Written answers

Thursday, 5 March 2026

  • Department of Health
    • Residential Institutions
      8. To ask the Minister for Health the reason her Department has refused to grant the health card requested by survivors of institutional abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      16. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons nationally, broken down per HSE region, who are awaiting home support hours; the average waiting time involved; the efforts the HSE are...
    • Eating Disorders
      17. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the latest data from the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17519/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      18. To ask the Minister for Health whether she accepts that emergency ambulance responses to clinical status 1 purple and red calls exceeding 60 minutes represent a patient safety failure; when...
    • Community Care
      19. To ask the Minister for Health the current national and regional capacity for community based diagnostic services, including MRI, CT and X ray, within hospital groups serving north Dublin;...
    • Mental Health Services
      20. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide funding for an emergency mental health unit for Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17289/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      22. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered introducing an early access scheme for people living with rare diseases to access EMA-approved orphan medicines; if such an...
    • Nursing Homes
      23. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed health capital developments for older people services in Kilkenny in 2026; if she is confident that all timeframes and deadlines...
    • Community Care
      24. To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the utilisation of the €750,000 allocated to external providers to address paediatric long waiters on the community audiology...
    • Ambulance Service
      25. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to increase the provision of ambulance services in the east Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      26. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to larger disposable nicotine vaping devices, which can deliver up to 25,000 puffs of nicotine vapor that...
    • Hospital Facilities
      27. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report the delay in delivery of new maternity hospital for UHK which would offer safe access to theatre from delivery suite; the reasons for this...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      28. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of her meeting with Galway University Hospital regarding the chronic issue of overcrowding in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      29. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is aware that no tender is issued for the Southdoc SLA, and that this is renewed without competition annually; and whether she will consider a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      30. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed elective hospital for Cork; the progress toward the project intended in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      31. To ask the Minister for Health when she will bring forward comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17632/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      32. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the date of the site acquisition for Option B at UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17546/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      33. 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 years...
    • Primary Care Centres
      34. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the plans her Department has to upgrade existing primary care centres or provide new primary care centres in County Clare; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      35. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an appraisal of the work that has been carried out on a review of the drugs reimbursement scheme and the creation of an early access scheme...
    • Primary Care Services
      36. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand primary care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17523/26]
    • Seirbhísí Sláinte
      37. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil sé fós i gceist aici leanúint den chinneadh Ospidéal an Choim a athlonnú chuig suíomh Ospidéal San Séam in...
    • Mental Health Services
      38. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that every public hospital across the country has the appropriate number of staff and spaces in emergency departments to assess mental...
    • Hospital Facilities
      39. To ask the Minister for Health if she will set out a clear and unambiguous statement on the medium-term location for the Rotunda Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      40. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department and the HSE have to increase the number of GPs in Laois and across the State; the progress made to have a cohort of directly employed...
    • Medical Cards
      42. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the discretionary card; if it will be expanded to include criteria other than the means test; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      43. To ask the Minister for Health the transition pathways from CAMHS to AMHS, particularly for children with eating disorders where continuity of care is critical; and if she will make a...
    • Eating Disorders
      44. To ask the Minister for Health which of the new eating disorder teams will cover the children of Westmeath. [16781/26]
    • Period Poverty
      45. To ask the Minister for Health if she will take steps to rectify the current situation in which sanitary products are not available in every hospital and ward in the country when they are...
    • Ambulance Service
      46. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to address the fact that ambulances are regularly queued outside hospitals waiting to hand over patients to ED staff, and that national...
    • Mental Health Services
      47. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for six priority acute mental health units in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17521/26]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      48. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for full implementation of the digital and data-driven reforms outlined in the Waiting Time Action Plan 2026, including virtual engagement,...
    • Hospital Investigations
      49. To ask the Minister for Health if she agrees that affected families should lead in drafting the terms of reference for the statutory inquiry into spinal care at Children’s Health...
    • Primary Care Centres
      50. To ask the Minister for Health when the primary care health centre in Dundalk is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17608/26]
    • Women's Health
      51. To ask the Minister for Health the measures currently in place across health services to support women who have experienced traumatic childbirth and who are presenting with post-natal mental...
    • Eating Disorders
      52. To ask the Minister for Health the way young people with eating disorders and their families are included in the planning and evaluation of CAMHS–AMHS transition pathways; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes
      53. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the issues and ensure that the day centre at Caherciveen Community Hospital remains fully operational; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Care
      54. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to newborns and infants from public health nurses in the Dublin mid-west area; the steps being taken to increase public health nurses in...
