Written answers

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      254. To ask the Taoiseach the number of people who emigrated from Ireland in 2025 and the number of those who were Irish citizens. [26232/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      256. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24513/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      257. To ask the Taoiseach the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      259. To ask the Taoiseach the other officials that were present on his recent trip to China from 4-8 of January 2026. [24767/26]
    • Departmental Data
      260. To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      261. To ask the Taoiseach the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25451/26]
    • Departmental Projects
      262. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether...
    • Departmental Bodies
      264. To ask the Taoiseach the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive a fine upon...
    • Departmental Reports
      265. To ask the Taoiseach for a detailed update on each of the ten actions arising from the roadmap for delivery of the Dublin City Taskforce Report. [26005/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      271. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [27002/26]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • European Convention on Human Rights
      272. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what Ireland’s policy defence is of the protections within the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly on the Article 3 and...
    • EU Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has contributed financially to the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE); the precise amount; and if...
    • EU Presidency
      274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans if any, for the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management during the Irish Eu Council Presidency; and if she...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign births registration for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine the request for a passport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23962/26]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration application can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24123/26]
    • Legislative Process
      278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the proposed Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the steps taken; the Government's current position...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      279. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within her Department or in agencies under its remit; the...
    • Legislative Process
      280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice the Attorney General has given in relation to the inclusion of services within the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied...
    • Departmental Funding
      282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24505/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a...
    • United Nations
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for Ireland’s abstention on the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved...
    • Departmental Funding
      285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24629/26]
    • Passport Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application for a person (details supplied) [24753/26]
    • Legislative Process
      289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to give a timeline for the introduction of the Government’s version of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill...
    • Energy Policy
      290. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeline for the presentation of a Memo to Cabinet regarding Ireland's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty; and if she will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      291. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or...
    • Departmental Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 26 Mach 2026, the reason she did not answer the second part of the questions asking if her...
    • Departmental Policies
      293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25157/26]
    • Passport Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application where all information requested was submitted (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 and when it is expected to come before the Houses...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process by which diplomats are selected and appointed to serve abroad; the criteria used in making such appointments; and if she will...
    • Human Rights
      299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the violation of human rights against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang; if her Department's attention has been drawn to reported supply...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25444/26]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm receipt of an application for a foreign birth registration for a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that her...
    • Departmental Policies
      302. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to expand Ireland House model in the United Arab Emirates. [25528/26]
    • Passport Services
      303. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      304. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s current position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the status of the legal...
    • EU Presidency
      305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position in relation to the potential for Iceland, Norway, Montenegro and Albania to progress their accession process under Irelands EU...
    • Departmental Consultations
      306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her engagement with the Nordic-Baltic Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25614/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the chairing of the Nordic+ group of development agencies since Ireland assumed chairing in May 2025; and if she will make...
    • Passport Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the instances of incorrectly completed consent forms for a child's passport application which must then be rejected by the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade , the dates in 2025 and to-date in 2026 where the Irish Ambassador based in Washington DC has met formally with the Governor of State of...
    • Passport Services
      313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will ensure that the passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by her Department; and if she...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated...
    • Northern Ireland
      315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to Northern Ireland, the Good Friday Agreement and its successor agreements, the progress that has been made on writing a Bill...
    • International Bodies
      316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the International Funds for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25866/26]
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ways in which her Department reaches out to the Irish diaspora throughout the world, with a particular focus on North America; and if...
    • Sports Organisations
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her proposals with regard to engaging our sports diaspora in support of Ireland internationally; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to invite the minority leader of the US house of representatives to Dublin for a bilateral meeting. [25934/26]
    • Consular Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department's Consular Crisis Team based in Dublin is currently manned on a 24-7 basis. [25935/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the bodies which operate under her aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an...
    • Departmental Policies
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position on the proposed digital omnibus package, particularly regarding the rules for businesses with regard to the use of personal...
    • Proposed Legislation
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to give a detailed up-to-date report on the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if...
    • Human Rights
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised the case of a person (details supplied), from the Bahá'í community who is facing a death penalty in Iran with...
    • EU Agreements
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her engagements with EU counterparts with regard to the re-examination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if she...
    • Passport Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current turnaround time for new passport applications and for renewals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26343/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider imposing sanctions on a minister of a country engaging in genocide (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocation to the Irish Embassies based in Malta, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga, Ljubljana and Nicosia in 2025 and 2026, in tabular...
    • EU Membership
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out Ireland's support and desire for Britain to rejoin the European Union, if it is the wish of that country to do so; and the...
    • EU Meetings
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when discussions to strengthen ties between the EU and Kuwait were last discussed. [26660/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department spent on purchasing new State cars and vans for Irish Embassies and Consul General Offices worldwide in 2025 and...
    • Departmental Reports
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date...
    • European Convention on Human Rights
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on a statement issued by the Government on 10 December 2025 (details supplied), specifically regarding its proposals to shift the...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that legal obligations under the Good Friday Agreement are met when discussing...
    • Legislative Process
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding legislation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27032/26]
    • Departmental Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in...
    • Departmental Investigations
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support the call for an independent international investigation into the US attack on the Minab School in Iran at the start of...
    • European Union
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that she has taken to achieve greater EU pressure to find an immediate and diplomatic resolution to the Iranian crisis; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27205/26]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Budgets
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost the State to provide €250 energy credits to young renters aged 18-30 years in...
    • Fishing Communities
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to urgently assist fishermen in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27206/26]
    • Energy Policy
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency planning in place to safeguard Ireland’s energy security in the event of a sustained disruption to...
    • Energy Production
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the development of offshore wind energy projects including, Codling Wind Park, Dublin Array and Arklow...
    • Grant Payments
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised in relation to SEAI home upgrade grants (details supplied); the actions...
    • Energy Production
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any work ongoing to ensure that there is a sufficient number of SEAI registered builders operating...
    • Departmental Bodies
      358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the Adaptation Taskforce; the breakdown of all of the times the taskforce met since its inception;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the commitment in the Programme for Government to 'Explore ways to use surplus...
    • Waste Management
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the Government's position on the pay by weight (PBW) system for household waste collection; if his...
    • Departmental Reports
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a previous Parliamentary Question in November 2025 in relation to this matter, when the land use review phase 2...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to address the issues raised in relation to the harvesting of seaweed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that US President Trump has threatened to cut off American LNG supplies to the EU (details supplied); the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a new taskforce which may be set up in response to the current fuel crisis (details supplied) to “fast...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a hybrid inverter, battery and changeover switch under the solar PV for medically vulnerable scheme, as...
    • Energy Prices
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis for Ireland consistently being one of the most expensive countries in the EU in terms of the cost of home...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy and regulatory arrangements in place governing the environmental risk management of electricity transmission...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the ongoing review of the small-scale renewable electricity generation tariffs; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeline for adoption of the forthcoming carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/26]
    • Climate Action Plan
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Climate Action Plan 2026 will be published; the reason for its delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Policy
      408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any further review of supports for households that use home heating oil in view of significant...
    • Fuel Inspections
      415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of inspections, enforcement actions, and prosecutions carried out by local authorities regarding non-compliant...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      419. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under...
    • Departmental Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24499/26]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the hybrid connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24515/26]
    • Export Controls
      422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any upcoming decision from the CRU regarding sharing maximum export capacity; and if he...
    • Electricity Grid
      423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to treat energy storage as supply to the grid, rather than simply as back up; and if he will...
    • Energy Policy
      424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is planning to introduce a RESS scheme for energy storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24518/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have...
    • Departmental Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government is it a prerequisite for all angling groups to be affiliated to the Angling Council of Ireland (ACI) in order to qualify...
    • Fisheries Protection
      429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department issued any Section 14 Authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department views Lough Sheelin in Counties Westmeath, Meath and Cavan as part of the Great Western Trout...
    • Fisheries Protection
      431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans in 2026, to introduce mandatory catch and release angling for all brown trout on Lough Arrow SAC considering the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the proposed 2026 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations & Conservation Measures will...
    • Departmental Funding
      436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24630/26]
    • Data Centres
      437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether there are plans for his Department to mandate data centres which have being constructed or received planning...
    • Departmental Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to support vulnerable groups when they wish to access solar PV schemes for medically...
    • Departmental Regulations
      439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of appeals received under the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations; and if he will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI,...
    • Electricity Generation
      441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated impact of the proposed Private Wires Bill 2025 on electricity tariffs for domestic consumers and small and...
    • Electricity Grid
      442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the Private Wires Bill 2025 will not lead to any form of privatisation of the national electricity...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projected reduction in renewable energy curtailment as a result of the Private Wires Bill 2025 and the corresponding...
    • Data Centres
      445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Private Wires Bill 2025 is designed primarily to benefit large energy users such as data centres; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full list of stakeholders consulted in the development of the general scheme of the Private Wires Bill 2025; and if he...
    • Electric Vehicles
      447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in the Private Wires Bill 2025 for private lines for on-street electric vehicle charging and any associated...
    • Bord na Móna
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the need for urgent additional funding for Bord na Móna bog rewetting and walkway projects to...
    • Data Centres
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of drinking water used by data centres in Ireland annually; whether his Department has conducted research to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the environmental legal costs scheme. [25271/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department,...
    • EU Regulations
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of the EU Commission's assessment of Ireland's derogation notification to be exempted from the obligation on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the relevant grant issues. [25365/26]
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any initiative within his Department that seeks to prioritise the fast-tracking of offshore wind...
    • Energy Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the concerns regarding the proposed floating gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary raised in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for setting initial renewable heat obligation levels at rates that independent analysis has shown will not...
    • Environmental Policy
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department will commit to establishing a clear, multi-year obligation trajectory to 2030, rather than a two...
    • Energy Policy
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the proposed RHO will deliver a viable decarbonisation solution for the 700,000 households using heating...
    • Departmental Schemes
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department has assessed the likely administrative and compliance cost burden on suppliers under the proposed...
    • EU Regulations
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department plans to utilise the EU Union Database for Biofuels to ensure full traceability and...
    • Departmental Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total pay bill for the Civil Service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive. [25438/26]
    • National Oil Reserves Agency
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current level of national fuel reserves held in the State; the number of days' supply this represents based on average...
    • European Union
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update the preparations for managing European Union negotiations at COP31, particularly on financing fossil-fuel...
    • Enterprise Policy
      471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given to begin drilling for oil off the coast of Barryroe, County Cork to alleviate the current...
    • Energy Policy
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the Energy Affordability Action Plan; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Meetings
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of all bodies, organisations, civil society groups and individuals with which the Energy Affordability...
    • Environmental Schemes
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of deposit return scheme machines; and the number of wheelchair accessible deposit return scheme machines....
    • Artificial Intelligence
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the...
    • Waste Management
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has reviewed the CCPC comprehensive study on the household waste collection market and the...
    • Environmental Schemes
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Minister the way in which he plans to address the anomaly in locations, including Dublin Airport, where recycling cans and...
    • EU Regulations
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 18 March 2026, and noting that no notifying authority has yet been designated...
    • Fines Administration
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Housing Schemes
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the warmer homes scheme is funded, showing percentage funded by carbon tax, EU funding and so on [26115/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of the funding provided for domestic solar photovoltaic systems in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, in...
    • Housing Schemes
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the pilot on solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Prices
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department can calculate the cost of providing an amnesty or write off to the 320,000 people in arrears on their...
    • Coastal Protection
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to protect local coastal communities and their seaweed harvesting rights; and if he...
    • Data Centres
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the risks to grid stability from data centre behaviour as identified by EirGrid...
    • Energy Prices
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024, which accounts he...
    • Data Centres
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire will be considered an 'islanded...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires must not...
    • Electricity Grid
      500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that fairness to ordinary...
    • Climate Action Plan
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the gaps in the way the economic, social and environmental consequences of extreme weather events are...
    • Electricity Generation
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the Government's plan for hydroelectric power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/26]
    • Climate Action Plan
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to continue funding for the Community-based Climate Action Programme, CCAP, particularly the Climate...
    • National Oil Reserves Agency
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for his assessment on the release of NORA strategic reserves as agreed in March; if stock held outside the State has been...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the community renewable energy projects that have been energised and are exporting...
    • Housing Schemes
      510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it can take up to 14 months from date of application to the SEAI warmer homes grant for a surveyor to be...
    • Electric Vehicles
      512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended to provide a legal framework for the installation by homeowners of "over the footpath" EV charging arms...
    • Departmental Reports
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024,...
    • Departmental Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data...
    • Coastal Erosion
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that being taken to ensure that climate adaptation planning is consistent across local authorities, particularly...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the public information campaigns currently in place or being planned to explain the need for renewable energy in Ireland;...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the Government Offshore Energy Clearinghouse is having an impact; and the way in which it has improved...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the delivery of Ireland’s onshore wind, offshore wind and solar generation targets under the...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in advancing offshore renewable energy projects off the Irish coast, including the number of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to plug in panels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27219/26]
    • Waste Management
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether sector-specific circular economy roadmaps are planned for life sciences, MedTech or advanced manufacturing, in...
    • Energy Production
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for the up-to-date position on HVO inclusion in the Roadmap to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Heating Systems; and if he will make...
  • Department of Defence
    • Civil Defence
      525. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans for two Hagglund vehicles that have been used by the Civil Defence nationwide to access difficult terrain that is inaccessible to...
    • Defence Forces
      526. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces do not keep track of success and failure rates at the recruitment medical stage, such as acceptance or rejection...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      527. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within her Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes...
    • Departmental Funding
      528. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24501/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      529. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under her aegis have or had with a company...
    • Departmental Funding
      530. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24625/26]
    • Air Services
      531. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the precise date on which Ministerial approval was granted for the procurement of the Falcon 6X strategic reach aircraft; and the date on which...
    • Air Corps
      541. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of student pilots of the Air Corps that have undergone basic initial pilot training with the United States Air Force or associated...
    • Defence Forces
      565. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the payment of long-term increments to members of the Defence Forces; the reason for the delay in implementing these...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      566. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy or...
    • Defence Forces
      567. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions that have taken place regarding the future of Nenagh Military Barracks since local Deputies met with her and her Department...
    • Legislative Measures
      568. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the changes she intends to make to legislation (details supplied) in relation to the aid to the civil power; and the regulations made under the...
    • Defence Forces
      569. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process by which a C70 request may be made at present for use of the Defence Forces as aid to the civil power; the person or body that can...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      570. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25440/26]
    • Civil Defence
      571. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the Civil Defence has suspended the boat unit in Sligo Civil Defence and there are plans to remove the boat from the Sligo...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      572. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with...
    • Naval Service
      573. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish Naval Vessels that have docked at Dublin Port in the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [25929/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      575. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the bodies which operate under her aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an...
    • National Security
      576. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in view of the publication of the National Maritime Security Strategy, if provision is being made for substantial investment in the navy...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      577. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      578. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all meetings of the Ukraine Contact Defence Group that Ireland has been represented at; who has represented Ireland at...
    • Naval Service
      579. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of her Department's plans to establish a Naval base in Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      580. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline a list of capital projects within her Department that received EU funding in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular...
    • Naval Service
      581. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any non-military roles onboard Irish Naval Ships are carried out by suitably qualified civilian persons; and if all roles are met by...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      582. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of external contractors engaged by her Department in each of the years 2022 to 2025; the total value of payments made to each...
    • Departmental Contracts
      594. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 4 March 2025, the reasons for the increase in expenditure on external contractors from €8,764...
    • Departmental Reports
      597. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      600. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to consider and respond to correspondence (details supplied) for people who were involved in 1916 Rising; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      601. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her response to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to peacekeeping missions in Lebanon. [27006/26]
    • Departmental Data
      602. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in Ireland,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to reduce transport emissions in rural areas where public transport options are limited. [27066/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that “Dublin City Council does not support the installation of on-street EV charging” for homes which do not...
    • Public Transport
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to contact the NTA to seek an update on two broken real time monitors in Blanchardstown village stop 1841 and stop 1840 which have been...
    • Bus Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on bus services for the Cappagh Road, Galway city; which services are now PSO services; which company is providing...
    • National Car Test
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current NCT expiry rules whereby vehicles tested after their due date automatically revert to the original...
    • Pension Provisions
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when pension increases for CIÉ workers will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23605/26]
    • Transport Costs
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an updated assessment of the impact of recent increases in global fuel prices on the projected cost of operating...
    • Fuel Prices
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which increased fuel costs are expected to affect Public Service Obligation subvention requirements in 2026; the additional...
    • Transport Costs
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional costs arising from increased global fuel prices that will be funded whether through additional Exchequer...
    • National Transport Authority
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the National Transport Authority and public transport operators regarding the financial impact of rising fuel...
    • Fuel Prices
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingency measures in place within his Department and the National Transport Authority to manage volatility in fuel prices and...
    • Transport Costs
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of public transport operating costs attributable to fuel in 2024, 2025 and projected for 2026; and the extent to which...
    • Road Safety
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local authorities that have commenced the statutory public consultation process required to implement 30km/h speed limits...
    • Departmental Bodies
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the...
    • National Transport Authority
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the NTA's progress with integrated ticketing; the reason for the lack of progress (details supplied); and if he...
    • Public Transport
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a feasibility study on Metro South-West. [23765/26]
    • Bus Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to recognise commercial bus and coach providers who provide services such as school transport, coach tourism, scheduled...
    • Road Signage
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the standards for signage for static speed cameras and for speed limit changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/26]
    • Road Safety
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the signage indicating a reduction of speed from 100km/hr to 80km/hr on the N25 near Glenmore, between Waterford and Wexford...
    • Transport Costs
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the cost burden placed on commercial-vehicle owners through the CVRT system; and specifically, the justification for...
    • Road Safety
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made a case to Cork County Council for the installation of a pedestrian crossing at a school (details supplied);...
    • Bus Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Local Link services planned for rollout in 2026 under the Connecting Ireland Plan will be delivered in 2026; and if not, if it is...
    • Driver Licences
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a truck driving test completed in Australia could be added to an Irish driving licence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding options provided by his Department or its agencies that may be used to support a project in the County Meath Gaeltacht...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monies spent to date on cycle counter machines across County Dublin. [24133/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has signed off on new pension arrangements for Dublin Bus workers; the start date for these new arrangements; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if more daily rail services could be introduced from Kerry to Dublin in addition to some relief in costs for regular commuters (details...
    • Driver Licences
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question no. 300 of 1 April 2025, to provide an update since he initiated efforts to consider driving licence...
    • Traffic Management
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the safety and legal implications of inconsistent traffic management on the Grand Canal and Royal Canal Greenways (details...
    • Road Safety Authority
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to engage with the RSA and other organisations in relation to the high level of road deaths on Irish roads; and...
    • Road Safety
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the merits of allowing for automated speed cameras, which are in use in other EU countries, to encourage better driver...
    • Driver Test
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being taken at Mulhuddart test centre specifically to reduce driving test wait times from double the national...
    • Air Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding attempts to restore the Donegal-Dublin flights service that has been in place for decades given that no decision...
    • Bus Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request the NTA to publish publicly the data for buses which fail to turn up and the reasons given by the bus operators for these...
    • Road Network
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding announced for sound barriers along the N6/M6 Athlone Bypass will apply to residents in Bay Lough and the County Roscommon side...
