increases from €300 to €550 in a single year; the...
- Tax Data
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the likely cost to the Exchequer of reducing capital gains tax by each 1% of a reduction. [17315/26]
- EU Directives
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland intends, and is on course, to complete the transposition of EU Directive 2024/927 in advance of the transposition deadline of 16 April 2026; and if...
- Revenue Commissioners
79. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that the Revenue Commissioners continue to seize nitrous oxide canisters where it has reasonable grounds to believe its importation is not for...
- Tax Reliefs
80. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the Government has considered introducing a sunset provision for the Special Assignee Relief Programme with a view to transitioning to a broader...
- Tax Code
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans or consideration being given to the treatment of favourite niece /nephew for inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected by the State specifically from deemed disposal taxation on EU-domiciled Exchange Traded Funds and other collective investment...
- Tax Code
86. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he is aware of any other EU member state or comparable OECD jurisdiction that operates a deemed disposal or equivalent forced realisation taxation...
- Tax Data
93. To ask the Minister for Finance whether Revenue or his Department has conducted any assessment of the volume of retail investment that has been diverted away from EU-domiciled Exchange Traded...
- Tax Credits
104. To ask the Minister for Finance whether tenants of Government Ministers can receive the rental tax credit. [17857/26]
- National Treasury Management Agency
105. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide each investment by the ISIF in any company or fund that provides residential accommodation the level of the investment and when the initial first...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- EU Funding
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the move to reclassify the Border region (details supplied) which will see a reduction in EU funding for major...
- Flood Relief Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a study (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17384/26]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the SBCI scheme will open for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17256/26]
- Legislative Measures
109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Contractual Retirement Ages Act 2025 will become fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17320/26]
- Employment Rights
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures the Government intends to introduce in the coming year to strengthen or amend the statutory right to request remote...
- Departmental Reviews
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of the critical skills occupation list will be concluded; when the results of such a review will be disclosed; and if...
- Work Permits
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and other Ministries discussed or planned to reform the area of work visas and employment permits in an effort...
- Immigration Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has raised concerns that the new policy on family reunification will have a knock on impact on the recruitment...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Facilities
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding the repeated applications for emergency works submitted by Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training...
- School Transport
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is envisaged a route will operate in this school year at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Administration
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the revised Code of Behaviour Guidelines for all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17254/26]
- Pension Provisions
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to provide a State pension (contributory) to survivors of institutional abuse in recognition of their unpaid labour;...
- School Facilities
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently arrange for officials from the buildings unit of her Department to visit a primary school in County Clare (details...
- Special Educational Needs
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes added to the Dublin 9 and 11 area since 2023 to date; and to list the classes and schools, in tabular form. [17310/26]
- School Enrolments
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm that the Taoiseach’s recent acknowledgement that, based on the data available, it will be challenging for Government to...
- School Facilities
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an additional school accommodation application to build...
- Special Educational Needs
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the Education Plan 2025 and commitments relating to cost-of-living supports and inclusive education, the measures currently in...
- Bus Services
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review into bus driver retirement ages (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17370/26]
- School Facilities
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special class places currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17371/26]
- Schools Building Projects
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a major building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17410/26]
- Departmental Inquiries
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding concerns raised by a principal of a school raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of an SNA review sought by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision on request for additional SNA support; and if...
- School Facilities
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding provision of modular building for a school (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17415/26]
- School Admissions
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to increase the provision of multi-denominational school places in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Facilities
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Admissions
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of letters of eligibility to date that have been issued by the NCSE to children in Wicklow, by age, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Departmental Inquiries
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17420/26]
- School Facilities
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Admissions
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the nationwide roll out of the new single application system for school placements, including applications for places in...
- Home Help Service
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a parent accesses home help tuition for a person with disabilities who is not currently attending school. [17439/26]
- State Examinations
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the decision, following Budget 2026, to reintroduce State examination fees for Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle students in 2026,...
- School Facilities
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the additional school accommodation application submitted by a school (details supplied); when the Department expects to complete...
- School Accommodation
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the additional school accommodation application submitted by a school (details supplied) when the Department expects to complete...
- Schools Building Projects
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a school (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to engage with the school to resolve the issue....
- Departmental Data
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of boys and girls from the Killester Raheny Clontarf school planning area who leave the area for secondary schooling each year from...