    • Dental Services
      55. To ask the Minister for Health whether specific waiting list reduction targets have been set for orthodontic assessment and treatment in south Tipperary for 2026 and 2027; the numerical...
    • Hospital Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the Letterkenny University Hospital, model 3 hospital, clinical care plan is published at the earliest opportunity, and the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      57. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed health capital developments in primary care and mental health services Kilkenny in 2026; if she is confident that all timeframes...
    • Nursing Homes
      58. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the number of closed or unavailable beds in State-operated community nursing homes; the additional bed capacity planned over the next 10,...
    • Hospital Staff
      59. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the HSE workforce employed in acute services in 2026; the proportion at the end of 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17522/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      60. To ask the Minister for Health when she intends to commence a review of the reimbursement process, as committed to in the Programme for Government; whether such a review will specifically...
    • Healthcare Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to enhance care for people, particularly immunotherapy for children, with allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17631/26]
    • Medical Research and Training
      62. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure better training and awareness of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) among medical professionals, including GPs; and if she...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      63. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the implementation of options B and C from the HIQA review of acute HSE services in the midwest. [8231/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      64. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of all medical equipment and personal protective equipment currently held in storage that is considered obsolete or past its expiry date; to...
    • Ministerial Communications
      65. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times she has met with the Master of the Rotunda Hospital in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17640/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which she intends to put in place an accelerated process to deliver the critical care wing of the Rotunda Hospital in light of the recent rejection...
    • Healthcare Policy
      67. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider designating long-Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17792/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      68. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the potential of a surgical hub being established at Louth County Hospital to support the north-east and the growing population; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      69. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene regarding the change to a long-established practice of offering permanent National Ambulance Service contracts to paramedics who...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      70. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects currently approved for health facilities in County Offaly; the funding allocated in 2026; the projected completion dates for these...
    • Hospital Facilities
      73. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the surgical hub at Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16784/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      74. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals for new primary healthcare centres in the Dublin mid-west area; the proposed locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      75. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to weight loss medications given the health and societal costs of obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17500/26]
    • Mortality Rates
      76. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce preventable baby deaths, following a recent Oireachtas Committee on Health meeting in which this issue was highlighted...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      77. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on each primary care capital project in County Galway, at each stage of development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17083/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      79. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date with the development of the community nursing unit, Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; when it is expected to be...
    • Dental Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the number of patients waiting on orthodontic assessment and treatment at the Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      81. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address staffing shortages in child and adolescent mental health services and eliminate lengthy waiting lists in the provision of vital care; and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      82. To ask the Minister for Health given the growing population in County Wicklow, the plans being made to increase GP services across the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to bring forward a new cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17300/26]
    • Online Safety
      84. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support banning social media companies from targeting toxic recommender algorithms at children as a key part of implementing Operational...
    • Hospital Facilities
      85. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if the ten beds in Abbeyleix Hospital that are currently used for respite will be retained for this purpose; the plans to increase that number; and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      86. To ask the Minister for Health following the latest funding announcement in the HSE Capital Plan 2026, when the next stage of long-term works at Beaumont Hospital is expected to progress; if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      87. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that Sligo University Hospital orthopaedic theatre is not-fit-for purpose, and the hospital needs a new surgical theatre as soon as possible;...
    • Cancer Services
      88. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview of the progress made under the current Cancer Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17325/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      89. To ask the Minister for Health to provide urgent funding to address the issues within the orthopaedic theatre at Sligo University Hospital; the current status of any planned interventions;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      91. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with the HSE to discuss broadening the criteria to provide access to continuous glucose monitoring sensors to more diabetics; and if she will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      92. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. [17673/26]
    • Health Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures funded through the cross-Border directive scheme in 2025, by the countries in which the procedures were carried out, the categorisation...
    • Healthcare Policy
      96. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sexual Health Strategy recommendation to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based and fit-for-purpose model of care for sexual health; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Health when the 11-beds in Linn Dara, which have been closed since 2022, will be reopened. [16782/26]
    • Primary Care Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of provision of primary care and dentistry services in Waterford; and if she believes this level of provision is adequate. [17638/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a medication (details supplied) being available on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17677/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Health if she can provide an update on the strategic review of general practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17323/26]
    • Health Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to enhance care for people with early onset Parkinson’s disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17630/26]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      107. To ask the Minister for Health the total monies extended by the HSE in the purchasing of residential care treatment episodes for people with drug, gambling and alcohol related addiction in...