    • Taxi Regulations
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the potential barriers to not-for-profit ridesharing platforms (details supplied) to be introduced in Ireland,...
    • Driver Test
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 19 April 2025 if there has been an increase in the amount of tests held in the centre to...
    • Departmental Staff
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1463 of 18 March 2026, if the 70 additional permanent staff mentioned have been taken on and remain...
    • Road Safety Authority
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1463 of 18 March 2026, his views on any progress referred to; and the actions that have been taken...
    • Rail Network
      662. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he intends to introduce statutory noise or vibration limits for operational railways in Ireland as we are currently reliant on UK...
    • Emergency Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that, when search and rescue crews are required to remain at work for a 24-hours period, their working time is not being...
    • Driver Test
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new driving test centre in Sandyford will be opened; when learner drivers can apply for a test at this centre; the reason for...
    • Road Safety
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number and location of average speed camera systems in operation and any plans for expansion in 2026 [24348/26]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road fatalities in each month of 2025, by county and road type. [24352/26]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued in 2025, by offence type, and month. [24355/26]
    • Bus Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Kilflynn Village could be included on the route 13 Limerick to Tralee Bus Éireann Expressway service; and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of Government funding provided environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24514/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a...
    • Air Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Irish Aviation Authority opened a Just Culture investigation under Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 in respect of a complaint...
    • Road Projects
      686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the planning application for the Virginia Bypass has been delayed; the policy changes that have affected its progress;...
    • Bus Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide the necessary funding to the NTA to establish a bus service between Athenry and Galway City; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of driving tests scheduled, completed, and cancelled in each of the past 12 weeks, broken down by test centre. [24839/26]
    • Insurance Coverage
      692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public information campaign that was undertaken to notify learner drivers of the new insurance requirements; whether text/email...
    • Rail Network
      695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will carry out the following works (details supplied) at Howth Junction/Donaghmede Dart Station; if so, when...
    • Road Network
      697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate an emergency roads fund to Counties Wexford and Wicklow to address the significant roads damage caused by recent...
    • Driver Licences
      698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being taken by his Department to advance the establishment of reciprocal driving licence agreements with the United States of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the new vehicle adaptation scheme, in view of its knock-on effects for the disabled drivers and disabled...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      700. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy,...
    • Bus Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if TFI Local Link will provide a door-to-door service for people with disabilities who are unable to travel to a local pick-up point in...
    • Road Safety
      707. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any statutory minimum age requirement for a person in control of a horse-drawn vehicle on a public road. [25170/26]
    • Traffic Management
      708. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which horse-drawn vehicles fall within the scope of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and subsequent road traffic legislation....
    • Bus Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department took to engage with Bus Éireann in relation to their review of Expressway service routes following the...
    • Driver Test
      720. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/26]
    • Road Safety
      721. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the roll-out of new automated speed cameras at road accident black spots across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether motor tax revenue is ringfenced for expenditure on road construction and road improvements; the amount taken in motor tax revenue...
    • Energy Policy
      725. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated by the...
    • Rail Network
      726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of services operating on the Maynooth train line, per day, in each of the years 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if...
    • Road Safety
      728. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to strengthen road safety governance to achieve the target 50% reduction in deaths and serious injuries by 2030, in...
    • Bus Éireann
      729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered launching a public service obligation service in place of the recent cancellation of Expressway services; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      730. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to develop a new vehicle adaptation scheme; if the primary medical certificate will be a part of its eligibility...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the way in which Ireland’s certification and audit framework for renewable liquid fuels will be strengthened to...
    • Driver Test
      733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a new tendering process has commenced for the continuation of the driver theory test service as the existing contract is due to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25452/26]
    • Bus Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann is ceasing its route 52 Expressway service between Galway and Ballina; the steps his Department is taking to...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25472/26]
    • Bus Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to amend an existing licence on the Cork, Dungarvan, Waterford, Kilkenny and Dublin corridor known as route 600 to include Tralee and...
    • Rail Network
      747. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work alongside the NTA to ensure that there is adequate public lighting at Athy Train Station; if he will consider installing...
    • Bus Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has an update on the proposed bus route 891 from Kilkenny to Fiddown specifically in relation to adding Owning in Piltown and...
    • Public Transport
      750. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on all outstanding public transport vehicles orders, detailing targeted end location and whether charging will be in place...
    • Rail Network
      751. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken since January 2025 to expedite the development of the DART+ and BusConnects programme, particularly in recent...
    • Transport Policy
      754. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an increase in Leap card fares; if so, the amount of the increase; when this will be introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road traffic accidents involving cyclists on a county basis for each year from 2020 to 2026, inclusive, in tabular form;...
    • Road Tolls
      760. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total toll revenue collected by the operator at the Donore Road toll location for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason single-decker buses are being used on the 37 and 38 Dublin Bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25688/26]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      763. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Housing Activation Office or anybody with responsibility for housing delivery was consulted during the preparation of the...
    • Bus Services
      764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to update signage at bus stops now being serviced by the 40d following its extension to Hollywoodrath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      769. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the outcome of the recent public consultation to allow pets on public transport. [25754/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      770. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence from a person (details supplied); and to provide guidance on a route of resolution. [25760/26]
    • Road Tolls
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount collected in toll charges at each toll bridge in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, in tabular...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated...
    • Bus Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the serious road safety concerns associated with the current bus stop arrangement in Kilkelly, County Mayo, including...
    • Rail Network
      783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used by Iarnród Éireann to classify an assistance request as "delayed", "partially delivered" or "not delivered";...
    • National Transport Authority
      786. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the NTA derived in excess fares paid by Dublin passengers in 2024 and 2025; what has happened to this money; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      787. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a proposed road project (details supplied); the stage the project is at within his Department’s appraisal,...
    • Departmental Data
      791. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of...
    • Legislative Measures
      792. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that Ireland will pursue a formal exemption from the proposed clean corporate vehicles legislation for short-term car rental...
    • Bus Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason three regional bus routes were withdrawn (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25997/26]
    • Rail Network
      795. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the car park at Mullingar train station was last re-marked; and if this car-park is scheduled for re-marking this year. [26077/26]
    • Bus Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will review and install bus shelters at two bus stops at a location (details supplied); and if he...
    • Greenways Provision
      797. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that the first two completed sections of the south Kerry Greenway are open, if he will finalise agreements with landowners in...
    • Bus Services
      799. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when additional services were last added to a route; whether any enhancements are due in 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      801. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assessment has been undertaken of the N72 between Clondulane and Fermoy with regard to pedestrian and cyclist safety; whether this...
    • Bus Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has assessed the feasibility of extending or diverting Route 363 (Dungarvan–Fermoy) to serve...
    • Rail Network
      804. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the safety concerns regarding Athy railway station, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      805. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps the National Transport Authority (NTA) is taking to address reports of wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) taxi drivers...
    • An Garda Síochána
      807. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has received any representations from An Garda Síochána regarding the adequacy of the €125 statutory fee for...
    • Bus Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any funding has been allocated to date for the provision of cameras to monitor bus lane infringements; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      810. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to providing a CVRT test centre in Cahersiveen town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      812. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the first meeting of the National Working Group on geographical zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      813. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the underpass at Ashtown station following the recent NDP review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/26]
    • Public Transport
      814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rollout of contactless fare payment on public transport systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      815. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the enhancement of the practical driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26328/26]
    • National Car Test
      816. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the plan to expand the NCT test centres nationally; the timeframe to open the four additional locations in Clare,...
    • Rail Network
      817. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on providing additional seating at Navan Road Parkway train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26331/26]
    • Taxi Regulations
      818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with drivers to improve the local hackney scheme from 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most up-to-date plans on the Navan rail project in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26346/26]
    • Bus Éireann
      820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to improve the 111 Bus Éireann service with links between Westmeath and Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce bus fares in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26350/26]
    • Greenways Provision
      824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to develop a greenway in Dingle and West Kerry, connecting with Tralee, Camp, Ventry, Annascaul, and other towns and villages...
    • National Transport Authority
      837. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of issues on a route (details supplied); if he will contact the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      838. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capability and function of the road side cameras along the major national roads and motorways across the country; if these have live...
    • National Transport Authority
      839. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the NTA's "administrative error" regarding the electric SPSV grant scheme 2026; the number who applied; the number...
    • Road Network
      840. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a national assessment has been carried out on the condition of local and regional roads; the way in which their condition is measured;...
    • Coast Guard Service
      841. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the long planned Courtown coastguard station. [26402/26]
    • Bus Services
      842. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently introduce a major scheme to provide bus shelters in towns and villages and at busy bus stops across County Kerry; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      843. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will increase the number of carriages from two to four on the 08:15am train from Midleton to Cork Kent...
    • Departmental Data
      844. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered the Irish Maritime Development Office's OPS study; the steps that have been taken to ensure that Dublin...
    • Public Transport
      845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 50% reduction in fares for 18-25-year-olds with a young adult Leap card is a permanent measure that will continue in 2027; and if...
    • Road Safety
      847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the current dangers on Irish roads; and if he introduce measures (details supplied) to implement them. [26576/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      848. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current timeline for the increase in the CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26589/26]
    • Rail Network
      849. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will cover the costs of installing additional covered seating areas on platforms 1 and 5 of Hazelhatch Train...
    • Bus Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider placing a public service obligation on the Derry-Galway route 64 bus service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      852. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met formally with the CEO of Dublin Port Company; and the topics discussed. [26680/26]
    • Driver Test
      853. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being taken by his Department to reduce the wait times for driving tests at the Dun Laoghaire test centre; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      854. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date...
    • Road Network
      856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the current RTFO rate in both diesel and petrol for road transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      857. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the web link to his Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with...
    • Bus Services
      858. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Waterloo-Blarney Rural Link Service to Cork City is under review; if the route will be maintained; and if he will make a statement...
    • Penalty Points System
      861. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place for those who receive penalty points for exceeding the speed (details supplied), where a person received three...
    • Bus Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the National Transport Authority does not provide for Leap card refunds where Dublin Bus services are disrupted due...
    • Transport Policy
      863. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied). [27033/26]
    • Departmental Data
      864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres in...
    • Road Projects
      865. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken by his Department, in collaboration with Galway County Council and the Department of Rural and Community...
    • Transport Policy
      866. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on his most recent meeting with the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27074/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      867. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to address the need to support and provide on-street EV charging for those EV owners who cannot charge at home as...
    • Bus Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding bereavement days in the event of deaths of immediate family members for employees of a semi State bus company...
    • Transport Policy
      869. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Kimmage to city centre bus corridor; when construction is expected to commence; when construction is expected to be...
    • Driver Test
      870. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that current processing times for IRP renewal applications are impacting some individuals attempting to renew their...
    • Rail Network
      871. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 3 March 2026, the position on extending the carpark serving Thurles Railway Station, given...
    • National Transport Authority
      872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request the National Transport Authority to allocate funding to Local Link Kerry to allow new bus routes commence in County Kerry,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has commenced the development of a scheme to replace the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme (details supplied); the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      874. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options that are being examined to increase public transport connectivity to Dublin Airport in the short-to-medium term; if...
    • Departmental Meetings
      875. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the dates and attendees of all meeting he or his Department have had with an association (details supplied) since he took office. [27288/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of ongoing increases in fuel costs and Government commitments to modal shift and emissions reduction, the steps being taken to...
    • Bus Services
      877. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for a direct public bus service to Dublin Airport for the residents of Fairview, Clontarf, Marino, Raheny and the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      878. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on transport infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      879. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering a second call for funding for new applicants under the Safe Routes to School Programme; when he expects...
    • Departmental Data
      880. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all marine notices issued over the past ten years relating to protected wrecks; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Prices
      882. To ask the Minister for Finance the immediate measures he will take to tackle the fuel and home heating oil crisis and alleviate the huge pressure on households, farmers and contractors who...
    • Energy Prices
      884. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s current assessment of the potential inflationary impact on the Irish economy arising from sustained increases in global energy prices;...
    • Tax Rebates
      886. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a policy change that will extend a VAT rebate scheme on diesel, equivalent to the scheme available for hauliers, that would cover the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      887. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of implementing an exemption from benefit-in-kind for professional subscription fees paid by employers on behalf of employees; if...
    • Tax Code
      888. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23936/26]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      891. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received to the Revenue Commissioners in unpublished tax settlements in 2024 and 2025; the top value of each of the ten individual settlements and...
    • Tax Code
      893. To ask the Minister for Finance if any proposals are under consideration to remove or reduce the rate of VAT applicable to housing adaptation works for persons with disabilities, including...
    • Fuel Prices
      896. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the estimated €250 million cost of the energy price measures introduced on 24 March 2026, according to the cost of the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      897. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have engaged with any stakeholder groups from sectors (details supplied) including representatives from currently examining issues...
    • Transport Policy
      899. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Central Bank to examine and review the barriers to potential not-for-profit ridesharing platforms (details supplied) being introduced...
    • Tax Code
      900. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove VAT on housing insulation products, residential doors and windows to reduce retrofitting costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Collection
      901. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures currently in place to ensure that the North of Ireland-based solid fuel suppliers delivering to consumers in the State are registered with the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      906. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the level of income tax relief available on private health insurance premiums (details supplied),; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      907. To ask the Minister for Finance to urgently address inheritance tax discrimination against childless couples (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24429/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      908. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which...
    • Tax Code
      909. To ask the Minister for Finance which European Union law provides the statutory basis for the carbon taxes; it's interaction with domestic Irish law; to detail the obligation Ireland has to...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      910. To ask the Minister for Finance when a homeowner installs solar panels on their property if they are liable to pay tax on the excess that is sold back to the grid; and if the rate of this...
    • Departmental Funding
      911. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24504/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      912. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns regarding diesel prices, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24527/26]
    • Alcohol Sales
      913. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of alcohol sales recorded by volume, and monetary value in each of the years 2014 to 2025, in tabular form. [24537/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      914. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details...
    • Fuel Prices
      915. To ask the Minister for Finance to significantly reduce the cost of agri diesel for farmers and farmer contractors given the cost has increased dramatically during the past few weeks and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      916. To ask the Minister for Finance if cuts to excise for private jet fuel were included in the €250 million estimated cost of the energy package announced on 24 March 2026; the amount of...
    • Tax Collection
      918. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest assessment of the State's exposure to a small number of multinational firms for corporation tax receipts; and the contingency planning in place...
    • Fiscal Policy
      920. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his assessment of the key fiscal disparities between jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, including in relation to taxation, public sector pay,...
    • Fuel Prices
      924. To ask the Minister for Finance in light of sustained increases in fuel prices linked to ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the possibility of prolonged disruption over the coming...
    • Tax Credits
      926. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims made for the Incapacitated Child Tax Credit in each of the past five years; the number approved and refused in each year; the number...
    • Departmental Staff
      928. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in...
    • Fuel Prices
      929. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns regarding fuel supports for the commercial bus and coach sector raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      930. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the tax take on electricity in each of the past five years, by taxes and levies that are applied to electricity; and the details of the...
    • Vehicle Registration
      931. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of personalised or private vehicle registration plates in the State; if any review or assessment of such a proposal has...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      933. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to update or review the primary medical certificate system, given its limitations and the restrictions it poses to many people with...
    • Tax Code
      934. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits of amending existing inheritance tax parameters; if the existing relationship category thresholds can be reviewed; if any research has...
    • Housing Schemes
      935. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any review of the help-to-buy scheme, particularly if he will consider increasing the purchase price limit of €500,000, for...
    • Departmental Data
      936. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons aged over 66 that earn €0 to €27,999; the number earning €28,000 to €33,000 per year; and the number...
    • Departmental Staff
      939. To ask the Minister for Finance the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25443/26]
    • Tax Rebates
      941. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to a five cent rebate for the private bus and coach sector to keep school runs and rural routes viable for the sector; and if...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      942. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of recent media reports (details supplied) highlighting significant illicit cigarette seizures in Ireland given that seizures in the first...
    • Tax Reliefs
      943. To ask the Minister for Finance if the bike-to-work scheme will be opened to people in atypical employment; to list those currently eligible for the scheme; if the scheme will be extended to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      945. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/26]
    • Home Help Service
      946. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will recognise that the level of tax paid by home support health care assistants is forcing many such workers to leave the profession; if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      948. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT on energy bills in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [25767/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      950. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects;...
    • Tax Code
      951. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will suspend carbon tax on fuel for the duration of the current diesel price crisis, given the disproportionate impact on rural and diesel dependent...
    • Housing Schemes
      952. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy applications, approvals and drawdowns for every year the scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026 with the total annual...
    • Tax Credits
      953. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of renters tax credits claimed in 2025 the breakdown by county and average amount claimed in each county along with the total cost of the...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      954. To ask the Minister for Finance the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      956. To ask the Minister for Finance if urgent measures can be introduced to assist those commuting to work and working with soaring energy costs (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      957. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current €115,000 earnings cap for pension tax relief, which has remained unchanged since 2011; if he will consider linking the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      958. To ask the Minister for Finance whether consideration is being given to targeted tax measures for families with children, particularly school-age children, in light of the continuing...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      961. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26092/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      962. To ask the Minister for Finance to take into consideration the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      963. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and organisations that have met with him or his officials on the issue of domestic residential exempted development regulations in the last six...
    • Departmental Funding
      964. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of such...
    • Tax Collection
      965. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of capital gains tax taken in as a result of the sale of company shares for each of the previous five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      966. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on progress of recommendation no. 41 of the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity on a review of tax measures to incentivise...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      967. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the timelines and processes for appointment of the next Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. [26309/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      970. To ask the Minister for Finance if the analysis and reasoning behind the tax reliefs in the data centre sector will be provided. [26457/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      971. To ask the Minister for Finance to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26483/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      972. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered re-assessing the tax treatment of employees travel and subsistence expenses to be inclusive of active and public transport, particularly...
    • Credit Unions
      974. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank of Ireland requires credit unions to request that their members provide proof of address and proof of identity every two years,...
    • Tax Avoidance
      975. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the closure in Budget 2026 of a loophole under the Capital Acquisitions Tax regime that allowed wealthy individuals to transfer life assurance...
    • Fiscal Policy
      979. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to claims by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the planned growth rates of net spending are above an appropriate level; and if he will make...
    • Housing Schemes
      980. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the Living Cities Initiative to include owner occupier new builds in rural areas with high levels of disadvantage or depopulation as defined...
    • Departmental Reports
      981. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      983. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on Revenue's preparation for the disposal of the MV Matthew; to provide a breakdown of the full costs to date for the management,...
    • Departmental Reports
      984. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the web link to his Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model...
    • Prize Bonds
      985. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the absence of a policy by the prize bond company requiring the routine issuing of annual statements of account to prize bond holders; if he is...
    • Insurance Coverage
      989. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to establish a national flood insurance scheme to protect homeowners, renters and businesses increasingly exposed to flood risk; whether...
    • Tax Code
      990. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the way in which the excise duties collected on fuels are allocated and spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26962/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      991. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a full breakdown of the Approved Retirement Funds and Retirement Annuity Contracts that are not provided for, or regulated under the Pensions Act...
    • Financial Services
      992. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made to promote Ireland as a leading hub for Sustainable and Green Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26964/26]
    • Proposed Legislation
      993. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline when 'Right to be Forgotten' legislation will be passed through the Oireachtas; the number of people his Department expect will benefit;...