- Schools Building Projects
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected timeline for building works at a school (details supplied). [17666/26]
- Special Educational Needs
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sanctions for an ASD class in any school in Tramore; and if any school in Tramore has been discussed as a potential for an ASD...
- Schools Building Projects
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new build on a school (details supplied) has not progressed; the time frame for this build; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all primary schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17693/26]
- Irish Language
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the fully Irish-medium secondary schools, if each of these colleges is at peak in numbers; and how many pupils are currently in each....
- Educational Disadvantage
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are available to newly established schools located in areas with socio-economic deficiencies and who have not been able to qualify...
- Irish Language
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what her approach is to ensure that all school resources, textbooks, instructions for teachers, equipment and computer programmes and so on, are...
- School Management
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider correspondence (details supplied); and to provide guidance to a parent regarding the query outlined. [17798/26]
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Culture Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will make a policy statement recognising the economic, societal and culture value of the pub to Ireland. [17317/26]
- Pension Provisions
163. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when he will approve the agreed increases to retired staff of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/26]
- Cúrsaí Oidhreachta
166. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport cathain agus cá háit a bhéas an comóradh Stáit in Éirinn agus go h-idirnáisiúnta ar...
- Ceisteanna Craolacháin
167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport cén dul chun cinn agus cén maoiniú atá curtha ar leataobh i mbliana chun stáisiún raidió...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Cúrsaí Tithíochta
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cathain a bheidh reachtaíocht ann a chuideoidh i gceart le comhairlí áitiúla deileáil lena...
- Planning Issues
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to amend planning exemptions for modular homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17243/26]
- Heritage Schemes
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to announce the Historic Structures Fund; and if he will consider the applications made by Clare Tourism...
- Regeneration Projects
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of community and voluntary organisations currently in receipt of core funding under the REGEN programme; to provide...
- Wastewater Treatment
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review a case (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the working group; the stage at which their works are at;...
- Vacant Properties
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider the introduction of a stage payment plan option for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and to assist...
- Housing Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the progress of the Ravenhouse development in Finglas, Dublin 11, as developed by Dublin City Council...
- Housing Policy
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process put in place to arrange for property registered to Cork County Council to be transferred to Cork City Council...
- Legislative Measures
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Part 4 of the planning and development act 2024 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17708/26]
- Housing Schemes
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation per local authority for the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability for each year from 2015-2025...
- Departmental Data
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation per local authority for the Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock for each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026,...
- Housing Schemes
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail underspend or funds returned to his Department by each local authority under Housing Adaptation Grant for People...
- Cásanna Dlí Ranna
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén uair a bhéas an reachtaíocht foilsithe a dhéanas deileáil leis an lacuna maidir ballóid i...
- Cúrsaí Tithíochta
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government tithíocht cathain a ghlacadh an LDA seilbh ar na tailte faoi stiúir an Mol Digiteach i mBaile Átha Cliath 8...
- Fire Service
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the mandatory retirement age currently applied to members of the retained fire service, including the requirement...
- Departmental Data
188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time it takes to process first registrations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Traveller Community
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to establish a funding scheme for Traveller liaison workers networks to be established in order to promote the employment of...
- Pension Provisions
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the absence of dedicated pension provision for long-term foster carers who may have reduced capacity to...
- Social Welfare Schemes
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer’s allowance is an income or an allowance; if clarified as an income, the reason it is not subject to minimum...
- Departmental Meetings
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on the engagement of his Department with the project (details supplied) aimed at strengthening the role of...
- Universal Basic Income
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has conducted any assessment on the viability of introducing a universal basic income model including the...
- Weather Events
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Clongriffin apartment residents in Dublin 13 who applied for the emergency response payment scheme for storm...
- Social Welfare Benefits
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Issues
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the cost of disability payment will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to enable payment of child benefit to be split between parents, in view of the fact...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Family Reunification
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the evidence base, if any, his Department has on the impact of tightening family reunification rules on retention and...
- Citizenship Applications
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the exceptional and compelling circumstances that a letter issued by his Department (details supplied) requires...
- Mental Health Services
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recommendation of the High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction; and when the 2024 progress report...
- International Protection
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure incurred by the State over the past five years in transporting newly arrived international protection...
- Air Services
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the passenger manifests for an aircraft for all of the times it landed in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for young people who were born in Ireland, brought up in State care but not considered citizens due to...