    • Ambulance Service
      108. To ask the Minister for Health when the rapid response vehicle in Roscommon will be reinstated on a 24/7 basis as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15790/26]
    • Eating Disorders
      111. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of community-based specialist eating disorder teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17518/26]
    • Disability Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that are under way within her Department to increase the capacity of the Children Disability Network Teams; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      114. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve the ambulance service; if she has examined implementing physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services in this State; and if she...
    • Home Help Service
      117. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the lengthy waiting lists for home help in County Donegal; if new staff who are waiting on recruitment panels will be allowed to...
    • Ambulance Service
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, in the context of significant pressures on the National Ambulance Service, newly qualified paramedics have been informed that they must reapply to...
    • Medicinal Products
      119. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to review current regulations regarding the prescription of melatonin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17499/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      121. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed elective hospital at Merlin Park in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17084/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      122. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17849/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      124. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [16727/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reconfiguration and refurbishment of Gurteen health centre in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17610/26]
    • Cancer Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Health to expand cancer screening services in Ireland by introducing multigene next generation sequencing to allow for earlier diagnosis and better treatment outcomes...
    • Disability Services
      128. 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....
    • Primary Care Centres
      129. To ask the Minister for Health following the latest funding announcement in the HSE Capital Plan 2026, when the next stage of the Finglas primary care centre is expected to progress; if the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      130. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on her considerations of the 30 September 2025 HIQA report on Emergency Healthcare in the Midwest; when a financial commitment in support...
    • Healthcare Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the concerns held by her Department over the use of oestradiol in food production; the risks it poses to public health; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      132. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil aon phleananna aici árasáin a thógáil ar shuíomhanna atá ag FSS nó ag ospidéil i mBaile Átha Cliath 8,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      133. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed report on the €7 million loss incurred by the HSE in dealings with a medical devices company for respiratory sensors between 2021...
    • Hospital Equipment
      134. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of linear accelerators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17301/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department increase the number of child psychologists in primary care in order to ensure adequate service provision; and if she...
    • Health Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on progressing a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17678/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved whole-time equivalent posts in south Tipperary and the south-east community healthcare area for professions (details supplied); the...
    • Mental Health Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to invest in adult community mental health services in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16264/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      139. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to end reliance on unregistered consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17633/26]
    • Gender Equality
      140. To ask the Minister for Health to report on her efforts to improve medical training to counter gender bias in the medical profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17501/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      141. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre in Nenagh will be opened by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17699/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      142. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding for north Tipperary under the recently announced HSE capital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17700/26]
    • Health Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17850/26]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed integrated homeless health hub for Cork city; the progress toward the project intended in 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on the processes that are under way to identify a potential site for the delivery of the so-called ‘Plan B’ (new...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure the provision of housing for people with disabilities, to ensure that Ireland complies with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been brought to the significant problems with the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; if...
    • Housing Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his progress toward delivering affordable housing in east Galway; the measures currently being advanced; and...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      167. 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. [17644/26]
    • Housing Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a solution for people who are still linked in name only to a mortgage, despite being separated and living...
    • Departmental Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the first call under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund. [17291/26]
    • Housing Provision
      171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason workers on social housing waiting lists are removed from the waiting list by local authorities when one year of...
    • Housing Schemes
      172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 October 2025, if he will provide an update on discussions his Department has had...
    • Housing Provision
      173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Social Housing Construction Status Report for Q4 of 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of the Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security: A National Security...
    • Housing Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided for Final County Council for the tenant-in-situ purchase scheme for 2026; the estimated number...
    • Planning Issues
      180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will account for the 8,933 homes across 56 sites in Fingal that remained inactive in 2025 despite having full planning...
    • Departmental Funding
      181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding allocated for affordable housing since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17494/26]
    • Rental Sector
      182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review will be carried out in six months’ time to measure the impact of the new rent rules, in order to have...
    • Departmental Funding
      183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding levels to local authorities, by county, for the disability adaptation to housing stock scheme for council houses...
    • Departmental Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action being taken to support biodiversity protection in the Cooley mountains; the supports for landowners to eliminate...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in the past three months on wind farm guidelines; the stage the process is at; when the new...
    • National Planning Framework
      187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish a National Planning Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17487/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans any changes to cost rental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/26]
    • Planning Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update the rural housing guidelines to remove some of the unnecessary barriers to building in rural Ireland; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will allocate funding to councils to improve the state of repair of social homes. [17822/26]
    • Housing Policy
      194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17575/26]
    • Housing Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s review of the National Social Housing PPP Programme, specifically bundles...
    • Land Development Agency
      196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the work of the LDA to develop State-owned lands and strategically assemble land from both public and private...