    • Tax Code
      994. To ask the Minister for Finance to give favourable consideration to reviewing the 52% tax rate on short term lets/long term lets; if he will give favourable consideration to reducing this...
    • Housing Provision
      996. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made since ISIF’s funding programme was extended in December; the conditions to this financing; the number of housebuilders this has and...
    • Housing Policy
      997. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress of the housing investment and policy impact working group. [14449/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      998. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the cost-of-living crisis, he will suspend the scheduled carbon tax increase on home heating oil and gas due on 1 May 2026; the estimated cost...
    • Tax Reliefs
      1000. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the revised disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he is committed to ensuring that the Government makes a decision on...
    • Derelict Sites
      1001. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the derelict sites tax to be collected by Revenue. [26999/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1002. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department employ an external agency to issue press releases and another to conduct 'media monitoring' and what this monitoring entails. [27000/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      1003. To ask the Minister for Finance the monies that have been given to support the accelerated capital allowance scheme for 2023-2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Credits
      1007. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the possibility of allowing an alternative proof of tenancy, such as lease agreements and bank transfers for tenants seeking to avail...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1008. To ask the Minister for Finance if the primary medical certificate is currently being reviewed (details supplied); if so, the status of this review; the timeline for competition of this...
    • Tax Reliefs
      1009. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Programme for Government’s commitment to review the bike to work scheme; if he is considering increasing the tax relief limit for...
    • Business Supports
      1010. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with industry stakeholders regarding the IT systems changes required to implement the transitional customs duty measure due to come into...
    • Departmental Data
      1011. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that registered and submitted returns for the accounting period 1 January 2026 to 28 February 2026 for the e-liquid products tax...
    • Customs and Excise
      1013. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of x-ray scans conducted on incoming Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo containers at all Irish ports in each of the ten years 2006-2015, in tabular form....
    • Tax Reliefs
      1014. To ask the Minister for Finance whether self employed sole traders are entitled to claim the bike to work scheme grant. [27286/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      1015. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates and attendees of all meeting he or his Department have had with an association (details supplied) since he took office. [27289/26]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1019. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of public contracts awarded on a lowest price only basis compared to most economically advantageous tender criteria, in...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1025. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will allow the Tranche 2 list of OPW flood schemes to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1026. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding in the past five years. [23998/26]
    • State Art Collection
      1027. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the 37 artworks currently listed as "unlocated" following the 2025 OPW audits, including the title,...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      1035. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 10 February 2026, in which he indicated that his Department will shortly issue a letter to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1036. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1040. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24510/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1041. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1042. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when will the preliminary submission by Wexford County Council for the interim flood relief measures be processed and approved as...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      1043. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he accepts that the evidential presumption in respect of penalisation under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended, is...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1047. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the development of an alert system for local flooding; the work his Department has undertaken to establish an...
    • Irish Language
      1048. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies filled in County Donegal by Irish language candidates in the current interdepartmental higher executive officer...
    • Office of Public Works
      1049. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of all capital works that the OPW carried out at Raheny Garda Station in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026,...
    • Departmental Projects
      1051. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the completion of the Whitechurch Stream project, now in its third year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24931/26]
    • Civil Service
      1052. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the number of civil servants employed by the State has increased by over 50% in the past decade; and the measures in place...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1053. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [24940/26]
    • Programme for Government
      1054. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on the commitments on digitalisation of State services contained in the Programme for Government. [24941/26]
    • Passport Services
      1055. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 March 2026, the position regarding the development of the new Cork Passport Office; when...
    • Tax Data
      1056. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason only 61% of the carbon tax is going to target objectives; and where is the other 39% going. [24960/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1057. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if expenditure areas within his Department have been identified for cut backs or savings to contribute towards the overspend in the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1058. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in light of reports that a €600 million overspend in the Department of Education’s budget will need to be offset by a...
    • EU Directives
      1059. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there is a flaw in the way in which EU Directive 2019/1937 has been transposed with the Protected Disclosures...
    • Office of Public Works
      1060. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to maintain a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25372/26]
    • Flood Risk Management
      1061. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the work he is doing to ensure that flood defence projects are fast-tracked, particularly in areas known to be...
    • Office of Public Works
      1062. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the work he is doing to ensure that all OPW owned buildings, structures and monuments are fully accessible; and...
    • Court Accommodation
      1066. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on his meeting with the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the repairs and re-opening of the...
    • Defence Forces
      1067. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 26 February 2026, confirming that the Civil Service Occupational Health Service and the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      1068. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether Dublin Airport Authority’s exemption from the freedom of information act remains appropriate given that it operates the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1071. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1072. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of...
    • Office of Public Works
      1073. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on conservation and restoration efforts of the Magazine Fort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26119/26]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1074. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the proposed interim flood relief measures and associated costs for schemes in County Kilkenny and County Carlow; and...
    • Office of Public Works
      1075. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the installation of eco-toilet facilities in the Phoenix Park for public use; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1076. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the work of the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/26]
    • Flood Risk Management
      1077. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place to invest in erosion defences and flood defences of the Kerry coastline, particularly at Rossbeigh, Cromane,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1079. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm whether a comprehensive audit or condition survey has been conducted of the Garda station estate nationwide since...
    • Office of Public Works
      1082. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the role of the Office of Public Works in the maintenance, refurbishment and development of Garda stations; whether a formal...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1083. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of any Garda stations in which hazardous materials, including asbestos, have been identified; whether a central register...
    • Departmental Projects
      1088. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether there is an agreed and widely used system that acts as a unique identifier of each non-government organisation, charity or...
    • Departmental Reports
      1089. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1092. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the National Procurement Strategy; the timeline for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1093. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres in...
    • Departmental Policies
      1094. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he has considered bringing to an end the practice of deducting Additional Superannuation Contributions (formerly Pension...
    • Office of Public Works
      1095. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the plans of the Office of Public Works for a site (details supplied); the progress that has been made on bringing...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Housing Policy
      1096. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the concerns regarding short-term rental legislation raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Employment Rights
      1097. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address concerns regarding statutory sick pay and its impact on shift workers in the care sector, raised in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1098. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the introduction of any leave for miscarriage or pregnancy loss, beyond that already covered in line with a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1099. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details on the eligibility criteria for green capital grant programmes; including whether multinational-owned...
    • Work Permits
      1100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of non-nationals who are present in Ireland illegally without a work permit; the methods by which his Department or other...
    • St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
      1101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the grant funding provided to Failte Ireland for the annual St. Patrick's Festival in each of the years from...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the measures in place to protect energy-intensive industries from sustained increases in electricity and fuel costs...
    • Departmental Data
      1103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of authorisations issued by the Injuries Resolution Board in 2024 permitting claimants to initiate legal...
    • Business Supports
      1105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to assist persons who have started their own business, including start up grants and other financial...
    • Arts Funding
      1106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding available for the production of arts and crafts, specifically pottery making; if any increase to the allocation is being...
    • Workplace Relations Services
      1107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what guidance has been issued to employers to ensure that, where competing rights arise in the workplace, including in relation to...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      1114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether consideration has been given to the introduction of an online app to monitor and record fuel and grocery prices across...
    • Departmental Data
      1115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide clarification on the number of critical skills employment permits issued annually in the past four years and the number...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      1116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of his Department in encouraging the private cybersecurity sector. [24134/26]
    • Legislative Process
      1118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; whether...
    • Health and Safety
      1119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been brought to reports of toys containing asbestos being recalled in Australia and Britain; if he has concerns...
    • Fuel Prices
      1121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered the introduction of a consumer app operated by his Department, that fuel merchants would be...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to give favourable consideration to introducing paid miscarriage leave in line with Northern Ireland and the UK (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Data
      1123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and value of dual use export licenses granted to end users based in Israel, by quarter, since Q1 2020;; and if he will...
    • Export Controls
      1125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he and his Department are taking to ensure that Irish exported goods are not supplied to end users who utilise them for...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to consider introducing paid miscarriage leave in line with Northern Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has undertaken any analysis of the expected impact of artificial intelligence on employment patterns in...
    • Departmental Funding
      1131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24503/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      1132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the applications for the renewal of four work permits made by health care assistants based in the same nursing home (details...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had...
    • Departmental Funding
      1134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24627/26]
    • Health and Safety
      1136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Health and Safety Authority investigated whether an organisation (details supplied) complied with its obligations under...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department supports organisations in developing AI governance frameworks that enable innovation while ensuring...
    • Industrial Development
      1143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status and projected timeline for the development and infrastructure build-out of the new IDA Business Park,...
    • Work Permits
      1144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a general employment permit renewal (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24683/26]
    • Civil Service
      1145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data...
    • Legislative Process
      1147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Retirement (Contractual Retirement Age) Bill 2025, which was signed into law by President Catherine Connolly in December...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 4 March 2026, for an update on the extension of this scheme; the size of increase to...
    • Health and Safety
      1149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of concerns regarding the recall by a company (details supplied) on 24 March 2026 due to asbestos contamination in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25442/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      1151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the progression of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers)...
    • Rental Sector
      1152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of short term rental properties currently operating in County Mayo, based on the most recent data available to his...
    • Trade Unions
      1157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of issues relating to specific companies’ engagement with union representatives (details supplied); and if he...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • Work Permits
      1159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for decision on an appeal (details supplied) in relation to an employment permit; and whether the decision can be...
    • Legislative Measures
      1160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to legislate that any content moderation role that requires more than 10% of such content is harmful as being high risk in jobs...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to consider codifying “joint employer” liability to ensure that both the client and the BPO are responsible for worker...
    • Horticulture Sector
      1163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason horticulture is not a qualifying sector for funding from Enterprise Ireland; if this can be examined; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted...
    • Industrial Relations
      1165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the Action Plan on Collective Bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/26]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      1166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is currently taking to promote the wider adoption of remote and flexible working arrangements; and if he...
    • Banking Sector
      1167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that banks (details supplied) currently are not accepting applications for the growth and sustainability loan scheme...
    • Industrial Relations
      1169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the industrial relations provision in respect of The Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension...
    • Departmental Data
      1170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of non-governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years;...
    • Legislative Measures
      1171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for collective bargaining to become legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26223/26]
    • Rural Schemes
      1172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work his Department plans on doing to promote rural towns and villages in Meath and Westmeath, as tourist destinations; and if...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      1175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact of US direct foreign investment in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/26]
    • Energy Prices
      1179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of soaring energy costs if he will consider introducing more flexible payment mechanisms for grants administered by his...
    • Grant Payments
      1180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider increasing the level of support available under the energy efficiency grant and other grants administered by his...
    • Health and Safety
      1181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the Health and Safety Authority's public offices; if each of these offices are accessible to people with...
    • Pension Provisions
      1182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress of recommendation no. 40 of the Action Plan for Competitiveness & Productivity on incentivising...
    • Fuel Prices
      1183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason and the amount retail shops can charge in terms of the surcharge that is applied to customers who top up on gas,...
    • Work Permits
      1186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to persons from outside the UK and EEA intending to take up positions of dentists in the each of...
    • Tourism Industry
      1187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment If Failte Ireland plans to open their tourism information offices on Sundays in major towns and cities during the peak summer...
    • Departmental Data
      1188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether a company (details supplied) has received any supports financial and otherwise from State Agencies including IDA and...
    • Departmental Reports
      1190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to...
    • Departmental Policies
      1193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to increase the number of public holidays here to align more closely with European averages. [26937/26]
    • Defence Forces
      1195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of aggregated military licences granted in in each of the years 2024, 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, by destination;...
    • Departmental Data
      1196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres...
    • Business Supports
      1197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants that are available to an individual looking to start their first business in purchasing and renovating a food truck; and...
    • Legislative Process
      1198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is planned to submit the general scheme of a Bill to update the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 to the Oireachtas Committee...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      1199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who were requested by the NCSE to open special classes in 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026 but were unable to, due to the...
    • School Funding
      1201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the criteria by which schools were included in the National Development Plan Sectoral Investment Plan 2026–2030; the reason a...
    • Medical Cards
      1203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 18 March 2026, the supports and services available under the enhanced medical card for survivors of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason additional special class places have not been opened at a school (details supplied) to facilitate children with specific additional...
    • Education Schemes
      1205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of climate action summer works scheme will be announced. [23546/26]
    • School Management
      1206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the findings from the recent Primary School Survey will be published. [23547/26]
    • State Examinations
      1207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money generated each year through State examination fees; the break down on what this money is spent on; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a building (details supplied); if her officials will investigate the matter; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance her Department and NCSE will be giving to schools in relation to admission to newly sanctioned special classes for September 2026;...
    • Education Policy
      1214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 881 of 18 March 2026, the remedy available to parents if a school does not publish its arrangements in its...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Limerick school (details supplied) can expect the technical team of her Department to provide approval for the school to go to tender to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be granted for a school (details supplied) to move to Stage 2B of the tender process for a proposed extension of special...
    • School Admissions
      1217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of letters of eligibility that were issued prior to 1 October 2025 to children in Wicklow, by age; and the number of letters of...
    • School Curriculum
      1218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young people with an exemption to study Irish and who are learning a modern foreign language; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      1220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed solution to the issue of providing substitution cover for primary school teachers who return to work after maternity leave and wish...
    • School Management
      1221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the primary school survey which was conducted in late 2025 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      1222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of funding for the climate action summer works scheme will be announced and made available to schools; and if she will make...
    • School Management
      1224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the primary school survey will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23645/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive approval to proceed to tender to replace a rotting roof; when approval to proceed to tender on a...
    • School Transport
      1226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for special schools with regard to funding for transport for students to and from the school; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to secure an appropriate school placement for a child (details supplied) in Clonmel, County Tipperary, with...
    • School Transport
      1228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support coach operators who are increasingly unable to meet the costs of delivering the school transport scheme due to the ongoing...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills f any schools in Fingal are included in the trial to support teachers' capacity meet the needs of dyslexic students, planned to commence in...
    • School Transport
      1231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when changes will be made to the distance requirements for school transport applications, namely to reduce eligibility criteria to 1 km for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the special needs review at a school (details supplied); the number of SNAs the school is entitled to; the way in which this is...
    • School Facilities
      1233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school (details supplied). [23792/26]
    • School Staff
      1234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the SET allocation for a school (details supplied). [23793/26]
    • School Accommodation
      1237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied); when she expects this accommodation to be in place...
    • State Examinations
      1238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the reintroduction of leaving certificate and junior cycle examination fees for the 2026 academic year, particularly in the...
    • Education Costs
      1239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the refusal of home tuition support for two students (details supplied) in County Tipperary who are unable to attend...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for progression to construction of the new building for a school (details supplied); the status of the tender assessment process;...
    • Education Policy
      1241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to an incremental credit application for teaching service; the reasons...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role NEPS is expected to play in cases where its involvement has been sought but no response or engagement has been provided over an...
    • Education Policy
      1245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update to a person (details supplied) who has applied for incremental salary credit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be supported in delivering a specialised literacy and reading class; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      1247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a climate action summer works (CASW) application submitted by a school (details supplied); when the next tranche of CASW projects...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      1248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the NCSE has refused to fund the final teaching practice component of a Master of Qualification (MQ) in Deaf Education,...
    • Education Schemes
      1249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a county breakdown of the €90 million investment package for the 2026 Climate Action Summer Works announced in...
    • School Management
      1250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will release the findings of the National Primary School Survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24037/26]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a Teaching Council registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24051/26]
    • State Examinations
      1252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the financial pressure on working families due to the reintroduction of State examination fees for the 2026 Leaving...
    • School Management
      1253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to assist a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24084/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that two primary schools in County Tipperary expressed interest to the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) in opening...
    • School Management
      1255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to address issues in regard to a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      1258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targeted capacity planning measures currently in place to address identified pressure areas in school places, particularly for children with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a transparent and accessible review mechanism will be established for families who receive refusals of eligibility for special education...
    • School Admissions
      1263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being introduced to support admissions pathways for vulnerable families, including those from Traveller and other marginalised...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to address issues in regard to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      1266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual salary cost per SNA in primary schools in comparison to post-primary schools, based on current salary scales, for the school year...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project for a school (details supplied); to clarify the details of the proposed special needs unit; and if...
    • Education Schemes
      1270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of the climate action summer works scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24142/26]
    • Education Policy
      1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the primary school survey examining co-education or single-sex school preference will be published; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 24 March 2026, her views on whether the reintroduction of fees for State exams acts as a barrier to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 18 March 2026, if it is possible to divide the list provided on the NCSE website into special...
    • State Examinations
      1278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason oral exams were moved to the Easter holiday break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24211/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure all children have access to developmental language disorder or speech sound disorder special classes; and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      1283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no schools in Drogheda, County Louth have been selected for inclusion in the DEIS Plus programme; the precise criteria that was used...
    • Schools Complaints Procedures
      1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who has the remit to investigate an alleged complaint regarding a school not complying with section 62 of the Education (Admission to Schools)...
    • Education Policy
      1285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are in place for a child returning to school after more than a year absence or reduced time; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education Schemes
      1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of schools that are being designated under the new DEIS plus programme. [24227/26]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be approved to go to tender to replace a rotting roof; when the school will be approved to move to Stage...
    • Ministerial Communications
      1288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates and attendees of any meetings she has had since taking office with members of the Oireachtas regarding a school (details supplied)....
    • State Examinations
      1292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of administration of collect exam fees for State exams. [24276/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with Dublin City Council regarding the need for a new school in Kylemore as a part of the Kylemore Masterplan. [24277/26]
    • Education Schemes
      1295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) which have met all stated eligibility criteria under the Department’s DEIS identification model,...
    • Education Welfare Service
      1296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a child (details supplied) regarding a school place. [24301/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that are used to determine SNA allocation by school. [24335/26]
    • School Staff
      1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the pay agreement for school caretakers will be implemented; if she will explain the reason for the continued delay, particularly in light...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 24 March 2026, if she will engage with the NCSE specially in relation to the allocation of SNAs for...
    • Income Inequality
      1302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation in relation to school caretakers (details supplied). [24369/26]
    • Education Policy
      1305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a recent special needs assistant (SNA) review carried out by the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a NEPS psychologist in a school (details supplied) will be replaced to ensure that NEPS assessments can continue as needed for children;...
    • Education Schemes
      1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school in Dublin 11 (details supplied) was not included on the list of schools added to the DEIS+ scheme this year; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 532 of 24 March 2026, if she will respond to the specific questions asked, namely the number of places in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      1309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24444/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within her Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes...
    • Education Schemes
      1311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of site visits undertaken by her Department officials to a DEIS school in County Kilkenny in each of the past ten years; if the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24502/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied). [24524/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to support a person (details supplied) who has significant communication needs and unique academic abilities; if funding...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      1317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works scheme application for a school (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Policy
      1318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the concerns regarding the preparedness of Irish schools for a medical emergency, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      1319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24626/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process her Department intends to use to ensure that the Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools is updated on a regular and...
    • Education Schemes
      1322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which schools can appeal the DEIS plus decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24660/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason refusal letters for SEN applications are taking several months to issue; the current average timeframe for issuing such letters; the...
    • Education Policy
      1325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the appointment of home school liaison resources for schools under DEIS supports announced this week; and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      1326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24779/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be approved for an autism unit for September 2026; the number of pupils that will be accommodated; and if...