- Domestic Violence
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse incidents reported in County Wexford in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fisheries Protection
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to alleviate concerns over the use of tangle nets in Irish waters; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for a grant under the women's farmers capital investment scheme in TAMS 3; the number of grants...
- Food Industry
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle paid for by meat processors under the factories insurance policy; the total value; the total insurance revenue...
- Animal Diseases
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the measures to tackle bovine TB; the contact which has been made by his Department with relevant agencies in the...
- Control of Dogs
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dog control stakeholder group will publish its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/26]
- Departmental Equipment
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has installed and implemented an IT system (details supplied) in his Department; and whether the system is used to...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disability Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is a centralised referral system for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17456/26]
- Mother and Baby Homes
223. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Government will release the records relating to mother and baby institutions instead of keeping them restricted for up to 30...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
226. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support an increase in the ECCE rates for childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17442/26]
- Disabilities Assessments
227. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Westmeath awaiting an assessment of need. [17452/26]
- Child Safety
228. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department maintains a consolidated Department-level governance and risk oversight framework in respect of privately...
- Departmental Correspondence
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views in relation to a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17665/26]
- Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for children’s disability network team services in County Wexford, at the latest available...
- Disabilities Assessments
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Wexford waiting for an assessment of need at the latest available point in 2024 and 2025; the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
232. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality which early education centres are receiving funding in the State; and the total number of children attending at that level; and how...
- Disabilities Assessments
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there is a reimbursement scheme for children who receive an autism assessment privately due to lengthy waits in the public...
- Home Help Service
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality where a parent can seek home help support for a person with disabilities under 18 years-of-age. [17872/26]
- Disability Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality where a parent can seek respite support for a person over 18 years-of-age and whether this differs for a person under 18 years-of...
- Department of Health
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health when the ten-bed specialised community mental health unit will be delivered for County Wexford; if this unit will provide service to adults and minors; if this...
- Disability Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a respite centre, has been closed to families receiving respite care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17257/26]
- Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of opticians currently providing services in the HSE in Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17259/26]
- Vaccination Programme
240. To ask the Minister for Health if she will include the shingrix (shingles) vaccine in the HSE’s covered vaccine schedule, particularly for immunocompromised patients; and if she will...
- Health Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand the delivery of hearing and eye care services in community settings; her plans to increase the role of primary and community...
- Healthcare Policy
243. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to establish the joint working group proposed at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, comprising CORU, organisations (details supplied),...
- Health Services Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Portlaoise Regional Hospital as of 26 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
245. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget for Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17267/26]
- Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists attached to Laois mental health services as of 26 February 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
248. To ask the Minister for Health if she will include acarizax on the reimbursement list of medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17270/26]
- Health Services Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients/residents in a location and the number of staff associated with the long stay patient unit at Abbeyleix Community Nursing Home,...
- Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1147 of 10 February 2026, which advised that “there are currently no plans to establish a SATU in...
- Medicinal Products
257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all melatonin products require a prescription in Ireland; if she will consider allowing availability without prescription for products with a lower...
- Health Services
258. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the adult and child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, eating disorder services currently available in north Tipperary; the supports...
- Departmental Data
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults listed for eating disorder services in north Tipperary; the number of children listed for eating disorder services in north Tipperary; and...
- Departmental Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1919 of 13 January, if she can provide the information sought regarding a funding gap in 2025 and 2026 for an...
- Prison Service
262. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the Government's plans to establish "approved centres" within the prison system; and the rationale for such a policy. [17343/26]
- Mental Health Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of mental health inpatient beds in each regional health area, RHA; the additional beds that have been promised to meet shortfalls; the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be given a date for an urgent orthopaedic operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; the reason a...
- Dental Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that routine appointments for dental care (details supplied) are not taking place due to staffing issues; the efforts her Department is making...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
268. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for sending patient files to the NTPF from Letterkenny University Hospital, including timeframes for each category for the years, 2024, 2025 and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
269. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for all surgeries in Letterkenny University Hospital per category in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Procedures
270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of, and reasons for, inpatient surgeries cancelled at Letterkenny University Hospital, per category, during the years 2024 to 2025 and to date in...
- Ambulance Service
271. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an ambulance can be provided to transport a vulnerable patient to hospital appointments; if she believes that these circumstances...