    • Housing Policy
      197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Social Housing Support Household Means Policy 2021 is being revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Heritage Sites
      200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that will be taken to promote and bring to a wider audience the massively significant Baltinglass hillfort...
    • Housing Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently amend the National Planning Framework and the Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines as county development plans are...
    • Land Development Agency
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected housing output of the LDA for the remainder of 2026 and 2027, by property types, social units, cost rental units...
    • Housing Schemes
      203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for funding received under call 1 of the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund; the number of...
    • Housing Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new measures he will bring forward to tackle rising and homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16460/26]
    • Housing Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in Poolbeg West SDZ. [17588/26]
    • Rental Sector
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 will have on renters in Kerry; his views on whether...
    • Land Issues
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registration applications submitted to Tailte Éireann for 2024 and 2025 that are still pending; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether early learning and care providers delivering the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme exclusively...
    • Housing Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes his Department expects to deliver over the next five years. [17820/26]
    • Heritage Projects
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the funding allocated to Cork County Council under the community monuments fund in 2024 and 2025; the...
    • Local Government Reform
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his approach and plans for local government reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/26]
    • Housing Policy
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to encourage local authorities to allow older persons to downsize and sell their home to the council through the...
    • Water Services
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarity on when the villages of Broadford and Cooraclare, County Clare, can expect to have their...
    • Planning Issues
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work undertaken to date in formalising national planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reintroduce the development levies waiver for one-off rural houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Derelict Sites
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his efforts to tackle dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17081/26]
    • Local Authorities
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will provide funding to Sligo and Leitrim and Donegal local authorities to carry out repairs to local...
    • Housing Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units nationally with full planning permission that have not yet commenced construction; the measures...
    • Defective Building Materials
      225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the operation of the interim fire safety defects remediation scheme. [17589/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department will ensure strong oversight and quality standards under the new contractor-led pathway within...
    • Rental Sector
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any analysis undertaken by his Department on the ‘viability’ of housing developments; and whether...
    • Planning Issues
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his attention has been drawn to the complete lack of housing commencement notices lodged in Galway city so far this year; and...
    • Derelict Sites
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of uncollected derelict site levies as of February 2026; the new measures he will bring forward to force...
    • Housing Schemes
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of social housing units retrofitted to date under the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, broken down by local...
    • Rental Sector
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has received a report on stock audits carried out to date; what this report has shown; and whether he is aware of...
    • Housing Schemes
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of a report published (details supplied), which revealed that only one property was purchased through CPO by a local...
    • Housing Policy
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his plans for the Youth Homeless Strategy post-2026. [17590/26]
    • Rental Sector
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for reducing the rents in cost rental accommodation to reduce the percentage of applicants excluded on affordability...
    • Housing Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social homes currently in the pipeline in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal; the key measures being...
    • Local Authorities
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided for Louth County Council to for general repairs required after the recent bad weather;...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of ongoing constraints on housing delivery arising from wastewater treatment and network capacity...
    • Housing Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the work of the Housing Activation Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17105/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable, social and cost rental housing deliveries in County Waterford, by year since 2021, and by...
    • Valuation Office
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether guidance has issued to the Valuation Office and to local authorities to ensure a consistent national approach to the...
    • Housing Schemes
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and cost rental homes delivered in established urban communities in north Dublin over the past three...
    • Housing Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase social housing delivery in County Meath; the number delivered in each of the past three...
    • Housing Schemes
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental homes that will be delivered under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the actions he will take...
    • Turf Cutting
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue an order to allow the cutting of turf at bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the provision of allocated housing for those that work in frontline public sector jobs including teachers, nurses...
    • Electricity Grid
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy on the impact of grid constraint on the...
    • An Ghaeltacht
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cen céimeanna atá glactha aige chun breis tithíocht bheith ar fáil san Ghaeltacht do muintir na Gaeltacht,...
    • Disability Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made to increase ID residential places, in line with the recommendations of the Disability Capacity Review...
    • Housing Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to Galway City Council and Galway County Council in 2024 and 2025 for the delivery of affordable...
    • Housing Policy
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his targets for affordable housing in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17488/26]
    • Departmental Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the market will be restored to new market in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17290/26]
    • Rental Sector
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted a poverty impact assessment of the double rent increase facing HAP tenants arising from the...
    • Heritage Projects
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the funding allocated to Cork County Council under the historic structures fund in 2024 and 2025; the...
    • Urban Development
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the €150 million in urban regeneration and development funding circulated to local authorities that...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Passport Office does not appear to accept forwarded pdf statements of reckonable residence from the Department of Justice,...
    • EU Membership
      265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support a fast tracking to EU membership for Iceland if that country applies for membership; and if she will make a statement on...