    • Education Schemes
      1328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24786/26]
    • State Examinations
      1329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason examination fees for Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate students are being reintroduced in 2026; when this cohort of students...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24872/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extra classroom will be provided as part of the special class provision for 2026/ 2027 for a DEIS school in County Kilkenny (details...
    • Education Schemes
      1333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school was left off the DEIS Plus list (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24889/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24899/26]
    • School Facilities
      1335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the results of the City Connects Programme; if an evaluation report has been completed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Schemes
      1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the reason a school (details supplied) was not granted DEIS Plus status; the way in which the school can appeal the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a completion date for the school building projects located at the Roslyn Park site in Sandymount; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Schemes
      1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from DEIS Plus status, as the catchment for this school is a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      1341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that a school (details supplied) operates across split campuses, whether consideration has been given to the added costs of same in the...
    • State Examinations
      1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be State examination fees for junior cycle and Leaving Certificate students in 2026; the fees charged in each of the years 2021 to...
    • Education Schemes
      1345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used for categorising DEIS plus schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25019/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy or...
    • Education Policy
      1347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for co-educational status by a school (details supplied). [25047/26]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      1348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the planned extension for a school (details supplied). [25048/26]
    • School Admissions
      1349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future planning that has been carried out by her Department with regard to school places in Arklow, County Wicklow, given the projected...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans for a site in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25083/26]
    • Home Schooling
      1351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be considered in the home school community liaison scheme expansion announced recently; the criteria being...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which schools are adequately equipped and supported to manage both diagnosed and undiagnosed medical conditions among pupils,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants and supports available from her Department in the event that a school needs to create additional car parking spaces on its grounds to...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25146/26]
    • School Staff
      1355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules and conditions governing job sharing arrangements for primary school teachers; to clarify whether teachers who are job sharing are...
    • Departmental Data
      1356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools that applied for funding to install solar panels in 2024 and 2025; the number and value of grants...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that existing fuel and travel allowance arrangements are not meeting the actual costs incurred by travelling special education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the build project for a school (details supplied); if the new 2(a) plans have been received by her Department; when a...
    • Departmental Data
      1364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an up-to-date list of emergency works applications; the current status of each; the length of time it is currently taking to approve...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classrooms there are currently in primary schools in County Meath. [25252/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new primary schools that have been opened in County Meath for the years 2010 to 2025 respectively; and if she will make a...
    • School Textbooks
      1376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated to the free schoolbook scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25259/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Meath currently without a student support plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25260/26]
    • School Transport
      1381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Meath who have availed of the school transport scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026; the...
    • Departmental Data
      1382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in both primary and post primary schools in County Meath for the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider continuing the waived exam fees for students sitting the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams in light of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs in primary and post primary schools respectively, in County Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated for the years 2020 to 2025 on continuous professional development for teachers in schools across the State;...
    • School Staff
      1386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the appeals process for primary staffing and provide an additional teacher for a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarity on a matter relating to the Teaching Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25296/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been designated under section 67 of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Sign Language
      1390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced by deaf students in accessing education through ISL the measures she is taking to improve...
    • School Enrolments
      1392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of first-year places available in all post-primary schools in the Galway city and Oranmore school planning area for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand NEPS capacity to ensure Ireland is aligned with other EU countries in terms of student-to- psychologist ratio; and if she...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in DEIS plus scheme. [25319/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025 inclusive; the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the pay deal for school caretakers in order that they do not have to sign on for social protection outside of term time. [25331/26]
    • Online Safety
      1400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to educate teenagers and children about online safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25342/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a mother who currently lives in Castleknock and is bidding on a house in Malahide (details supplied). [25369/26]
    • School Facilities
      1402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25385/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) under the climate action summer works scheme 2026 for wall cavity insulation;...
    • Departmental Data
      1404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure incurred by her Department on modular, prefab and temporary school accommodation, including both rental and leasing costs...
    • School Facilities
      1406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25457/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the redesignation of a class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25468/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she agrees with the NCSE's view that special needs assistants (SNAs) should be primarily or only provided to children with physical care...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Grant, a pilot programme offering schools up to €10,000 to integrate physical activity...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) is expected to be given approval to move forward with its plans to establish a special class for children with...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to recruit 25 additional WTE psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [25529/26]
    • Home Schooling
      1416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) with an existing allocation of 0.4 HSCL post did not receive an increased allocation under the recent...
    • School Staff
      1421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to change the staffing schedule for primary schools to recognise the appointment of an administrative deputy principal at a lower threshold...
    • Departmental Data
      1423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm proposals to reintroduce fees for students taking the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate examinations; if the fees will...
    • School Transport
      1424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the increase in school transport fees announced by Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25604/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the criteria and data used in determining eligibility for the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25610/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if support will be provided to facilitate a school place for two children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      1429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of sanction of each of the following additional accommodation projects (details supplied); the dates that they completed the various...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to implementing the pay agreement for school caretakers prior to the end of the current school year to ensure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a child (details supplied) is due to start junior infants in 2026-2027 and has applied to all special schools and special...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a centralised procurement strategy for personal technology in the education system, with a view to reduce cost through...
    • School Transport
      1434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of primary school students, post-primary students and the total number of families, using the school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will sanction a new ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25746/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding an additional accommodation project under the school capital programme (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an EWS application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25753/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been informed that the number of hours sanctioned to the school for supporting pupils with additional...
    • School Staff
      1443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the rules (details supplied) where a school may only appoint a replacement secretary for sick leave for school secretaries...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of and application (details supplied) under the climate action summer works scheme (CASWS) 2026,...
    • School Transport
      1445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review school transport contracts for contracted operators in light of the significant increase in fuel costs and the fact that...
    • School Admissions
      1446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 March 2026, the criteria used to decide on whether an admission policy under section 62(7) (n)...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the funding for school completion programmes by the Shared Island Unit in the North of Ireland. [25872/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of summer works and emergency works funding that has been provided to a school (details supplied) over the last ten years. [25925/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bodies which operate under her aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an...
    • School Transport
      1453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the increase in school bus fees, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department is working to implement the “Health and Safety at Work Act 2005”; and if she will make a statement...
    • Parental Leave
      1461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the parental leave arrangements for teachers and special needs assistants to allow greater flexibility in the way in which...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department will review the job-sharing scheme for teachers and special needs assistants to allow more flexible patterns of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and projected provision of early intervention and special class places in the Cork east constituency, including for children with...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the allocation of DEIS status in Thurles town, County Tipperary, considering there is no DEIS primary school in the town despite clear...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on his plans for ASD classes in primary schools in Malahide, Portmarnock and Kinsealy. [26117/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school will be granted approval for another reading class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26183/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills she is aware of the need for additional SEN places in County Meath; her plans to progress the two SEN and one mainstream class building project...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the evaluation of Oíche na hÓige; if it will be an annual event; if a date has been set for 2026; and if she will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest update on the Teaching Council's work to make it mandatory for all student teachers to undertake one mandatory school placement in a...
    • Departmental Data
      1485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers currently in full time employment with her Department. [26435/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to schools to allow for the installation of water refill stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26470/26]
    • School Patronage
      1490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the recent survey to parents on school patronage will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26511/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers holding AP1 posts-assistant principal grade 1 in community and comprehensive schools are entitled to a reduction of four hours per...
    • Departmental Data
      1496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of total DEIS funding from 2016 to 2026. [26582/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it has been considered if a school can be assigned as DEIS rather than a geographical area; and if not, the policy reasons for not doing...
    • School Transport
      1503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Bus Éireann school transport fee was increased by 100% (details supplied) in a cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options or assistance available to a school (details supplied) to ensure that all pupils interested in participating in transition year can...
    • Departmental Data
      1505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE senior quantity surveyor grade 1 that is employed within the Department as of 7 April 2026, in tabular form. [26652/26]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider an extension to the route 3 Teaching Council registration from the current three year time limit to get a PME; and if she will make...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      1507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the creation of supports to ensure that those people who are registered with Teaching Council through a route 3 to be able to access...
    • School Transport
      1508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average age of school buses that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [26678/26]
    • Departmental Reports
      1511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in...
    • State Examinations
      1514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated to sit their State examinations; if she has discussed the matter with the Minister for...
    • School Patronage
      1515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Department has not published the disaggregated results for parents from the survey on school patronage and ethos of pre-school...
    • School Admissions
      1516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the application process for the new special school in Balbriggan; and when applications will open. [26966/26]
    • School Staff
      1517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of maths teaching posts that are vacant in post-primary schools across the State; if there is a disproportionate number of vacancies...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a review of a school's SET hours is being considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26970/26]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to broaden the Teaching Council of Ireland's registration requirements; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who will not have an appropriate school place for September 2026 due to the shortage of places in special schools and ASD...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to fight legal cases against the parents of children who had to go to court to obtain a school placement for September 2025. [27035/26]
    • Home Schooling
      1522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable that 14 year old child (details supplied) has been without any educational provision since December 2025;...
    • Departmental Projects
      1523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in progressing to phases two, three and four of a planned project (details supplied); when such works are likely to...
    • School Patronage
      1525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process that will be put in place to support schools to divest. [27105/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider adding a special class to a school extension project per request of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      1529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ASA scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27161/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27162/26]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      1531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has investigated the possibility of extending DEIS/DEIS Plus supports to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      1533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with a school (details supplied) regarding additional requirements identified in respect of an ASA scheme application; if her...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a meeting request from the principal to discuss outstanding remedial works (details supplied); the details of the...
    • School Funding
      1535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a school (details supplied) can secure funding from her Department to set up a sensory garden; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Projects
      1536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a small school's pilot project application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a fifth special class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      1539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 10 June and 485 of 15 July 2025, if school transport will be available in the next academic year...
    • School Admissions
      1541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 18 March 2026, the remaining options that are available to the parents of a child (details supplied)...
    • School Staff
      1542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA posts allocated to each school in county Waterford at the end of quarter 1 2026 in comparison to quarter 1 2025, by school;...
    • Departmental Data
      1544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in County Waterford in each of the years 2016-2025, by school, in...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Social Media
      1546. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether the Government has engaged with major social media platforms (details supplied) regarding the availability of...
    • Pension Provisions
      1547. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the agreed increase to Eir pensions will be approved and paid to members of the scheme; if approval will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      1548. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the grants available for a community centre to repair parts of their building (details supplied); if no grants are...
    • Sports Funding
      1549. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reasons for the continued delay in approving the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund grant for the Sallins Amenity...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1556. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his/her Department or in agencies...
    • Departmental Funding
      1557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24500/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have...
    • Sports Funding
      1560. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the specific datasets, analytical methodologies, and weighting criteria used by his Department to inform geographic...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      1564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight and regulatory framework in place for parcel delivery services in the State, including the role of the...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      1565. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the heatmap being developed by his Department to identify where sports facilities are and are not located...
    • Arts Funding
      1566. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the State capital supports that are in place to support the building and development of a new theatre/arts space; and if...
    • Swimming Pools
      1567. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the implementation of the national swimming strategy. [24936/26]
    • Sports Facilities
      1568. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the planned national cricket stadium; and the way in which cricket is supported around Ireland by the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1569. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1570. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding given to Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) in each of the past five years; the extent of the oversight that...
    • Telecommunications Services
      1571. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the merits of requiring broadband and home phone providers to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported...
    • Civil Service
      1575. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25439/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1576. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the possible funding opportunities available to an organisation (details supplied) to promote an event; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he has met formally with the new Chairperson of the National Concert Hall. [25740/26]
    • Sports Organisations
      1579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if committee members of sports clubs are required to undertake the three safeguarding workshops provided by Sport Ireland;...
    • Departmental Policies
      1580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether there is ongoing development of a safeguarding policy for women in sport in conjunction with Cuan; if he will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1582. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the...
    • Sports Organisations
      1583. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the evaluation and examination has been carried out since June 2024 on GAA clubs to determine whether or not they are...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Online Safety
      1587. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans for tackling harms to children online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/26]
    • Museum Projects
      1590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport in light of the decision of the National Museum to display the Catalpa's flag, if the National Museum also plans to...
    • Sports Organisations
      1592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the value of sports capital grants awarded to an organisation (details supplied) since 2020; whether those grants have...
    • Post Office Network
      1594. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to provide the nationwide...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the progress of the national broadband plan in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      1599. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on progress made to date and the plans for the future for the expansion of the night-time economy action...
    • Sports Events
      1600. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has considered any proposals regarding a sporting event (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      1601. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when it is envisaged that full telephone and broadband reception will be available at Dromid and Waterville; and if he...
    • Departmental Websites
      1603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if a correction will be made to Irish Famine website (details supplied). [26623/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding provided by Sport Ireland to Tennis Ireland in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form....
    • Official Travel
      1605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if Minister of State in his Department met with either the Thai transport minister or officials from any airline regarding...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will answer the specific questions raised and address the...
    • Departmental Reports
      1607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024,...
    • Departmental Websites
      1609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the web link to his Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason an Eircode (details supplied) remains excluded from the intervention area despite the failure of the commercial...
    • Departmental Data
      1611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data...
    • Tax Code
      1612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding the recently issued Revenue Guidelines for Determining Employment Status for Taxation Purposes and...
    • Arts Funding
      1613. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if funding can be considered for a site (details supplied) to bring it into use as an artistic and cultural venue in light...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • EU Regulations
      1615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding implementing the regulation RENURE (REcovered Nitrogen from manURE) which the Commission formally...
    • Wildlife Protection
      1616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views that legislation is required to ensure that acoustic deterrent devices ('pingers') are not used on Irish coastal...
    • Housing Policy
      1618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy or infrastructural improvements that have occurred since the introduction of the 2023 waiver that justify its...
    • Housing Provision
      1619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to provide Supported Housing for Youth support to one young person in 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the current and projected funding arrangements for the establishment of the Building Standards Regulatory...
    • Departmental Data
      1621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that a housing form/application is required to request a long-term residential place for an adult with an intellectual...
    • Housing Policy
      1622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguards being put in place in the development of revised regulations governing cabins, modular units and similar...
    • Local Authorities
      1623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount Cork City Council paid in 2025 following the boundary redraw; and how much they will pay in 2026. [23532/26]
    • Planning Issues
      1626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether national planning guidelines specific to utility scale ground mounted solar photovoltaic developments have been, or...
    • EU Regulations
      1627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the practical effect the EU (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025, which transposed Renewable Energy...
    • National Monuments
      1629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the national guidance or methodology planning authorities are required to apply when assessing the indirect visual and...
    • Septic Tanks
      1630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration would be given to reviewing the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the legal basis for a practice (details supplied); if he will proceed with a recommended remediation option, given...
    • Waterways Ireland
      1636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the legislative process which enabled the addition of the Ulster Canal to the remit of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting a response to their appeal to the defective concrete block scheme...
    • Housing Schemes
      1638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average turn around times for the Croí Cónaithe scheme in all applicable local authorities in the State for the...
    • Departmental Data
      1639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of CPO completions in each local authority in the State for the last three years; and the average time taken to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      1642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of recent evidence to the Public Accounts Committee that localised flood warning systems may take a further five to...
    • Planning Issues
      1643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the introduction of a statutory requirement that all planning applications for grid scale battery energy...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current industrial relations dispute within Tailte Éireann given the Government's...
    • Departmental Data
      1645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all periodic critical reviews that have been conducted by the National Directorate for Fire and...
    • Local Authorities
      1647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding which has been allocated to the Dublin City Council Home Building Programme; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      1653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of supported housing units in Wicklow at the moment; and the number that are planned up to 2050; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      1654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a business case or a request for funding in respect of infrastructure related to the delivery of housing...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      1655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for not deducting regular maintenance payments by a partner for their child from their income when being...
    • Local Government Reform
      1656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the local government taskforce has submitted its report to Government; the number of recommendations this contains;...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with reference to the implementation of the developer-led wastewater services infrastructure initiative published by his...
    • Housing Policy
      1658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-evaluate the situation in which those who inherit their family homes should have their spouses income...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1686 of 29 July 2025, the amount of funding drawn down by Dublin City Council for...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      1660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce vacancy and dereliction in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22988/26]
    • Defective Building Materials
      1661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department have engaged with any stakeholder groups from sectors (details supplied) examining issues related to...
    • Housing Schemes
      1663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme, if he proposes to increase the level of funding allocated to Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown...
    • Housing Policy
      1664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider providing for specific housing support for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Schemes
      1666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme at a national level since this scheme was launched, broken...
    • Water Services
      1667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations on Uisce Éireann to notify the public and relevant authorities where a discharge incident has occurred...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the results of the review on income thresholds for social housing support will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Architectural Heritage
      1669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on conservation and restoration efforts of the Iveagh Market, Kilmainham Mills and the Rupert Guinness Theatre;...
    • Fire Service
      1671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the external validation group for the fire service; the current membership of the group; when the group...
    • Rental Sector
      1673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on issues raised in regard to short term lets (details supplied) a; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fire Service
      1675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether section 28(a) of the Fire Services Act 1981, offers sufficient cover for homeowners in instances where...
    • International Protection
      1677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding housing supports for Ukrainian families that do not yet have permission to remain; and if he will make...
    • Housing Provision
      1679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery timeline for each phase for St. Kevin's Site in Shanakiel, Cork [24422/26]
    • Rental Sector
      1680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the position of people residing in 'Niche Living' accommodation who are not called tenants (details...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its...
    • Departmental Funding
      1683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24508/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase preventions and exits from emergency accommodation for families who have been evicted; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24634/26]
    • Rental Sector
      1688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department determines the market rent valuations used for cost rental designations. [24733/26]
    • Local Authorities
      1691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of the number of staffing posts Kildare County Council will apply for between 2022 and Q4 2025:...
    • Building Regulations
      1692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government that has been given by his Department to amending Building Regulations 2010 Part M to mandate a minimum percentage of...
    • Regeneration Projects
      1694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the €50 million Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) provided to Cork City Council in 2021 for...
    • Housing Schemes
      1696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider giving people who are on their local authorities housing list who have received a valid notice of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government while the Apartments and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024 awaits enactment, if OMCs are legally permitted to collect...
    • Housing Schemes
      1701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to raise the ceiling for the first home scheme to €450,000 in Limerick as current ceiling is not in line...
    • Planning Issues
      1702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the list of the new planning regulations that are coming into effect this year; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      1703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with Dublin City Council to review their budget shortfall for resurfacing and general road maintenance...
    • Housing Schemes
      1704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities to agree a uniform set of rules for the application of the means assessment for HAP;...
    • Housing Provision
      1706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position where an individual is on a social housing list in one local authority area and transfers to another, the way...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the delivery achieved to date under the 2025 Planned Maintenance/Voids Programme; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      1712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 26 March 2026, to provide a specific answer for the shortage of social housing...
    • Housing Schemes
      1713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an entitlement to the current rate of RAS payment of a person will be affected in cases in which a tenant may receive an...
    • Departmental Staff
      1714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data...
    • Housing Provision
      1715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to expedite the introduction of the over-shop grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25045/26]
    • Planning Issues
      1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to expedite reform of the National Planning Guidelines for one-off housing and give particular attention to areas under...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of AHB P and A agreements commenced in 2024 and 2025; the average length of the agreements; the average cost of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason AHBs receive funding for housing maintenance while local authorities do not; and whether he would consider...