- Hospital Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the extension of hours (details supplied) at a hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17392/26]
- Health Service Executive
276. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plan to re-open to new tenders; if a supplementary panel is planned for service providers seeking access to HSE autism and ADHD procurement; and if...
- Ambulance Service
277. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the recent decision not to provide an automatic transition to permanent contracts for newly qualified paramedics will not...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
282. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapy appointment for a child (details supplied) whose mother has been waiting an extensive period of time for...
- Primary Care Centres
283. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the opening of Ballybay primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17426/26]
- Health Services Staff
284. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list to see an orthopaedic surgeon in Ireland, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17427/26]
- Health Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
290. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a valid long-term illness card, has been informed by their pharmacy that they have deemed to be...
- Healthcare Policy
291. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the Adam's Protocols petition that someone presenting as suicidal should not have to go through accident &emergency (details supplied)...
- Medicinal Products
292. To ask the Minister for Health the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the “time-critical” nature of FA during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys....
- Ambulance Service
294. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for recent changes this month for newly qualified paramedics now having to apply for permanent positions in the HSE National Ambulance Service, when...
- Home Help Service
295. To ask the Minister for Health to outline plans to review the home support allowance grant rate (details supplied); if she has plans to review it; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical staff in Wexford General Hospital trained in eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17679/26]
- Hospital Facilities
300. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement and completion of a new ten-bed specialist community mental health unit for Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, the grade employed, in general medicine at Wexford General Hospital; the number of staff vacancies currently within the department; and if...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists in County Wexford; and the length of wait, quarterly from 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Home Help Service
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons awaiting a home help package in County Wexford, by area, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Ambulance Service
306. To ask the Minister for Health whether a decision has been taken to discontinue the long-standing practice whereby newly qualified paramedics employed by the National Ambulance Service on...
- Disabilities Assessments
316. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for a child to undergo and then complete an assessment for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17732/26]
- Ambulance Service
318. To ask the Minister for Health the changes which have been made to the long-established process of automatic progression for paramedic graduates into full time employment with the National...
- Health Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE National Guidelines for Accessible Health and Social Care Services were last reviewed; the timetable for the planned review; and...
- Health Services Staff
320. To ask the Minister for Health whether the updated guidelines will include mandatory minimum standards for communication with people who are blind or have low vision; if so, to provide the...
- Health Service Executive
325. To ask the Minister for Health the current number and geographic distribution of HSE access officers across acute and community services; the criteria used to determine their placement; and...
- Health Services Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Health what the standard operating procedure is for frontline staff to escalate complex accessibility queries to an access officer; the expected response times; and...
- Health Service Executive
328. To ask the Minister for Health what formats of patient information (for example large print, audio, braille, electronic text) are routinely available across HSE services; the percentage of...
- Health Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it typically takes for a patient to receive information in an accessible format after requesting it; to provide average and maximum response...
- Health Service Executive
331. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE verifies compliance with universal design principles and building regulations for new builds and major refurbishments; to provide the...
- Hospital Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all hospitals and counties where Specialist Crisis Assessment Nurse (SCAN) services are currently in place; and to identify any hospitals,...
- Health Services Staff
340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 33 funded Specialist Crisis Assessment Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist posts are currently filled and operational; the number which remain...
- Mental Health Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to emergency departments in mental health crisis and received assessment, intervention, or support from specialist mental...
- Emergency Departments
345. To ask the Minister for Health whether each emergency department has a designated separate waiting area or appropriate safe assessment space for patients presenting in mental health crisis;...
- Hospital Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number Model 4 hospitals that currently have specialist crisis nursing teams in place out-of-hours; and to provide a timeline for full implementation...
- Departmental Correspondence
348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1079 of 27 January 2026, if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will answer the question referred...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to commit to further supporting the creation of access to apprenticeship programmes specifically targeting members of the Traveller community....
- Further and Higher Education
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing and reporting of exam results in a third level university (details supplied); if he will...
- Technological Universities
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that students at TU Dublin have not yet received their results this semester, when they are typically released by the second week...
- Further and Higher Education
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding supports for postgraduate study and specifically for a course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tidy Towns
356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to address concerns regarding the Tidy Towns competition and the apparent structural bias affecting rural communities and smaller...
- Rural Schemes
357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of rural regeneration and development fund schemes that have made it to completion, by county, since 2020. [17844/26]