    • EU Presidency
      266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in her Department...
    • Defence Forces
      271. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of applications received to the Permanent Defence Forces; the number of candidates inducted into training; the number of...
    • Departmental Policies
      272. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans to introduce a local participation mechanism in Irelands defence procurement process to ensure Irish SME’s are included; and if...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tax Yield
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether motor tax revenue is ringfenced or utilised in general expenditure; the amount taken in motor tax revenue in 2025; and the reason...
    • Regional Airports
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide funding for Sligo Airport from the recently announced €45 million for regional airports, given that...
    • Departmental Reports
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current implementation status of each of the three Safety Recommendations Nos. 28, 29, and 30, directed at the Minister in the AAIU...
    • Aviation Industry
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the detailed review of the mechanisms by which his Department oversees the Irish Aviation Authority, as recommended by the AAIU...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road deaths which have occurred in Cork, by road, from 2020 to date in 2026. [17898/26]
    • Road Safety
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the establishment of a statutory Road Safety Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/26]
    • Air Safety
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority or other safety regulators contacted his Department with warnings about controller fatigue, inadequate...
    • National Transport Authority
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any way a refused application for the 2026 National Transport Authority taxi grant could be appealed due to tax clearance not...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17991/26]
    • Air Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the work his Department is doing to improve transport options from Donegal to Dublin; if he is aware of the...
    • National Transport Authority
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will publish their capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/26]
    • Road Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the proposed park and ride facilities to be developed in Galway on the N6 national primary road next to Junction 19,...
    • Driver Licences
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason private coaches require a PSV licence while State owned coaches do not; and the reason there is requirement for a PSV licence...
    • Departmental Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department...
    • Road Safety
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to introduce regulation of sulkies, including protection of other road users; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety Authority
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has reached its agreed complement of 200 permanent driver testers; the current number of testers in...
    • Road Safety
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date following requests by Garda authorities in 2019 for access to driving licence photographs at roadside...
    • Insurance Coverage
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 25 February 2026 if he will request the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) to provide...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times that new penalty points could be matched to an existing ‘shell record’ on transport’s driver...
    • Harbours and Piers
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the designated harbours in County Louth; and outline the process by which a harbour can be designated under the Harbours...
    • Bus Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will address the need for expanded bus services at peak times in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth to and from Dublin...
    • Rail Network
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 16 December 2025, in relation to an update on a Local Link DRT service, whether his...
    • Legislative Measures
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025 will be published, given that the Minister of State stated in May 2025 that it would...
    • Bus Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new (NTA run) MU1 and MU2 town bus services in Mullingar, County Westmeath do not accept the TFI child (5-8) Leap Card...
  • Department of Finance
    • Customs and Excise
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact to date of the December 2025 regulations strengthening non-duty-paid tobacco limits; the data available on the prevalence of non-Irish duty-paid...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the total loss or profit made by the Central Bank on the disposal of a building on Spencer Dock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18053/26]
    • Credit Unions
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the balance of the Credit Union Stabilisation Fund and the Credit Institution Resolution Fund at end December 2025 or the latest available figures; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department during the course of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Protection
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Department considers current inaction at Rosslare Strand to be consistent with its obligations under the Coast Protection...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former senior civil servants (principal officer and above) who have still not either fully repaid, or on a repayment plan,...
    • Office of Public Works
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 20 May 2025, the reason for the delay in having officials from the Office of Public Works...
    • Departmental Staff
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Legislative Process
      331. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to issue the commencement order for the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025, given that although the Act...
    • Departmental Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on diversity and inclusion policies within schools; the objectives pertaining to these policies; the number of such objectives...
    • Special Educational Needs
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the sanctioning of a new ASD class at a school (details supplied). [17877/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the status of the stage 2 (a) submission by two schools (details supplied) with respect to their urgent need for redevelopment....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the ongoing delays in responding to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); if she is aware that despite repeated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which an assistive technology application was refused, twice to date, for a child (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of...
    • Departmental Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of what the social inclusion fund within her Department is spent on; if she plans to increase this fund; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the free schoolbook scheme receives funding through the social inclusion fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17937/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with SEN who have been refused an offer for a school place in counties Longford and Westmeath for the coming September...
    • School Accommodation
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the additional school accommodation applications submitted by a school (details supplied) in 2023 and again in 2025; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the decision making criteria and weighting used when selecting school building projects for prioritisation in the NDP sectoral plan;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the decision making criteria and weighting used when selecting which school in an area that should provide additional mainstream capacity when a...