    • Departmental Data
      1719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the data used to create charts (details supplied). [25078/26]
    • Planning Issues
      1720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to previous requests (details supplied) to consider a planning permission waiver for short-term lets; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      1721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review and update the Local Government Fund equalisation mechanism, in light of concerns regarding the...
    • Building Regulations
      1722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish submissions received from stakeholders on the upcoming exempted development regulations; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the tenant-in-situ scheme will be operational again for local authorities to purchase houses for families facing...
    • Tax Yield
      1724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated...
    • Housing Policy
      1725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to change policy in relation to differential rents for single working parents in light of the fact that there are...
    • Planning Issues
      1726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the planning legislation to remove the requirement for TII to have input into planning...
    • Housing Provision
      1727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated regulations for one-off housing will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/26]
    • Public Sector Staff
      1730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to detail his Department's engagement with Public Jobs...
    • Housing Policy
      1731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his proposal to remove any ban on pets in social and affordable housing; if this will include HAP...
    • Civil Service
      1732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25447/26]
    • Vacant Properties
      1733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide additional resources to local authorities to improve the processing time for vacant property refurbishing...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of the Fire Services Capital Programme 2026 - 2030; if he will provide a schedule of...
    • Housing Schemes
      1736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenancies granted under the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme for the past four years, in tabular form; and if...
    • Housing Provision
      1738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether any of the social homes funded by his Department that were to be part of bundle 3 of the social housing...
    • Housing Schemes
      1739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for commencement and completion of the social housing schemes funded by his Department that were to be included...
    • Property Registration
      1742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time for a first registration of a property on the land register at Tailte Éireann for each of the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      1743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative changes allowed the transfer of public sector service (details supplied); if those who previously served are...
    • Housing Policy
      1744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations of owners who purchased affordable housing from local authorities before the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and...
    • Planning Issues
      1745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to bring forward amendments to section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, for...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the Housing Activation Office has assessed the impact on water and wastewater infrastructure availability for new...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to have Tipperary homeowners with pyrite damage to be included in the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he...
    • Rental Sector
      1748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the forthcoming planning framework for short term letting will apply in County Mayo, particularly in towns...
    • Departmental Staff
      1753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE IT specialists at the grade of HEO that are based within his Department as of 30 March 2026, in tabular...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the funding application for a homeless hub in Cork city. [25766/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • Development Contributions
      1757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Dublin City Council is considering removing the exemption from development levies from cost rental...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 4 February 2026, the date on which homeowners in County Meath will be able to...
    • Housing Schemes
      1760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of first home scheme applications, approvals and drawdowns for every year the scheme has been in operation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure by his Department and the LDA on homes delivered via croí cónaithe cities and project...
    • Departmental Funding
      1762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on funding given to political parties to increase female participation and diversity in politics, broken...
    • Fire Safety
      1763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 18 March 2026, when the standard operating guidelines referenced came into...
    • Fire Service
      1764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the NDFEM has conducted any specific review of fire service preparedness in County Galway following the Xerotech fire...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Fire Service
      1771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason firefighters who continue to pass annual medical and fitness assessments are required to retire at 62 years-of-age...
    • Fire Stations
      1779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a project in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26085/26]
    • Housing Provision
      1780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of cost-rental homes delivered in 2025 in the Dublin City Council area and for Dublin bay south, the...
    • Housing Policy
      1781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider the implementation of allowing a wider range of lenders to be accepted when applying for affordable housing; and...
    • House Prices
      1782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider the implementation of legislation to limit the amount a developer can charge on similar size houses in the same...
    • Departmental Funding
      1784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the eligibility for the Towns and Cities Regeneration Investment Fund (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names and organisations that have met with him, his political advisors or his Departmental officials on the issue of...
    • Planning Issues
      1788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning advice that was provided by his Department to local authorities in preparation of the current round of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the announced building control regulations for ev charging points in residential developments announced in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any assessment has been carried out on the social housing stock to assess if it could accommodate solar PV; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      1792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of capital funding streams, including CAS funding, for disability housing projects in County Wicklow; whether...
    • Programme for Government
      1793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update made on the Programme for Government commitment to earmark certain cost rental units for key local workers; and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of the 2001 planning guidelines for local authorities on early learning and childcare settings,...
    • Cúrsaí Tithíochta
      1795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an nglacann sé leis an gcáineadh ar chur chuige an Rialtais sa rún a d’aontaigh an Dáil maidir le...
    • Local Authorities
      1796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to reinstate town councils to places such as Killarney, Tralee and Listowel in County Kerry; the length of...
    • Derelict Sites
      1799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of dereliction levy orders made by each of the 31 local authorities across the country; the total sums...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of households that have accessed the domestic wastewater treatment systems grant schemes since their...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to a successor youth homelessness strategy given that the previous youth homelessness strategy 2023-2025...
    • Housing Provision
      1807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes that have been delivered in the Athenry-Oranmore local electoral area since 2020; the number that...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or NPWS is engaged with Coillte with a view to acquiring land owned by Coillte to aid conservation efforts;...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      1811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline any plans to streamline the process for homeowners living in architectural conservation areas to install rooftop...
    • Departmental Reports
      1812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025...
    • Rental Sector
      1817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections of rented accommodation that have taken place in Dublin City council, Fingal County Council, South...
    • Departmental Funding
      1818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the HSF funding applications will be announced for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27030/26]
    • Housing Provision
      1819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the growing number of older persons who are experiencing significant anxiety and uncertainty regarding...
    • Departmental Data
      1820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current system of proactive market surveillance of concrete construction products, being undertaken by the State; to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans for the compensation scheme for Moanveanlagh Bog in north Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Registration of Title
      1829. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to appoint additional staff to Tailte Éireann to allow folios-registrations be dealt with in a timely manner; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      1830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the national policy framework governing the granting of planning permission in areas where wastewater treatment...
    • Water Services
      1831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the formal mechanisms in place to ensure co-ordination between planning authorities, wastewater service providers, and...
    • Housing Provision
      1832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s plans to relocate families living in defective concrete block homes (details...
    • Heritage Schemes
      1833. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the State can assist homeowners living in thatched cottages to continue to live in and sustain these...
    • Housing Provision
      1834. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Social Housing Delivery Action Plan targets for each local authority for the period 2026–2030,...
    • Water Supply
      1837. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to ensure additional funding is provided for group water schemes under measure A4 water conservation, leakage reduction and...
    • Heritage Sites
      1838. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list any inspections made on protected wrecks within the last ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Care Services
      1839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the domiciliary care allowance in respect of children diagnosed with inflammatory bowel...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1840. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception;...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews of carer’s allowance carried out in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      1842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases that have been initiated under the Social Welfare Act since 2015 for systemic PRSI misclassification; to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23906/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23935/26]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have availed of parent’s leave and parent’s benefit, and separately paternity leave...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1846. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual cost to the State of parent’s benefit and paternity benefit respectively each year since the...
    • Departmental Data
      1847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has identified any trends in uptake of parent’s leave and paternity leave in recent years; the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will investigate a disability allowance claim dating back some years for a person (details supplied); and...
    • Pension Provisions
      1851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the payment of statutory sick pay will impact on those receiving the non-contributory bereaved partner's pension; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has considered including home carers in the higher rate of fuel allowance during this fuel price crisis; and if he...
    • Departmental Reports
      1855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the recommendation of the 2017 Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Lone Parents (details supplied);...
    • Grant Payments
      1856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to the carer’s support grant; the eligibility...
    • Pension Provisions
      1857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be taken on an application for State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24269/26]
    • Grant Payments
      1858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grant support is available for a student in receipt of disability allowance who is undertaking a part-time online course...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its...
    • Departmental Funding
      1860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years....
    • Disability Issues
      1861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider removing the personal independence payment (PIP) paid in England from the means test for Disability...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether any assessment has been carried out on the feasibility of introducing real-time residency verification, including...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or...
    • Departmental Funding
      1868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24635/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people who participated in JobBridge [24837/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participants in JobBridge and JobPath accrued PRSI stamps while on these Schemes, if not, has the Department assessed the...
    • Care Services
      1871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the commitment to abolish the means test for carers; the timeline envisaged for any such reform; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current and upcoming measures being taken by his Department to support one-parent families; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his engagements with other departments to ensure joined-up, wrap-around support for one-parent families dealing with...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25020/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI,...
    • Disease Management
      1876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the merits of providing State subsidised food for people with a diagnosis of coeliac disease to reflect the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a rent supplement application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); address the question raised therein; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 27 January 2026, when the calculation of means of a couple (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Data
      1884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department,...
    • Pension Provisions
      1885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the means test threshold for the Increase for a qualifying adult allowance for the State pension will be increased to...
    • Departmental Data
      1886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Please also include the number of applications for this area and in which geographical area they were in. [25320/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an issue (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25368/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that has been undertaken of the share and number of State pension recipients that do not qualify for the fuel...
    • Pensions Reform
      1891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the powers and processes the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority has put in place to pursue companies...
    • Departmental Data
      1898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25450/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer’s allowance can be assessed for the back to work enterprise allowance prior to...
    • Dental Services
      1901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the PRSI dental scheme in view of concerns that the recent fee changes have created a two tier cleaning...
    • School Meals Programme
      1903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism by which a company can be placed on a pre-approved list of local suppliers regarding the hot school meals...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on their disability allowance...
    • School Meals Programme
      1906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department collects or retains data on the number of pupils who have opted out of the hot school meals scheme since...
    • Departmental Funding
      1908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding mechanisms available to an organisation (details supplied) through his Department; if there are sustainable...
    • Disability Issues
      1909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to extend the free travel companion scheme to all cases where a persons disability requires them to...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to carers allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1912. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2027 if the fuel allowance increased to €45 per week. [25933/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      1917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Departmental Data
      1918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which his Department holds, or has access to, data on social insurance contributors, disaggregated by...
    • Departmental Policies
      1921. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection pending any broader policy decision on the treatment of Troubles-related compensation awarded under historical Northern...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1922. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 24 March 2026, if his Department can make contact with a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he will abolish the requirement of a means test for Irish citizens in order that they may qualify for a carers...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the current level of savings disregard in relation to a pension or welfare assessment was set; when it was last...
    • Departmental Data
      1926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of young jobseekers on the reduced youth rate of jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the publication of the updated Pathways to Work strategy; if the updated strategy will have targeted...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the publication of the successor Roadmap for Social Inclusion plan; if the updated plan will have targeted...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1931. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26571/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      1932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration is being given to compensatory cost-of-living supports for families with children, particularly...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 1933
      1933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he has examined family-income supports in other European jurisdictions as part of the Government's response to the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the income limit to be eligible for fuel allowance for single persons aged over...
    • Departmental Funding
      1935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding supports currently available to assist adults in full time employment who do not qualify for a medical card with...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1936. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if a person in such circumstances may be eligible for any...
    • Travel Documents
      1937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any special exceptions under which a person under the age of 66 years-of-age, who is living with a medical...
    • Departmental Reports
      1938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024,...
    • Departmental Data
      1941. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1942. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the criteria for the fuel allowance for pensioners who have a partner or wife under 66 years of age but do...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1943. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 24 March 2026, if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details...
    • Visa Applications
      1944. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by his Department to improve the processing timeline of long stay D join family visa applications; if...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1947. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the rollout of Operation Encompass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1948. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of significant delays in the processing of Stamp 1G applications; the average wating time to receive approval...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1949. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department is taking to address anti-social behaviour in Dublin; and to prevent racist attacks and ensure the...
    • Visa Applications
      1950. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the average processing time in 2025 for visitor visa to Ireland applications by Russian citizens; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      1954. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission’s 2026 report on compensating victims of crime;...
    • Deportation Orders
      1959. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with a valid deportation order signed that are still in Ireland; the number currently still in State...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1960. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that this...
    • Departmental Data
      1961. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who have been issued a speeding fines on the 80km/hr stretch on the N25 near Glenmore between Waterford...
    • Departmental Properties
      1962. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current ownership status of the former Borrisoleigh Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23843/26]
    • Visa Applications
      1963. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role that a service (details supplied) has in processing visa applications in the Irish Embassy in India; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1964. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has been personally briefed on the findings or recommendations arising from the Internal Audit Unit’s...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1966. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving members of the Garda Reserve in each Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      1967. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance that his Department provide to Iranian academics who have been accepted by Irish universities or hold valid...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1968. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the current legal position in Ireland regarding the retail sale of products containing sulphuric acid above 15%...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1969. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an opportunity will be given to solicitors to provide feedback on his proposed plan to simplify the criminal legal aid...
    • Visa Applications
      1970. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an appeal in respect of person seeking a short stay visa (details supplied) [24023/26]
    • International Protection
      1978. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a family (details supplied) can be provided with alternate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      1980. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a couple resident in UEA (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and the status of the visa...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      1981. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be considered for the upcoming citizenship ceremony on 14 and 15 April 2026, given that...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1982. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a proposal by his Department (details supplied) to prevent those who have accessed social protection payments within...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1983. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet the families of those bereaved and injured by the Omagh bombing. [24126/26]
    • Domestic Violence
      1984. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the latest figures from region Y on domestic violence, including the number of safety orders, protection...
    • Departmental Staff
      1985. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff that have been allocated to each Dublin metropolitan region; the number of these posts that have been...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1986. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to Fiosrú’s new unit for tackling complaints against members relating to domestic...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1987. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of arrests for drink driving in 2024 and 2025, by week and by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Courts Service
      1988. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Hammond Lane Courthouse; the actions taken to ensure its delivery; and the date when this...
    • Crime Prevention
      1989. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken to combat the rise in homophobia in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/26]
    • Prison Service
      1990. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the closure of the Visitors Centre in Mountjoy Prison, which previously operated a family and child-friendly...
    • Departmental Projects
      1991. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1302 of 18 March 2026, if he will confirm the process for applying to view records; if...
    • Work Permits
      1992. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend Stamp 3 restrictions on working to enable persons who are required to undertake a paid internship as part...
    • International Protection
      1993. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with refugee status that are waiting over two years for family reunification; if any measures are being...
    • Direct Provision System
      1996. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost incurred by the State in opening, closing, reopening and now again closing an accommodation centre (details...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2000. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the national average number of Gardaí per 1,000 of the population; the number of Gardaí per 1,000 of the population...
    • Departmental Functions
      2001. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for when the transfer of functions on the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will take place; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      2003. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider introducing a fee waiver for older applicants for Irish citizenship, as an elderly constituent, who has lived,...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      2004. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of detections for speeding, mobile phone use while driving, non-wearing of seat belts, and driving under the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      2014. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship through naturalisation for a person (details supplied); if he will confirm that...
    • International Protection
      2015. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or any other agencies under the aegis of his Department have made arrangements for the detention of persons...
    • Visa Applications
      2018. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons a centre in Palestine (details supplied) have been refused short-term visas to visit Ireland;; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      2019. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if advice will be provided to a student at an Irish university (details supplied) whose IRP card has been stolen while they...
    • Data Protection
      2020. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the engagements between him, his Department and the Data Protection Commission in relation to ongoing...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2022. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its...
    • Central Statistics Office
      2023. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will engage with the Central Statistics Office to prioritise urgent data collection needs relating to AI-generated...
    • Residency Permits
      2026. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an IRP card will issue for a person (details supplied), in view that it is over four weeks since the application was...
    • Departmental Funding
      2028. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24509/26]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      2029. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued by An Garda Síochána in each county in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 for the illicit...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2031. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or...
    • Departmental Funding
      2032. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24636/26]
    • Common Travel Area
      2033. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend the common travel area to people who have valid visas to enter the UK; if he has given any consideration...
    • Citizenship Applications
      2035. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a citizenship application for a person (details supplied). [24830/26]
    • International Protection
      2036. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who have undergone an age assessment at the International Protection Office;...
    • Departmental Data
      2040. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of community service orders issued in the DMR North region. [24869/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2042. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average time period for a Garda vetting application to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24883/26]
    • Citizenship Applications
      2043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorists who were breathalysed following a road traffic accident in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the...
    • Defence Forces
      2045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.180 of 18 March 2026, the statutory basis under which troops may be deployed as aid to...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2046. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of claims that have been made against the State by private providers of cancelled IPAS or Ukrainian accommodation...
    • Control of Dogs
      2049. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for dog fouling in Ireland in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/26]
    • Stardust Fire
      2051. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if children of a deceased beneficiary of the original Stardust Victims Compensation Tribunal can apply for the new Stardust...
    • Visa Applications
      2052. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25017/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2053. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      2054. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths linked to gender-based and sexual violence recorded in each of the past ten years. [25072/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2059. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce specific legislation to address the creation and distribution of AI-generated non-consensual intimate...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2061. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current staffing levels and resourcing of the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      2064. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the appeal regarding the issuing of a short-stay visa raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if...
    • Ukraine War
      2065. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a placement under the accommodation recognition payment ends in the middle of a month; the way in which the payment for...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2068. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in full the total financial value of the State's acquisition and use of the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre...
    • Prison Service
      2069. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive the proper psychiatric placement they require; and if he will make a statement...
    • Online Safety
      2070. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative frameworks that exist to protect children on online gaming platforms. [25323/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2071. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported offences in County Meath, by town or village, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2072. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of schools community Gardaí have visited in County Meath for the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in...
    • Departmental Data
      2075. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions there have been in Trim Courthouse for the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026, in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vans attached to the Meath/Westmeath division as of 30 March 2026, in tabular form;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      2079. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers that were caught unaccompanied in County Meath in the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026;...
    • Prison Service
      2081. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to expand capacity in the prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25346/26]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      2082. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints run by An Garda Síochána during the week of St. Patricks day 14...
    • Legal Aid
      2083. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and median amounts paid to a barristers in County Meath providing criminal legal aid services for the years 2020...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2084. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the final report of the Garda vetting Review Group established in April 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2085. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the consideration by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions of Petition P00041/25, "Fair...
    • Probate Applications
      2086. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the progress in reduced probate processing times outlined (and the most up-to-date figures) have been...
    • Departmental Staff
      2087. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25448/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2088. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he last met the Chief Superintendent of the Kerry division; and the topics discussed. [25520/26]
    • International Protection
      2093. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of IPAS centres in County Laois,; the total number of occupants in each centre disaggregated, by gender and...
    • Visa Applications
      2099. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 26 March 2026, how the visa applications concerned have not been received and are...
    • Prison Service
      2100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific supports, services, and clinical care that have been provided to remand prisoners with acute mental illness in...
    • Deportation Orders
      2111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 694 of 24 March 2026 the way in which his Department notifies someone that they are...
    • Work Permits
      2112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by his Department to ensure that working holiday authorisation holders who enter the country and who...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to help Gardaí carry out their duty while in pursuit of vehicles that are involved in...
    • Prison Service
      2117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Prison Officers that left or retired from the Irish Prison Service in 2025. [25736/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 991 of 17 February 2026, to consider the implementation of real-time disclosure of...
    • Sentencing Policy
      2120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the community schemes in place to replace sentences; the activities that are engaged in; the person or body which organises...
    • Departmental Functions
      2121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Garda K District as of 1 April 2026; and if he will provide the same figures as...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 2122
      2122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Asylum Applications
      2123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of an asylum application for a person (details supplied); if he will raise this with his European colleagues;...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      2124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed update in relation to the health diversion scheme for persons in possession of drugs for personal use; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of his Department's Capital Budget allocation that has been spent in Q1 2026; and if he will provide the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether Fiosrú has been granted any additional statutory powers by means of legislation; and if so, to provide details of...
    • Visa Applications
      2129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a Stamp 5 visa application for a person (details supplied) [26114/26]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons applying for naturalisation are not automatically registered on the system on application and issued with a...
    • International Protection
      2134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1398 of 18 March 2026, if discretionary arrangements will be introduced for those...
    • Visa Applications
      2136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a long stay (D) join family visa applications (details supplied) have taken a long time to process; the timeline...
    • Departmental Reports
      2137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a copy of a Report (details supplied) that was completed in September 2024; and if his Department has investigated...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have left the force within five years of taking up their post in each of the years 2022 to 2025,...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      2139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the latest update on the work of LCSPs in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26323/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to consider allowing Garda trainees to undergo part of their training...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      2141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the CCTV fund to enable local authorities to install new...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to examine with An Garda Síochána the establishment of a...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 2143
      2143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of compensation orders implemented in each of the years since 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      2144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued in Dublin to cyclists, listed by reason for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legal Aid
      2145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people that applied, those granted and any individuals that were subsequently refused access to free legal aid...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the total number of Garda stations in the State, the number currently classified as vacant, intermittently staffed...
    • International Protection
      2152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if is he aware that 16 Ukrainian persons including seven children currently in accommodation in a facility (details supplied)...
    • Gambling Sector
      2153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider a review to legislation to restrict gambling advertising especially on social media and online platforms...
    • Legislative Measures
      2155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his current plans to legislate against the current issue of women being recorded without their consent and footage being put...
    • Direct Provision System
      2156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 18-30-year-olds, per county that have been granted leave to remain that are currently residing in a direct...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí allocated to Lucan Garda Station in the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      2158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to issue a further extension to the travel confirmation notice in view of the 12-15 week periods for processing IRP...
    • Rental Sector
      2159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      2160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 February 2026, if the relevant information has been forwarded to him from...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a request from the Garda Commissioner and his leadership team for additional funding to their annual budget...
    • Residency Permits
      2165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware current processing times for Irish residency permit renewal applications are impacting some students...
    • Departmental Reports
      2166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025...
    • State Examinations
      2169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated to sit their State examinations; if he has discussed the matter with the...
    • International Protection
      2171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans by his Department or requests made to his Department to operate a named location (details supplied) as a site for...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that applicants for naturalisation who have recently changed their name in the process of obtaining a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a case (details supplied); if he will consider circumstances outlined and provide an update on the matter;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      2179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the powers available to local authority officials and authorised officers under the Control of Horses Act 1996 to enter lands,...
    • Farm Costs
      2183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s assessment of Ireland’s exposure to global fertiliser supply disruptions; to detail any analysis...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the ACRES teams are being paid for the participation of each farmer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23711/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funds provided to a body (details supplied) over the past five years by his Department directly or by third parties...
    • Veterinary Services
      2186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for an introduction of salary bands for veterinary nurses, ensuring they reflect the qualification status; and if he will...
    • Farm Partnerships
      2191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter regarding farm partnerships (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23990/26]
    • Beef Sector
      2192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total quantity of beef imported by licensed and approved export, slaughtering, and processing plants in the Republic of Ireland...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the reduction in the selection threshold under the animal welfare nutrient storage scheme from 80% to 60% under TAMS...
    • Ports Policy
      2195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make every effort to ensure that inshore boats are allowed to land at any port; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Industry
      2196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine the possibility of increasing the amount of pelagic fish caught by inshore boats from ten tonnes up to 25 tonnes; and if...
    • Food Industry
      2197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the derogation on religious grounds under article 4 of EU Regulation 1099/2009, whereby animals may be slaughtered using...
    • Nitrates Usage
      2198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a separate fund could be put in place specifically for increasing slurry storage capacity on foot of the sixth NAP (details...
    • Animal Welfare
      2199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an animal welfare officer will be appointed in County Mayo; when they will be appointed; and if one will not be appointed, the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      2200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of stocks of fertilisers are available in Ireland in the event of disruption to international supply chains; the supports...
    • Animal Welfare
      2203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the establishment of a dedicated 24-hour animal welfare enforcement unit, including enhanced...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if he will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had...
    • Animal Welfare
      2207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds that were prepared for homing under the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust homing programme...
    • Departmental Data
      2210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24623/26]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any options available to persons (details supplied) in relation to entitlement under the TAMS scheme;; and if he will...
    • Food Industry
      2212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of beef that were traded between Ireland and China after China's decision to lift the ban on Irish beef, in...
    • Nitrates Usage
      2214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes in the nitrate's calculation method over the past ten years; and to provide the complete scientific research his...
    • Fishing Industry
      2215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he liaises with his counterparts in other EU Member States to ensure that they have an effective process for...
    • Legislative Measures
      2216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention to provide regulations or legislation to allow for alkaline hydrolysis as a disposal method for category 1...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS 3 applications received, approved, rejected and paid to date in County Offaly in 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Issues
      2229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether students enrolled in full-time programmes delivered by Teagasc are eligible to access supports under the Fund for Students...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data...
    • Animal Diseases
      2231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to secure bluetongue vaccines in smaller doses such as five, ten or 20 doses as opposed to just 50 dose packs; and...
    • Land Issues
      2232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the establishment and operation of the pilot land observatory referenced by stakeholders at the Oireachtas Joint...
    • Legislative Programme
      2242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on promised amendments to the Control of Dogs Act 1986 and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 ,; the measures he...
    • Forestry Sector
      2243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a proposal for timber sold to mills after being harvested from forestry plantations can be sold by...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      2249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding given to Horse Sport (HSI) Ireland in each of the past five years; the extent of the oversight that his...
    • Beef Sector
      2250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current safeguards in place to protect animal welfare during long-distance live cattle exports; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Welfare
      2254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of recent footage circulating on social media which appears to show greyhounds being kept in conditions giving rise...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated by the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      2256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the countries from which Ireland imports farm fertiliser. [25298/26]
    • Civil Service
      2260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25436/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 5 February 2026, to disaggregate the 625 CHEDPs processed by his Department in 2025 for...
    • Agriculture Supports
      2263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to support farmers in view of the challenges they are facing with regard to increased fuel...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      2264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) in 2025 to hunts in point-to-point racing grants, by the name of the hunts, the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • Departmental Data
      2266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity and cost of peat imported and exported in each of the past fifteen years, in tabular form. [25816/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      2268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when his Department last met with an organisation (details supplied); if he will commit to an immediate meeting...
    • Agriculture Industry
      2271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce targeted financial supports for agricultural and forestry contractors who are facing vast fuel cost increases;...
    • Horticulture Sector
      2273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available to people in the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25921/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      2274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of applications received, applications approved, and grants paid under the TAMS solar capital investment...
    • Animal Welfare
      2278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to clamp down on equine cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for decision letters to be issued to applicants of the third window for Non-Productive Investments (NPI) available to...
    • Control of Horses
      2284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses inspected in 2025 and to-date in 2026 that were found not to be compliant with legal requirements in respect of...
    • Harbours and Piers
      2294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to prioritise funding for the slipway at Renard Pier, County Kerry to facilitate a larger ferry and the increasing number of...
    • Fishing Industry
      2295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that will be made available to inshore fishermen and fisherwomen; if he will accept that they are under...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26592/26]
    • Departmental Reports
      2297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to...
    • Fuel Prices
      2300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the cost of agri-diesel has increased by approximately 50% in recent weeks, representing the most significant...
    • Departmental Data
      2301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of applications received, applications approved and grants paid under the TAMS animal welfare and nutrient...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      2325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the processing of aquaculture licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27208/26]
    • Animal Welfare
      2326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the funding to animal welfare charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/26]
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Care Services
      2327. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans being put in place for a location (details supplied) and for the adjoining lands and unused buildings in Beaufort, County...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2328. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including...
    • Children in Care
      2340. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children who are currently in the care of State, with a separate column for the number of unaccompanied minors,...
    • Care Services
      2343. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on increasing respite for the parents of a person (details supplied) with a view securing a residential...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2344. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children. [23694/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      2353. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the...
    • Care Services
      2354. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons on waiting lists for long-term residential care in County Roscommon and County Galway, including the number...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2356. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to initiate a new employment regulation order process in the second half of 2026; to provide the accompanying sum of...
    • Programme for Government
      2357. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to plan the development of State-led facilities in...
    • After-School Support Services
      2358. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work that has been done with schools to host before and after-school care; to examine start-up supports for groups involved in...
    • Disability Issues
      2360. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered suggestions from a campaign (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23778/26]
    • Care Services
      2361. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has conducted any direct audit, review, or independent verification of governance, risk management, or...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2366. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in...
    • Paternity Leave
      2373. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider extending statutory paternity leave beyond the current two-week entitlement, in light of evidence showing the...
    • Care Services
      2378. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Longford and Westmeath where elderly parents, particularly those over retirement age, are the primary...
    • Disability Services
      2382. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of service providers in Wicklow that have submitted disability support management advisory team forms to the HSE; and if...
    • Employment Equality Training
      2383. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if no such guidance has been issued, how employers are expected to ensure compliance with their obligations under the Employment...
    • Disability Issues
      2384. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to meet the targets set out in the 2021 Disability Capacity Review; the number of residential...
    • Care Services
      2399. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to expand respite bed capacity in County Kerry for persons with intellectual disabilities; the current number of...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      2403. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on reviewing the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as suggested by an organisation (details supplied); and if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2405. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a fee assessment process for early years providers in receipt of core funding for the current programme year, as committed to...
    • Disability Issues
      2407. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give a detailed response to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2408. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including...
    • Disability Issues
      2415. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Dublin south central in which parents or primary carers of an adult with a disability are over retirement...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2419. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within her Department or in agencies under its remit;...
    • Childcare Services
      2420. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to reported increases in childcare fees being applied by some...
    • Departmental Funding
      2421. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24498/26]
    • Disability Issues
      2422. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any legislative provisions exist that provide for the right of a person with a disability to access toilet facilities in a...
    • Gender Balance
      2423. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all the companies that are reporting on the gender pay gap. [24523/26]
    • Disability Services
      2424. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units for residential care of those with intellectual disabilities are currently operational in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2425. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under her aegis have or had...
    • Disability Issues
      2426. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in North Dublin where families are the primary carers for adult children with learning disabilities; and the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2430. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework, limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in...
    • Disability Issues
      2440. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with an intellectual disability in residential placements who are living outside their home county; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      2447. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24624/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      2448. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has engaged with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland regarding the operation of the HSE's Single Point...
    • Disability Issues
      2449. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work that has been undertaken to create a separate corporate category of disabled persons organisations which is in keeping...
    • Disability Services
      2450. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department has to implement the recommendations of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032. [24682/26]
    • Ombudsman for Children
      2455. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations in the Ombudsman's 'Wasted Lives' report. [24729/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2456. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neurorehabilitation Services in...
    • Departmental Policies
      2457. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Taskforce on Personalised Budgets. [24732/26]
    • Childcare Services
      2458. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department has in place to ensure staff retention within the childcare sector; the plans to increase staff numbers...
    • Disability Services
      2460. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the measures her Department is taking to support elderly parents who are providing care for their adult children...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2461. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has raised delays that early years staff are experiencing in their Garda Vetting process with either the Minister for...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2462. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being undertaken to improve the operability of The Hive system; the financial investment being provided to support these...
    • Disability Services
      2465. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Longford and Westmeath where elderly parents, particularly those over retirement age, are the primary...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2469. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is supporting Pobal and the Childcare Committee to source suitable alternative places for children in County...
    • Disability Services
      2470. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason several therapist vacancies remain unadvertised in CHO1 children’s disability network teams (details supplied);...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2471. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2472. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) and intervene to ensure that essential supports are...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2473. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a shortfall in the provision of childcare places in the Dún Laoghaire area in south County...
    • EU Directives
      2482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25153/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      2483. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 following the publication of the Joint Oireachtas Committee PLS...
    • Home Care Packages
      2484. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional home support hours from the HSE will be provided for a person (details supplied); the supports that can be put in...
    • Family Resource Centres
      2485. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1482 of 18 March 2026, the basis used to select the family resource centre funding...
    • Disability Services
      2486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with intellectual disabilities currently awaiting supported living placements; the number of such placements...
    • Health Services Staff
      2492. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the application for the provision of funding for a multiple sclerosis community worker for Sligo...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2493. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider acquiring a property (details supplied) under the early learning and childcare capital programme; and if she...
    • Disability Services
      2501. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of households consisting of two elderly parents or one elderly parent providing care for their adult children with...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2503. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the issue of core funding for early years and childcare settings given the increasing number of creches...
    • Departmental Staff
      2505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25437/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of a referral for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25461/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2507. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers in Dublin that have withdrawn from or indicated an intention to withdraw from the core funding...
    • Childcare Services
      2509. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 19 February 2026, if she will provide a cost breakdown for each year of spending for...
    • Departmental Data
      2510. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify an issue regarding a system for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25596/26]
    • Disability Services
      2511. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if it is still intended for her Department to engage in a comprehensive policy development process during 2026 to extend AIM to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2512. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a childcare provider (details supplied) who have recently announced that they will be...
    • Disability Services
      2513. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work that has been carried out to help families who have an adult child with Down syndrome who live at home with their parents...
    • Departmental Funding
      2514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to engage with an organisation (details supplied) on their funding request for 2026 given they did not receive...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2515. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department can confirm that, where it can be demonstrated that a childcare provider was unable to access, complete or accept...
    • Disability Services
      2516. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the Children Disability Service Grant Fund application for an organisation (details supplied); the reason there has been...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2518. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an assessment of needs for their child since applying ten months ago in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered a location for the State-led childcare programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      2520. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of service level agreements that Tusla has ended with family resource centres and similar organisations; the number of...
    • Departmental Data
      2521. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department took over eighteen months to process a complaint, and subsequent appeal in relation to an organisation...
    • Disability Services
      2522. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason an 'underattendance exemption' under the national childcare scheme does not apply to a child (details supplied); if she...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2523. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • Child and Family Agency
      2528. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a multi-agency approach involving Tusla, a school and the Garda Youth Diversion Programme could assist a person (details...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2529. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1594 of 18 March 2026, which provides a breakdown of 16,960 people who are waiting for an...
    • Health Services Staff
      2530. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts and the number currently filled within each CDNT; the number of vacant posts...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2531. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Longford–Westmeath currently awaiting assessment from Children’s Disability Network Teams;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2533. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the bodies which operate under her aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Childcare Services
      2534. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify where responsibility lies for questions in relation to safeguarding for childcare services; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2535. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staffing levels within the CDNT serving Longford, including speech and language therapy and occupational therapy posts;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2537. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there will be a review of the ECCE eligibility cut-off dates to eliminate the unfair disadvantage faced by children born in...
    • Childcare Services
      2538. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently benefiting from the universal subsidy under the national childcare scheme; the number benefiting...
    • Disability Services
      2544. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the population of children aged 0-18 years assigned to each children's disability network team in Cork; the current approved...
    • Health Services Staff
      2545. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social care workers posts filled at each CDNT within CHO8, as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [26081/26]
    • Disability Issues
      2546. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a condition known as functional neurological disorder where an individual has a problem with their balance is a recognised...
    • Disability Services
      2547. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of filled and unfilled places in supported housing units in Mayo for adults living with intellectual disabilities;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2548. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the outcome of the little baby bundle pilot scheme by her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26103/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      2549. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is satisfied that St. John Ambulance is fully implementing the recommendations of the Shannon report given that the...
    • Departmental Funding
      2550. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of non-governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years;...
    • Disability Services
      2551. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the transport cost coverage options available for the parents of a child (details supplied). [26189/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2553. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if students who have just completed their first/second year of studies in the early childhood education and care (level 8) students...
    • Disability Services
      2554. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the level of reliance on for-profit organisations in supporting people with intellectual disabilities; the...
    • Childcare Services
      2559. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her efforts to extend the NCS for childminding in the childminder's home and childminding in the family home; and...
    • Health Service Executive
      2560. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a detailed update on the funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied) as committed to in the HSE National...
    • Child and Family Agency
      2562. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a letter to travel is required in respect of children in State care by Tusla; the reason there is not the same right for...
    • Family Support Services
      2563. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current annual expenditure on family mediation services for young people at risk of homelessness; the estimated cost of...
    • Disability Services
      2564. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of delays in the provision of approved respite care hours for children with disabilities; the steps being taken to...
    • Departmental Reports
      2565. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2568. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an application for assistive technology under AIM will be considered for a person (details supplied) in advance of their being...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      2569. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will report on efforts to track and trace to inform relatives of children lost in the Bessboro Mother And Baby Home records...
    • Childcare Services
      2570. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding withdrawal of ECCE, NCS or other Pobal programmes from early years providers who left or did not join core...
    • Disability Services
      2571. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the maximum waiting time standards, if any, that apply to Children's Disability Network Teams nationally; and if no such standards...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2576. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered or approved the use of private or independent providers to reduce waiting lists for children awaiting...
    • Disability Services
      2577. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she accepts that children are currently waiting in excess of three years for certain disability supports; and if so, the steps...
    • Health Services
      2596. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding speech and language therapists serving the Dungarvan area; the position regarding current waiting lists due...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2597. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of the revised assessment of need model on the identification of children...
    • Departmental Consultations
      2601. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the ‘First Five’ early years consultation is taking place (details supplied); and the steps he will...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2602. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for an assessment of need, at the end of quarter 1 2024-2026, by county; and the number of...
    • Disability Services
      2603. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people waiting for CDNT services, by team and service type at the end of quarter 1 2024-2026, in tabular form. [27291/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      2605. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of cases taken against the HSE relating to assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, by year, in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services
      2607. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for children’s disability network team services in County Waterford, at the end of quarter 1...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Equipment
      2609. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 21 January 2026, if funding for an MRI scanner at Monaghan Hospital is included in the Capital Plan for 2026 or...
    • Mental Health Services
      2610. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed update as of March 2026 on a CAMHS assessment for child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23548/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2611. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering a catch up programme for the meningitis vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23549/26]
    • Disease Management
      2612. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking following the meningitis outbreak in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23550/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      2613. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23551/26]
    • Health Services
      2615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for residential care facilities in Cork and Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23553/26]
    • Hospital Services
      2617. To ask the Minister for Health the start date for a new unit in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23555/26]
    • Health Services
      2618. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the opening and number of beds at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23556/26]
    • Medical Cards
      2619. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to add Mounjaro to the medical card as it is so expensive and needed by many people who cannot afford it; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      2620. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 11 December 2025, if there has been any progress in sourcing a dedicated space for rheumatology patients at Cork...
    • Home Help Service
      2621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help staff employed in south Tipperary; the number of home carer workers employed in south Tipperary; the total cost of non-HSE and agency...
    • Mental Health Services
      2622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 12 February 2026, the status of the recruitment and employment of the further necessary staff for the full...
    • Cancer Services
      2623. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to upgrade BreastCheck machines with CESM technology and the cost-benefit analysis they have conducted related to same; and if...