    • School Enrolments
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that demand for school places in Portmarnock has beat Government projections by a full year; the emergency solutions she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 17 February 2026, for an updated timeline for when this school will receive further guidance on a...
    • EU Presidency
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in her Department during...
    • School Facilities
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her current plans to deal with structural issues in a school ( details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18096/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the special education teacher allocation for a school (details supplied); if a review of the school’s allocation has taken...
    • School Accommodation
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be awarded funding to complete a project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18145/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special school place for child (details supplied). [18159/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the delivery of a full-time, permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Council for Special Education
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of letters of eligibility that have been issued by the NCSE for children with autism and mild to moderate special needs, from four to...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Legislative Measures
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts 1929 to 1967; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when approval will be given to the 2.1% increase for Eir pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/26]
    • Sports Funding
      378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm that League of Ireland funding for astroturf will not be cut by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Presidency
      379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in...
    • Sports Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number and names of all clubs (details supplied) awaiting a decision on relevant Department-backed capital grants to...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Property Registration
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures which will be implemented to expedite the processing and finalisation of applications in Tailte Éireann; if...
    • Housing Policy
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Part V will be amended to include housing for people with disabilities on local authority housing lists and private home...
    • Planning Issues
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has issued, or plans to issue, any guidelines, policy frameworks, or technical standards relating to the...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the threat of invasive species on commonage land in the Cooley Mountains; the steps his Department is taking...
    • Vacant Sites
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the vacant site levy since its inception, per annum, in tabular form; if he is content that it is having...
    • Departmental Meetings
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the most recent meeting of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group. [12487/26]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the drafting of wind turbine guidelines that were promised in November; the progress has been made to...
    • State Bodies
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether State-owned gas companies are required to report gross profit percentages or sums to him. [15321/26]
    • Traveller Community
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless families and single members of the Traveller community; and the length of time they have been homeless...
    • Departmental Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applications for housing delivery office infrastructure which were received by close of deadline on 27...
    • Inland Fisheries
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 26 February 2026, if he will confirm that Lough Corrib is listed under SI...
    • Housing Schemes
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific rules (details supplied) in applying for the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People for people who wish to...
    • Inland Fisheries
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 27 January 2026 and Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 18 February 2026 if a...
    • Housing Schemes
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the CAS scheme to allow it to be used for the purchase of second-hand properties for the disability sector...
    • Housing Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options for individuals fleeing domestic violence and who are forced to leave a joint local authority tenancy for their...
    • EU Presidency
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his...
    • Housing Policy
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the national policy or policies which allow local authorities to deliver social, affordable and private housing tenures; and...
    • Housing Schemes
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the case for providing capital assistance scheme funding, or an alternative capital mechanism, to support...
    • Defective Building Materials
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the retrospective defective concrete blocks scheme; the timeline for full sign off, assurances that once signed...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall cost of the payment and availabilities agreements with AHBs in each of the past five years; and the number of...
    • Local Government Reform
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether the Department operates any formal or published criteria for the designation of city status; if not, to...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Tax Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 854 of 17 February 2026, the legal basis upon which home tutors engaged under the home...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the person’s application; the...
    • Tax Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 10 February 2026, if any internal briefing notes, guidance documents, policy...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that jobseeker's allowance is means-tested for couples who are cohabiting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the conditions for mutual recognition of pension contributions between Ireland and Canada; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in...
    • Pension Provisions
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a contributory pension (details supplied) is being reduced due to early teaching years of 1974-1978/1979 is being...
    • Legislative Process
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average timeframe in 2025 for the finalisation of a Section 318 review under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to road policing in Cork from 2014 to date in 2026, by local station, in tabular form; [17902/26]
    • Passport Services
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is common practice to refuse to issue statements of reckonable residency by post when requested by the passport office;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently employed by Fiosrú, the Police Ombudsman; the percentage of those staff who previously...
    • Courts Service
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the opening of Carrickmacross Courthouse for operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naturalisation Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a paper application for naturalisation to a person who cannot use the online system (details supplied); and if he...
    • Policing Authority
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams in the Garda and or Fiosrú, have provided him with the policy on use of...
    • Departmental Staff
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his...
    • Prison Service
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of overcrowding in Limerick prison that is, the capacity of the prison, the current number of prisoners held there...
    • Sports Funding
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed up-to-date progress report on an application by the Kerry County Board for significant funding under the...
    • Visa Applications
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on a visa application by a medical doctor (details supplied) who wishes to reside in Ireland will issue; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of Gardaí that have undergone pursuit driving training at a training facility outside of the...