    • Dental Services
      2624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental screenings for children in Cork in second and sixth class in 2021 and since that have yet to take place, or have been scheduled for 2026....
    • Health Services Staff
      2625. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to radiography recruitment and retention challenges in the HSE. [23624/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      2626. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding her Department's discussions with the IPU in relation to the charging of GMS patients for the provision of MDS/Blister packs;...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2627. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for an OT in each county. [23640/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      2628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of OT's working in each of the CHO areas; and the average OT hours supplied to each CHO area.; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      2629. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of an issue (details supplied). [23642/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2637. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the roll out of the Meningitis B vaccine to persons over 15 years-of-age. [23661/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      2638. To ask the Minister for Health to set out for each of the past five years, the total number of complaints made by employees within the Health Service Executive relating to sexual assault,...
    • Hospital Services
      2639. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of specialists currently in place in the Mater Hospital's lymphoedema programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      2642. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive maintains a monthly record of funded but unfilled posts at Cork University Hospital; if so, the number of such posts for...
    • Health Services
      2643. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease, is not included in the long-term illness scheme; whether she will consider amending the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      2646. To ask the Minister for Health to specify the clinical and operational risk thresholds that must be satisfied before patient transfer to the National Children's Hospital can proceed,...
    • Primary Care Services
      2651. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current financial control and oversight mechanisms in place for primary care laboratory testing, including standard lipid profile testing, in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2657. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the implementation timeline for the National Laboratory Information System, including key milestones, expected completion date, and the governance...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2658. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce;...
    • Health Services
      2659. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the proposed introduction of a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) in County Galway; if she could confirm that the...
    • Departmental Data
      2662. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the body or bodies that currently hold national clinical governance responsibility for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors,...
    • Health Services
      2663. To ask the Minister for Health the national data currently collected by or on behalf of the State in respect of minors presenting with gender-related distress, including the number of...
    • Legislative Measures
      2666. To ask the Minister for Health when section 232 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay in commencing same [23741/26]
    • Parking Provision
      2667. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal for a multi-story car park on site in University Hospital Limerick, as part of the capital plan; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      2668. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the expansion of the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme, to include the Wellington Hospital Centre for Endometriosis, London,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2669. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema (details supplied); the steps her Department and the HSE are...
    • Health Services Staff
      2672. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of radiographer practice tutors, further to the decision to increase the number of student radiographers; and if she...
    • Health Services
      2675. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand the scope of treatment available at local injury units to include the treatment of common infections, particularly in rural...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2678. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary care centre in Baldoyle/ Clongriffin Dublin 13 area; the current stage of planning or development of this project;...
    • Dental Services
      2679. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 11 February 2026, the number of children awaiting orthodontic assessment and orthodontic treatment under the HSE...
    • Departmental Funding
      2687. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of non-statutory bodies that received direct funding from her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the aggregate annual...
    • Departmental Reviews
      2690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of governance, compliance, or performance reviews carried out by or on behalf of her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct...
    • Health Service Executive
      2692. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a month-by-month breakdown of agency staffing expenditure within HSE services for the years 2024 and 2025 and for the period to date in 2026 [23861/26]
    • Disability Services
      2693. To ask the Minister for Health to review the refusal of the request for additional disability support hours in the case of a person (details supplied). [23862/26]
    • Health Services
      2694. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current national governance structure for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors; and to specify the body or office that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2699. To ask the Minister for Health if she has had any engagement with healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid regarding accessing financial supports; if she will declare Covid-19 an...
    • Health Services
      2700. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether, as of today, there is any single national database recording referrals, assessments, treatments, outcomes and costs for minors accessing...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2703. To ask the Minister for Health what interim safeguards are in place pending the completion of the proposed national model of care in 2026. [23881/26]
    • Health Services
      2704. To ask the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the absence of a national policy, standardised definitions, and centralised data collection in respect of elective procedures without...
    • School Meals Programme
      2709. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to three schools (details supplied) that have been without hot school meals since June 2025; if she will ensure the EHO...
    • Health Services
      2710. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a national policy or framework governing the inspection, reporting, and oversight of environmental, hygiene, ventilation, and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2727. To ask the Minister for Health the national policy framework governing the operation of the Treatment Abroad Scheme; to confirm whether this framework explicitly addresses procedures which...
    • Health Services
      2735. To ask the Minister for Health the actions underway to improve access to appropriate care for those living with lipoedema, including progress on the development of a national HSE care...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received urgent scoliosis surgery yet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23961/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      2739. To ask the Minister for Health if additional ambulance services will be provided for the Iveragh Peninsula area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23967/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2740. To ask the Minister for Health given the considerable cost of the shingles vaccine, if there are plans to make this vaccine available free of charge to those who need it, or to cover the...
    • Insurance Industry
      2741. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that when a person changes health insurance policies mid-contract, they must pay stamp duty on both the former contract and the new contract as per...
    • Health Services Staff
      2742. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to resolve the current impasse at the Workplace Relations Commission involving radiography practice tutors, a union (details...
    • Health Services
      2747. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the barriers currently faced by patients living with lipoedema, including the absence of a published national HSE care...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2755. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contacted long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24015/26]
    • Health Services
      2756. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe on the delivery of a standalone daycare in Baltinglass community hospital and six extra beds on the site of the old daycare; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2757. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24028/26]
    • Health Services
      2758. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current status of the SOLAS Adult ADHD services in the Laois/Offaly area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24039/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      2766. To ask the Minister for Health the plans she has to review the HSE circular 6/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24083/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2767. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Cork will receive oncology treatment on the original date proposed and not have it pushed back unnecessarily; and if she...
    • Veterinary Services
      2768. To ask the Minister for Health consideration will be given to the formal recognition of registered veterinary nurses as essential healthcare professionals within national workforce and...
    • Medicinal Products
      2769. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the approval of omaveloxolone for the treatment of Friedrich's ataxia. [24114/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2770. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to assist the small number of people who may have had adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines; and whether there have been any discussions with...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2771. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 will finally be commenced. [24127/26]
    • Housing Provision
      2772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of supported housing units in CHO9; the number of planned housing units; if service providers in the area have submitted disability support...
    • Ambulance Service
      2773. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to provide for increased ambulance capacity in the Killarney area; if approval will be granted for the recruitment of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2774. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed oncology development at University Hospital Kerry; the stage the project is at within the capital approval process; the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      2775. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has conducted research into restricting the sale of vaping products to pharmacies only, similar to measures introduced in...
    • Hospital Services
      2776. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to re-establish diabetic nurse specialist services for outpatients in south-west Kerry; the reason such services are no longer locally...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2777. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will undertake a comprehensive review of outdoor recreational facilities across community hospitals and HSE-funded day care centres; if there are...
    • Hospital Staff
      2778. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of staffing levels at University Hospital Kerry, including vacancies across consultant, nursing, midwifery and...
    • Health Services
      2779. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date of the new community nursing unit in Killarney; whether the previously indicated target of 31 March 2026 remains achievable; and if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2780. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements she is making to disabled car parking at University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24171/26]
    • Health Services
      2781. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 14 May 2024, if the position of CHO DNCC has changed regarding plans to develop phlebotomy, x-ray or diagnostic...
    • Hospital Services
      2782. To ask the Minister for Health the average time for the first pregnancy scan in the Rotunda Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24183/26]
    • Health Services
      2784. To ask the Minister for Health the reason young children under the age of two years-of-age in the Dublin 12 area do not have the same public health nurse development check-in as...
    • Medical Cards
      2786. To ask the Minister for Health if the threshold for medical card expenses will be increased alongside pension increases to ensure vulnerable older people do not fall out of eligibility; and...
    • Health Services
      2787. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the various funding opportunities which are available to section 39 organisations, including capital funding and day-to-day funding. [24245/26]
    • Departmental Communications
      2788. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of ongoing delays in scheduling critical surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disease Management
      2789. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding Crohn’s disease to the long term illness scheme in order that those suffering with this chronic lifelong...
    • Health Services
      2790. To ask the Minister for Health the work that is underway to establish a Child and Adolescent Forensic Medical Assessment Service in the HSE mid-west region; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      2791. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of agency staffing expenditure by Regional Health Authority for 2025 and for the period to date in 2026; and to specify the variance in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2795. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the development of the new 108-bed block on the campus of University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Communications
      2796. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24296/26]
    • Disease Management
      2797. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema (details supplied); the steps her Department and...
    • Dental Services
      2800. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to introduce amendments to the Dentists Act 1995, which would put in place a more robust and structured framework for registering...
    • Health Services Staff
      2803. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures being taken by her Department to encourage all graduates both Irish, European and Non-European to practice in Ireland after...
    • Dental Services
      2804. To ask the Minister for Health the action her Department plans on taking to provide the necessary support to the Dental Council to address the current challenges posed by persons who are...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2808. To ask the Minister for Health if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24337/26]
    • Pharmacy Services
      2811. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the revised pharmaceutical framework agreements; the way in which the HSE intends to operate the clock-stop...
    • Medical Cards
      2813. To ask the Minister for Health to set out comprehensively all the medical card entitlements under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025; to include whether...
    • Nursing Homes
      2814. To ask the Minister for Health to provide additional public nursing home beds in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24365/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      2815. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a career pathway for healthcare assistants (carers); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24366/26]
    • Home Help Service
      2816. To ask the Minister for Health the standards and criteria required of private companies before the HSE will award a contract to provide home support (home help) services; whether such...
    • Hospital Services
      2818. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who waited or are waiting more than twelve weeks for their first maternity scan in the Rotunda Hospital in 2024 and 2025 and to date in...
    • Hospital Staff
      2819. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the Rotunda Hospital, broken down by category including nursing, midwifery, and consultancy posts, by year from 2024 to date;...
    • Health Strategies
      2820. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation with the MCAP scheme; if a chairperson has been put in place yet; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      2821. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the direct web link to the Health Service Executive's published purchase order data reports; the most recent quarter for which such data has been...
    • Medical Cards
      2823. To ask the Minister for Health to automatically issue a full medical card renewal, discretionary card to applicants who have a serious medical issue (details supplied) without putting them...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2824. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24414/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      2825. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current policy regarding the employment pathway for newly qualified paramedics within the National Ambulance Service (NAS); the reason...
    • Disease Management
      2826. To ask the Minister for Health the priority being given to projects to support sufferers of lymphoedema within the HSE; whether consideration will be given to support free compression...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2827. To ask the Minister for Health whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2828. To ask the Minister for Health the total Exchequer contribution to CAWT cross-border health initiatives in addition to EU funding streams such as INTERREG and PEACEPLUS; and if she will...
    • Health Service Executive
      2832. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of CAWT pilot services that have been successfully mainstreamed into core HSE services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24474/26]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2833. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve access to health services for populations in border regions through CAWT initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed under CAWT PEACEPLUS projects; and whether these roles are expected to transition into permanent posts; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      2838. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to embed successful CAWT programmes into mainstream HSE services following the conclusion of PEACEPLUS funding; and if she will make a...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2839. To ask the Minister for Health whether further all-island health service integration is being considered as part of future policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24482/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      2840. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24507/26]
    • Health Services
      2841. To ask the Minister for Health to give a detailed progress report in regard to the new Killarney primary care centre; when the long awaited project will be delivered for the people of...
    • Hospital Services
      2842. To ask the Minister for Health the progress report in regard to the new Killarney minor injuries Unit; when this long awaited project will be delivered for the people of Killarney, East,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2844. To ask the Minister for Health the plans she has for the lands/buildings at a former campus (details supplied); if she will make a decision and dispose of any lands/buildings that are...
    • Health Services
      2846. To ask the Minister for Health to give a progress report in regard to the new Cahersiveen primary care centre; when this long awaited project will be delivered for the people of...
    • Dental Services
      2848. To ask the Minister for Health to report the current number of dental practitioners in the Lucan area; if her attention has been drawn to increasing reports from the community of...
    • Mental Health Services
      2850. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the latest recruitment drive for HSE councillors to provide the number of individuals that are expected to be recruited for the Dublin/Wicklow...
    • Disease Management
      2851. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema, including the absence of a published national HSE care pathway,...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2854. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [24550/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2855. To ask the Minister for Health the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under her aegis have or had with a company (details...
    • Home Care Packages
      2856. To ask the Minister for Health if a full home care package currently being provided for a person (details supplied) will be transferred to their new address. [24584/26]
    • Hospital Services
      2857. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the development of the integrated mother and baby unit, and child and adolescent mental health services, inpatient facility at St. Joseph’s...
    • Disease Management
      2858. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans to improve the lack of reimbursed biologic treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, in Ireland given that unlike most other...
    • Health Services
      2859. To ask the Minister for Health the difficulties in meeting the expected dates given for the works to start in St. Vincent's Hospital community nursing unit in Athy, County Kildare; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      2860. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any amnesty planned for asbestos building products, given that many HSE buildings contain this dangerous product; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      2861. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24637/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      2862. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has engaged with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland regarding the operation of the HSE's single point of access CAMHS, CDNTs and...
    • Hospital Services
      2864. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed new 60-bed community nursing unit, CNU, in Cashel, County Tipperary; the current status of the site selection process;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2865. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the business plan submitted in September 2025 by an organisation (details supplied) for capital funding towards a new hospice facility in...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2871. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which adequate planning for and forecasting of future healthcare needs, to include health and social care workforce and service planning for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2872. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for additional disability support hours has been refused in respect of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service
      2873. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the following issues in relation to the National Ambulance Service and the BUMBLEance service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      2874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been unavailable for use at Heather House Community Nursing Unit (Daisy Unit) in each month from February 2025 to date; and the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2876. To ask the Minister for Health the interim staffing arrangements currently in place to ensure the safe operation of the dementia-specific unit at Heather House Community Nursing Unit...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2877. To ask the Minister for Health the total projected cost, procurement process, and key timeline milestones associated with the fire safety works at Heather House Community Nursing Unit; and...
    • Departmental Data
      2878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents displaced from Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, following its temporary closure for fire safety works in late...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2884. To ask the Minister for Health whether funding has been approved for the full staffing complement required to operate the 19-bed dementia-specific unit at Heather House Community Nursing...
    • Departmental Data
      2885. To ask the Minister for Health whether any external fire safety, regulatory, or risk assessment was carried out in relation to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, prior to its...
    • Mental Health Services
      2898. To ask the Minister for Health the provision being made within CAMHS teams for children who are deaf. [24730/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      2899. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of agency staffing expenditure within the public health service by Regional Health Authority, staff category, and service area for...
    • Cancer Services
      2915. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the endoscopy eReferral system as outlined in Pillar 2 of the Waiting Time Action Plan. [24762/26]
    • Abortion Services
      2920. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the procedure for hospitals if an unborn baby is born alive following an abortion procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24768/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2921. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of deaths associated with adverse incidents in the HSE in 2025; the way this compares to the 469 deaths recorded in 2024; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      2926. To ask the Minister for Health if an adult pathway to access autism assessments is planned; the timeframe for commencement if planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24787/26]
    • Health Services
      2927. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) and address the issues outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24791/26]
    • Mortality Rates
      2928. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated level of excess mortality in Ireland to date in 2026; the methodology used by her Department to calculate these figures; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      2933. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse cardiac events, including myocarditis, reported to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) for each of the past five years and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2934. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to support community-based Health Care Assistants, HCAs, in County Clare who are facing significant financial hardship due to rising...
    • Hospital Staff
      2935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff (WTE) employed in Cork University Maternity Hospital in February 2026 and for December 2019 in the following three categories,...
    • Medicinal Products
      2936. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the application of charges for blister packs, noting that phased dispensing is essential for patient...
    • Hospital Charges
      2937. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of persons that attended the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital that were liable to the €100 fee in the...
    • Hospital Staff
      2938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists by grade and occupational therapist by grade posts filled at St Joseph's Hospital, Raheny as of 22 March...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2939. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new primary care centre for (details supplied); the reason this centre was not included in the HSE's Capital Plan 2026;; and if...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2940. To ask the Minister for Health whether a national framework is being developed to guide the evaluation, approval and monitoring of AI systems used in clinical and administrative functions...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2944. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24906/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      2945. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be transferred to a nursing home in another county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24912/26]
    • Health Services
      2952. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the independent review of the Health Information and Quality Authority and the Office of the Chief Inspector will be published in...
    • Dental Services
      2953. To ask the Minister for Health when the positions of the five retired orthodontists for HSE South West will be filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Equipment
      2955. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a PET scan to the HSE in CHO2, to other hospitals /private hospitals for patients in the west; the cost for the past ten years; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      2957. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider restoring Macushield supplements to the medical card scheme for elderly patients who require it as an essential eye healthcare support;...
    • Disability Services
      2958. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for additional disability support hours in respect of a child (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2959. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners per 100,000 people in Dublin north-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24987/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2960. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for orthopaedic surgery at Sligo University Hospital; if they are on the routine or...
    • Departmental Data
      2961. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the past five years. [25008/26]
    • Cancer Services
      2966. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the regional disparities in access to lung cancer care. [25013/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      2967. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to lung cancer research annually. [25014/26]
    • Health Services
      2968. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological services are routinely offered to lung cancer patients. [25015/26]
    • Hospital Charges
      2969. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the HSE charges their employees, including all health care staff, for parking; the cost per day/per week; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2970. To ask the Minister for Health if she accepts that the provision of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy provides better glycaemic control than...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      2973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2974. To ask the Minister for Health whether compensation payments are being offered to victims of the 2021 cyberattack on HSE systems; whether all eligible recipients have been contacted or...
    • Mental Health Services
      2975. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for accessing adult mental health services for medical card holders. [25069/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2976. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      2977. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of providing State subsidised food for people with a diagnosis of coeliac disease to reflect the significant financial burden placed...
    • Health Promotion
      2980. To ask the Minister for Health if patient information leaflets that have been developed as part of national clinical guidelines for reduced foetal movements, foetal heart rate monitoring...
    • Ambulance Service
      2981. To ask the Minister for Health the average monthly response time of the National Ambulance Service to call-outs from Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 in each of the last 12 months, in tabular form;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2982. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce a free catch-up vaccine for children prior to 2016 who did not receive a vaccination for meningitis B given the recent outbreak in...
    • Health Services
      2983. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the consultants of a person (details supplied) in Crumlin and Beaumont will refer them to the centre of excellence of the NF Clinic, Guys...
    • Hospital Services
      2984. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation of eligibility for assignment of a social worker and for the preparation of a comprehensive...
    • Medicinal Products
      2985. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding the drug skyclarys which is used in the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia to the drugs payment scheme; and if she will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2986. To ask the Minister for Health whether the recommendations of the 2009 Vaccine Damage Steering Group report have been implemented; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement...
    • Emergency Services
      2987. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed provision of a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the western region; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2990. To ask the Minister for Health the opening times of the Mercy injury unit; and whether this is the time advertised. [25199/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      2991. To ask the Minister for Health if working hours have been reduced for student nurses in University Hospital Limerick; if she will engage with the HSE to ascertain the reason these hours...
    • Health Services Staff
      2992. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of an MS community worker in the Sligo-Leitrim area, which is currently the only region in the State without access to this...