    • International Protection
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the short and medium-term plans for the continuation of the Ukrainian accommodation scheme; to provide details on the most...
    • Citizenship Applications
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application (details supplied) will be completed, and a decision reached given it is 34 months since the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed update in relation to strategies or initiatives his Department is taking to tackle increasing online...
    • Visa Applications
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the delay for spouses of critical skills employment permit holders receiving their visas; the reason for the delays;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Ministerial Communications
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17920/26]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the appeal procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17973/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of, and the reason for delay in publishing the 2024 Horse Racing Ireland's annual report and financial statement. [17983/26]
    • Food Industry
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by weight, by month, by origin of the amount of beef imported into Ireland for the years 2023, 2024...
    • Greyhound Industry
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that retired from racing in each of the past five years. [18006/26]
    • Forestry Sector
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes available to compensate farmers who have suffered substantial losses due to ash dieback; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his/her...
    • Animal Welfare
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equine premises numbers currently registered to premises located within urban or built-up areas, by local authority;...
    • Fishing Industry
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal as a pelagic landing port for catches over ten tonnes. [18164/26]
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Disability Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the recommendations in the Disability Action Plan (2024-2026) in relation to the provision of 900 additional...
    • Departmental Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total funding spent by her...
    • Departmental Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total number of individual...
    • Disability Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, the number of places in congregated settings...
    • Departmental Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality , in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, the number of total service users which...
    • Disability Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding allocated by her Department towards the decongregation of disability service settings for all years following the...
    • Departmental Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding spent by her Department, and agencies under its remit, in pursuit of the decongregation policy for disability...
    • Childcare Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn a childcare provider (details supplied) which has recently announced its closure due to a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18034/26]
    • Disability Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the measures being taken by her Department to increase staffing levels in CDNTs and to reduce waiting times...
    • Childcare Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to improve conditions for chefs working in childcare setting given issues that have been raised (details supplied); and if...
    • EU Presidency
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in her...
    • International Agreements
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the ratification of the second optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she...
    • Disability Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE staff in Blakestown, Blanchardstown and Cabra Grangegorman Children's Disability Network Teams, broken down per...
    • Childcare Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has identified any buildings for the purpose of developing after school childcare in north Kildare; and if she...
    • Urban Development
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's efforts to improve accessibility in towns in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18210/26]
    • Child and Family Agency
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the implications of the proposed Tulsa structural reform on Tusla services in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Protection
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality considering the structural reform in Tusla underway the number of children in care that do not currently have an allocated...
    • Child and Family Agency
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional children in Tusla care within the Cavan and Monaghan Tusla structures as a result of the ongoing structural...
    • Children in Care
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there will be an expansion of fostering services to match the projected need in the area in Cavan Monaghan; and if she will make...
    • Child and Family Agency
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there will be increase in funding and staffing for Tusla in the Cavan Monaghan area to meet the needs and provide services...
    • Child Detention Centres
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No's 825, 820 and 822 of 30 September 2025, when responses will issue to the queries raised; and...
  • Department of Health
    • Ambulance Service
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for recent changes (details supplied) relating to paramedics in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      505. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address an issue, whereby the increases in the State pension is pushing many senior citizens over the threshold for a medical card, thus causing...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview of the proposed health infrastructure developments in Kerry during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17503/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to provide an occupational therapist for Laois, as there has been none in the county since 2023; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      510. To ask the Minister for Health to consider the reintroduction of paid special leave for those public sector workers suffering from long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Industry
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that food imported into Ireland by food processing companies and used in processed foods is correctly labelled with country of origin in...
    • Departmental Reports
      512. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects to make a decision on the report prepared by the expert group established by the HSE to examine the implications of the final review (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which she can defend the development or revision of national policy and models of care for gender identity services for children and young people in...
    • Departmental Funding
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which she satisfies herself that public funds are being spent in a manner that meets basic standards of governance, safeguarding, and accountability...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the correspondence (details supplied); if she will review the current supports available to healthcare workers diagnosed with long-Covid who...
    • Departmental Strategies
      516. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability...
    • Ambulance Service
      519. To ask the Minister for Health whether there has been a change in policy within the National Ambulance Service regarding the transition of graduating paramedics from specified purpose...
    • Departmental Strategies
      520. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      523. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the actual live birth outcomes for the State-funded IVF scheme to date; the number of women who commenced a treatment cycle; the number of live...
    • Medicinal Products
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the time-critical nature of Friedreich’s ataxia during the current price negotiations for...
    • Hospital Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who cannot be discharged from a hospital on delayed discharge of care due to the fact they do not have a fixed abode, by name of...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      529. To ask the Minister for Health whether statistics are held by her Department regarding the number of residents in Ireland diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome; and the number of adults and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a child whose application for placement (details supplied) was refused solely on jurisdictional grounds despite the absence of...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by LGBTQ+ families around the assisted human reproduction legislation, particularly around the lack of recognition for...
    • Departmental Strategies
      534. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed...
    • Departmental Strategies
      537. To ask the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services,...
    • Ambulance Service
      540. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further clarification and reasoning behind the changes within the HSE to the employment opportunities for paramedics; if she will ensure that the 80...
    • Vaccination Programme
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing full State funding for the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine for all adults aged 60 and over, in light of the current...
    • Departmental Strategies
      542. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed...
    • Departmental Strategies
      545. To ask the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services,...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed...
    • Departmental Strategies
      549. To ask the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services,...
    • Health Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 25 February 2026, to provide further clarity on the reason such pain relief is not considered under the drugs...
    • Ambulance Service
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the recent change that means that newly qualified paramedics are no longer being offered permanent positions within the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      554. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability...
    • Departmental Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a dementia specific bed at Killarney Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18033/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      563. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce amendments to regulate nicotine pouches in the forthcoming Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment)...
    • Mental Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to institute a mandatory transition pathway from CAMHS to AMHS for patients with diagnosed eating disorders, given that many patients currently...
    • Medicinal Products
      569. To ask the Minister for Health to make acarizax available under the drug payment scheme; to recommend a course of action for a family facing unmanageable prescription charges due to having...
    • Health Services Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the situation in south Kildare and west Wicklow, where the health service is operating with a staffing vacancy rate of 44%,...
    • Medical Qualifications
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of those studying medicine in higher education institutions in the State at present and in each of the past five years who are non-EU students;...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      572. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1079 of 24 February 2026, if funding for the Integrated Homeless Services Hub in Cork city has been approved; if so, the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in progressing the development of the new Paediatric Unit in Cork University Hospital, given that it was granted planning permission...
    • Hospital Staff
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Cork University Hospital in 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes
      575. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2424 of 13 January 2026, the status of the community nursing units located at St. Finbarr’s Cork, Midleton,...
    • EU Presidency
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in her Department during the course of...
    • Health Service Executive
      577. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements...
    • Departmental Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; whether deprivation,...
    • Departmental Strategies
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed...
    • Departmental Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      581. To ask the Minister for Health following on from the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025, her plans to deal with the sale and advertising of nicotine pouches targeted at minors; and...
    • Health Service Executive
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff currently on sick leave or stress-related leave, by staff category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18110/26]
    • Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on ADHD services in CHO7; if there is a fully staffed team in place; the current wait time from referral to appointment, the number of referrals...
    • Ambulance Service
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 80 newly qualified paramedics who have completed a three year BSC in Paramedic Studies and all necessary examinations, placements and assessments...
    • Dental Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthodontist posts currently vacant in HSE south-west Cork and Kerry, the plans to recruit same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the absence of a paediatric ophthalmology service currently in Nenagh primary care centre as the previous ophthalmologist...
    • Medicinal Products
      590. To ask the Minister for Health whether a chairperson has been assigned to the cannabis access review panel; if so, whether the Minister could advise the person chosen; if not, when will this...
    • Health Service Executive
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE senior management staff pre-reconfiguration to the HSE health regions; and the number of HSE senior management staff as of March 2026. [18165/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group established in 2024; the work completed to date; when the recommendations will be published; and the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for adult audiology services; and if additional resources will be allocated to address this backlog. [18174/26]
    • Health Strategies
      597. To ask the Minister for Health whether hearing care will be incorporated into Ireland's Healthy Ageing Strategy, given the strong links between untreated hearing loss, social isolation,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of adults currently on waiting lists for audiology services in each CHO area; the average and longest waiting times in each area;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children awaiting audiology assessment or treatment in hospital-based audiology services and community-based audiology services, by...
    • Health Services Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, of current staffing levels and vacancies in audiology services in each CHO area; the number of posts filled and unfilled for senior...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of those studying medicine in higher education institutions in the State at present and in each of the past five years who are...
    • Departmental Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department during...
    • Third Level Education
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to streamline assessment processes, given the growing number of tertiary agreements being further education and training...
    • Education and Training Boards
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tertiary agreements being put in place through the Tertiary Office, set out by ETB area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of audiologists graduating annually; the number recruited into HSE posts in each of the past five years; and whether training capacity...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Staff
      608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to reintroduce Gaeltacht grants for roads in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities in 2023 and in 2024 for all rural schemes provided by his...

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