    • Hospital Staff
      2993. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants employed in University Hospital Limerick in 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25227/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2995. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [25232/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      2996. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on the stage of a medication (details supplied) under assessment to be included on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      2997. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants, registrars and junior doctors working at the location of their hospitals from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. [25278/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3003. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied), the supports that are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      3004. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a funding issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25285/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      3005. To ask the Minister for Health to take the necessary steps to ensure that the national immunisation programme, NIP, includes a vaccination for shingles, free-of-charge for citizens of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      3006. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an initial appointment with CAMHS in Kildare; the number of young people waiting over a year for an initial appointment; and if...
    • Women's Health
      3007. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting endometriosis treatment in counties Kerry and Cork; the number waiting nationwide; the length of time that they are waiting; when...
    • Mental Health Services
      3008. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the date range now covered by the State Claims Agency following the recent extension of the scheme relating to the child and adolescent mental...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3011. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the development of the new 108-bed block on the campus of University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3013. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25321/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      3014. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-operated community nursing homes currently in operation, by county; the total number of long-term residential beds provided, by county;...
    • Cancer Services
      3015. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women in Ireland are not provided with their personal breast density information along with their mammogram results given that as many as 50% of...
    • Medicinal Products
      3016. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding Libre 2 PLUs patches to the long-term illness scheme for those transitioning from type 2 to type 1 diabetes; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3017. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [25403/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3018. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve weekend surgical capacity for urgent paediatric cases in Dublin's children's hospitals in light of the recent experience where only one...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3019. To ask the Minister for Health whether universal health insurance remains under consideration by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25432/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      3021. To ask the Minister for Health the total pay bill for the Civil Service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive. [25446/26]
    • Health Services
      3022. To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available for a young person (details supplied) who has been advised that he or she will need a temporomandibular joint arthroplasty at a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      3023. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that legislation to enable care partners for vulnerable people in hospitals, hospices, care homes and other health settings will be brought...
    • Disability Services
      3024. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government intends to refund or directly pay for privately sourced primary care autism assessments in cases where significant delays exist for children...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3025. To ask the Minister for Health when HIQA will complete their calculations based on the recent research regarding the shingrix vaccine which demonstrates enhanced benefits and costs saving...
    • Medical Cards
      3026. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who are accepting medical card patients; if she is satisfied with the provision of dental care in County Wexford for...
    • Care Services
      3027. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently investigate a matter (details supplied) and allow for placement in a long-term care bed in Kenmare Community Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3028. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for all CT scans at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25502/26]
    • Substance Misuse
      3032. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the completion and publication of the National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; if she will provide an update on the next steps in the...
    • Hospital Staff
      3042. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title currently within the neurosurgery department of Cork University Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for filling...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3044. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor procedures room currently in use at Tipperary University Hospital. [25527/26]
    • Health Services
      3045. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in Kerry for persons that suffer with trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25533/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      3046. To ask the Minister for Health the number of life threatening calls that the National Ambulance Services attended within 19 minutes in County Kerry in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3047. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ENT surgeon at University Hospital Kerry for a first appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      3049. To ask the Minister for Health whether oral immunotherapy will be made available for patients who suffer with a sesame allergy through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3050. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's position on oral immunotherapy as a food allergy treatment; whether the pilot programme in Cork will be expanded; and if she will make a...
    • Dental Services
      3052. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the dental treatment services scheme given reports that the fees paid under the scheme often do not cover the cost of providing treatment,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3055. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacant GP posts, including GMS and non-GMS contracted positions, in the counties of Longford and Westmeath; to provide a breakdown of...
    • Health Strategies
      3056. To ask the Minister for Health whether the National Dementia Strategy will be updated; the status of the National Dementia Strategy in relation to the Model of Care for Dementia; whether a...
    • Health Services
      3057. To ask the Minister for Health when an eye test centre will be approved in Laois (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25565/26]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      3058. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 5 March 2026, the engagements she has had with the Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government...
    • Health Services Staff
      3059. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene with the HSE to ensure that immediate action is taken to resolve the recruitment and retention crisis affecting radiographer practice...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3060. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the particularly high volume and long waiting times for children on paediatric respiratory medicine and ophthalmology waiting lists at...
    • Ambulance Service
      3062. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE allocated to the National Ambulance Service in Monaghan, by role, the duration of any vacancy, by year for the years 2020 to date, in tabular form;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3064. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all available pathways for children under the age of three, who are deaf or hard of hearing to access cochlear implants; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      3065. To ask the Minister for Health if she will seek feedback on a call made to the National Ambulance Service (details supplied) and information given by operator to the caller; and if she will...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3066. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken nationally to progress the Tobacco Produce Directive at European level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25659/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3068. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the use of the drug fampyra with regard to treating of ataxia within other EU member states; if consideration has been...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3069. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider collecting or maintaining data specific to the average waiting times for home support services; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      3070. To ask the Minister for Health the measures the HSE has in place to audit the substantial funding provided to section 38 and section 39 organisations; the processes used to ensure that such...
    • Departmental Reports
      3071. To ask the Minister for Health if a final report a review (details supplied) of the Office of the Chief Inspector Regulatory Inspection Process will be published with full terms of...
    • Home Help Service
      3072. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an increase in pay for home helps due to the high cost of fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25706/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients that are waiting to have access to an MRI scan; the length of time they been waiting in CHO1, by hospital; and if she will...
    • Hospital Transfers
      3074. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been transferred from University Hospital Limerick since the opening of a private hospital (details supplied) in Limerick; the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3075. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned primary care centre for Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25732/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Play Leader posts that have been filled at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin as of 30 March 2026, in tabular form. [25737/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3078. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons that attended the migraine outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026 that were first...
    • Hospice Services
      3079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric osteotomies carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in Children's Health Ireland hospitals and the National...
    • Hospital Services
      3081. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the National Trauma Strategy in 2025 regarding the Connolly Hospital bypass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25747/26]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      3083. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the funding application for a homeless hub in Cork city. [25765/26]
    • Health Services
      3084. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider a review of the long-term illness scheme criteria, particularly for adult ADHD management and medication; and if she will make...
    • Medicinal Products
      3085. To ask the Minister for Health if she is in favour of reimbursement pathways for GLP-1 therapies in obesity where clinically indicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25785/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3086. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects;...
    • Health Services Staff
      3087. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all staff vacancies across each Department of the Health service in County Kerry; the implications of these unfilled...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3088. To ask the Minister for Health when will the new Killarney Community Hospital building be "handed over" to the HSE; if an application to register the new Community Hospital has been...
    • Cancer Services
      3089. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with bowel cancer, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      3092. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the requirement for persons with a free travel pass to pay the €4 daily transport charge on closed HSE transport routes when...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3093. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ban artificial intelligence 'therapy' or programmes mimicking therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25873/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3094. To ask the Minister for Health the reason questions submitted by this Deputy (details supplied) regarding staffing arrangements for the new Killarney Community Hospital have not been...
    • Dental Services
      3095. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the registration of a dentist with the Dental Council (details supplied). [25877/26]
    • Health Services
      3096. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department will facilitate the availability of high-intensity focused ultrasound in a particular case (details supplied). [25888/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      3098. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered appointing a dedicated clinical implementation lead to work across all maternity units to ensure that clinical guidelines under the...
    • Dental Services
      3104. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are any plans to update the 2019 Smiles and Sláinte National Oral Health Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25917/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac physiologists and cardiac radiographers posts that have been filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 31 March 2026, in tabular form. [25931/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      3110. To ask the Minister for Health the bodies which operate under her aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive...
    • Home Care Packages
      3111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved home support hours in Longford–Westmeath that are currently undelivered due to staff shortages; and the measures being taken to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3112. To ask the Minister for Health her views that the provision of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy provides better glycaemic control than...
    • Health Services Staff
      3115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant Vascular Surgeons based at Cork University Hospital as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [25974/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      3117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Critical Care Ambulances on a 24-7 basis that are based in Cork as of 1 April 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 1 April 2022,...
    • Health Services Staff
      3118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant registrar's posts by speciality currently at Mercy University Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant oral and maxillo-facial surgeon at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [25978/26]
    • Vaccination Programme
      3120. To ask the Minister for Health the unit within her Department that has responsibility for matters relating to the delivery of the children’s influenza vaccination programme in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3121. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed response to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied), in respect of the new Killarney Community Hospital; and if she will make...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3122. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed update in relation to the health diversion scheme for persons in possession of drugs for personal use; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      3123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists currently employed within services in County Longford; the number of approved posts...
    • Hospital Services
      3127. To ask the Minister for Health the way her Department is supporting Naas General Hospital in responding to increased demand in the region; the measures that are being implemented to improve...
    • Ambulance Service
      3128. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of ambulance response times for both purple and red categories in County Roscommon and County Galway, broken down by county; and if she...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3132. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all available pathways for children under the age of three, who are deaf or hard of hearing to access assistive technology in the case they have...
    • Health Services Staff
      3133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working at Tallaght adult community mental health team, in tabular form. [26072/26]
    • Dental Services
      3137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior dental surgeons posts filled in County Westmeath as of 2 April 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 30 April 2022, in...
    • Medicinal Products
      3138. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the skyclarys drug for those suffering from Friedreich's ataxia. [26084/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3139. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered the introduction of a temporary increase in mileage allowances for HSE staff who provide essential care in the community, in...
    • Health Services
      3140. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26087/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3141. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for a public health nurse who has left their position as a public health nurse to rejoin the National Transfer Panel; and if not, if she has...
    • Departmental Data
      3142. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department holds up-to-date data on the number of people currently living with Alzheimer’s disease in the State; if so, to provide the most...
    • Seirbhísí Sláinte
      3143. To ask the Minister for Health cé mhéad páiste a fuair atreorú chuig an tseirbhís teiripe urlabhra i Leitir Móir in 2025 agus cén ráta tinrimh a...
    • Medical Cards
      3144. To ask the Minister for Health if a person diagnosed with endometriosis could be considered for entitlement to a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3145. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to standardise HSE funding for low vision aids across all CHOs to make access to this important support equitable for every resident of the State;...
    • Health Services Staff
      3146. To ask the Minister for Health the position the filling of a vacancy for a paediatric occupational therapist for Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; when this appointment will take place;...
    • Hospital Services
      3149. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding access to the Rotunda Hospital's NEST at Home neonatal support programme for families outside...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3150. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure occupational or older persons services in CHO8 supply a suitable wheelchair to a person (details supplied) [26120/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants per emergency department at the start of each of the years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      3156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at each emergency department in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26130/26]
    • Cancer Services
      3157. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to provide a public radiotherapy centre in the Mid West region; if all radiotherapy for patients in the Mid West is contracted out to...
    • Mental Health Services
      3158. To ask the Minister for Health whether a child (details supplied) will receive assessment for ADHD by CAMHS, as referred by their GP. [26145/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      3159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such...
    • Medicinal Products
      3160. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision not to reimburse a treatment Omaveloxolone sold under the brand name Skyclarys will be reviewed given it is the only pharmaceutical treatment...
    • Health Services
      3162. To ask the Minister for Health to review an application for a person (details supplied). [26192/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      3163. To ask the Minister for Health if she can give a commitment to invest in Our Lady's Hospital emergency department in Navan, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      3167. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 11 February 2026, to provide copies of the risk assessments referenced in the reply; and if she will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      3175. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to progress being made to resolve clinical and regulatory issues which stand in the way single women and same-sex couples in...
    • Health Services Staff
      3176. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis affecting radiography practice tutors across the State, and particularly at...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3177. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a successor to the national maternity strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26314/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3179. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered reimbursement pathways for GLP-1 therapies in obesity where clinically indicated; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3180. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance on e-cigarettes and regulated vaping products as a smoking cessation tool is currently being reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3185. To ask the Minister for Health the names and address of each of the practices who were granted the Social Deprivation Practice Grant in 2026. [26363/26]
    • Disease Management
      3188. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment facility will be set up, staffed and funded at University Hospital Kerry, close to the world renowned...
    • Mental Health Services
      3189. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of recommendation 22 of the sharing the vision implementation plan on the provision of appropriate environments for those...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list; the number that are awaiting spinal surgery; the number of surgeries that took place in Ireland in 2025;...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3193. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address issues in regard to vaping (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26416/26]
    • Health Services
      3195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of net new community nursing beds that opened in each IHA in each of the following years 2022 to 2025, and to date 2026, in tabular form. [26423/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3203. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to allow recipients of prescribed medicinal cannabis in the North to legally carry and use their medicine in the State (details supplied). [26439/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      3204. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised in relation to access to appropriate mental health supports...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3205. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a PET scan per health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26465/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3206. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE urgently prioritizes a conclusion to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment...
    • Emergency Departments
      3208. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital that were liable to the...
    • Hospital Staff
      3209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric orthopaedic registrars posts filled at CHI Tallaght as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      3210. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of reports that MRI machines at Beaumont Hospital are in need of repair, that some patients report having to travel by taxi to Blackrock in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3212. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery. [26481/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3214. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortfall in the number of available training placements for radiography; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26498/26]
    • Hospital Equipment
      3221. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for a replacement linear accelerator machine; the cost for a new linear accelerator machine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26505/26]
    • Health Services
      3222. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 19 March 2026, if she will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the concerns raised...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3223. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); their position on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26510/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3225. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [26520/26]
    • State Properties
      3226. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to selling a piece of ground owned by the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26523/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3227. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for access to a wheelchair by an person (details supplied) will be prioritised to ensure their continued independence and mental wellbeing;...
    • Public Sector Staff
      3228. To ask the Minister for Health the training local authority housing officers receive on public sector duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26531/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3229. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 15 January 2026, the level of permanent and temporary headcount and whole-time equivalents allocated to and...
    • Medicinal Products
      3237. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 685 of 19 February 2026, if she is committed to implementing Ava's protocol, recommended by Cork City Coroner's office...
    • Medical Cards
      3241. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the serious medical issues and urgently grant a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3242. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [26597/26]
    • Departmental Budgets
      3244. To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated in 2026 to deliver the National Stroke Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26625/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      3245. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs of providing three additional rapid response vehicles on a 24-7 basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26626/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant maxillofacial surgeons working in the health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice...
    • Mental Health Services
      3248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, by discipline and by health region, as provided for under the most recent...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3256. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE is aware of reports that the medical centre in Ballindine, County Mayo, has ceased operating or is at risk of permanent closure; whether any...
    • Nursing Homes
      3265. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; if the matter can be expedited due to the circumstances;...
    • Hospital Charges
      3266. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated via public car-parking charges at CHI Crumlin in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [26654/26]
    • Medical Research and Training
      3267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student radiographers undertaking clinical placements in HSE hospitals in 2025 and to date in 2026; the projected number of placements for the...
    • Health Services Staff
      3268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, currently in the HSE Adult Safeguarding Team within CHO7; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of the...
    • Health Services
      3269. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether sufficient treatment is available to suffers of severe and very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis via public health services. [26657/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant vascular surgeons and or registrar in vascular surgery that are on call after 8pm during the week and during the weekends at St...
    • Health Services
      3271. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the adequacy of financial supports available to persons who require hearing aids but do not qualify for a medical card; whether her Department is...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3272. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for adult audiology services; whether additional resources will be allocated to address waiting lists,...
    • Health Services
      3274. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE put in adequate support that allows a person (details supplied) to avail of community support for insulin administration; and...
    • Dental Services
      3275. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to run a recruitment campaign in the UK to attract qualified orthodontists to work within the Irish Public Health Services. [26684/26]
    • Health Services
      3276. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements to Craniofacial Services within Public Health Services during 2026; and the additional revenue being provided towards these improvements....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for lung transplant operation. [26686/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3278. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who having been referred two years ago, to University Hospital Limerick pain clinic has yet to have an...
    • Departmental Data
      3279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years-of-age with mental health challenges that are waiting for an appointment with a consultant; the number of...
    • Disability Services
      3282. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous correspondence, if she is aware that there are still ongoing funding issues regarding low vision aids within the midlands region; in view...
    • Mental Health Services
      3283. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE south west has been requested to produce a plan to address Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists and issue quarterly...
    • Departmental Data
      3284. To ask the Minister for Health the age breakdown of meningococcal disease cases notified in the State to date in 2026, including infants under one year, children aged one to four years,...
    • Health Strategies
      3288. To ask the Minister for Health the national policy targets or benchmarks in place for the time taken from notification of a meningococcal disease case to public health intervention,...
    • Departmental Data
      3290. To ask the Minister for Health the national stock levels, expressed in doses held and weeks of supply, of MenB, MenC and MenACWY vaccines under the national immunisation programme; the...
    • Departmental Policies
      3291. To ask the Minister for Health the national uptake rates for MenB, MenC and MenACWY vaccines over the past five years and to date in 2026, including any identified regional or cohort-level...
    • Health Strategies
      3293. To ask the Minister for Health whether a formal risk assessment has been conducted in response to the recent meningococcal outbreak in the United Kingdom; whether defined epidemiological or...
    • Health Service Executive
      3294. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE national management information systems do not capture agency staffing levels expressed as whole-time equivalents; whether this represents...
    • Health Services Staff
      3295. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for implementation of systems capable of capturing agency staff numbers in WTE terms across all regional health areas; and whether this will form...
    • Departmental Data
      3296. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the absence of WTE tracking for agency staff meets public financial management and workforce planning standards; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      3297. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1994 of 18 March 2026, to confirm the total agency expenditure in each regional health area for 2024 and 2025 as set out...
    • Health Services Staff
      3300. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the outcomes to date of the July 2025 framework for converting agency staff to direct employment; including the number of conversions achieved, the...
    • Health Service Executive
      3304. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive that are currently vacant, by county, as of the most recent date available....
    • State Properties
      3323. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that vacant residential properties owned by the State are being utilised in a timely manner in the context of current housing demand...
    • Home Help Service
      3324. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider conducting a temporary review of mileage rates for home support workers in light of the rising cost of fuel; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      3325. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the deep concerns expressed by expectant mothers regarding the phasing out of private maternity services in public hospitals as part of the...
    • Departmental Reports
      3327. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were...
    • Departmental Data
      3330. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the web link to her Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model...
    • Nursing Homes
      3331. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently provide a long term care bed for a person (details supplied) at Kenmare Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26921/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      3332. To ask the Minister for Health the current average ambulance response times for life-threatening (category A) calls in County Cork and the wider Munster region, by urban and rural areas, in...
    • Hospital Investigations
      3344. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the role of the liaison officer appointed by the HSE in December 2014 to provide information and support to families impacted by tandem...
    • Health Services
      3345. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to support persons with degenerative spondylosisthesis, DS; if her attention has been drawn to significant delays for persons who...
    • Medicinal Products
      3347. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the process where a person has been on medication (details supplied) and requires specific medical services/medication for their condition; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      3348. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department are taking to support Beaumont Hospital in providing treatment to patients who are experiencing a mental health emergency; if her...
    • Ambulance Service
      3349. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department considers any targeted weekend or event specific ambulance coverage for youth sports activities, or any clear escalation protocols for...
    • Medical Research and Training
      3350. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to expand community first responder programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27008/26]
    • Health Services
      3351. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 424 of 17 December 2025, if a new location for the National Gender Service has been identified; if the HSE has purchased...
    • Disability Issues
      3352. To ask the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting times for access to augmentative and alternative communication assessments and devices, nationally and by region. [27018/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3353. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of additional public outpatient appointments, procedures and inpatient treatments delivered by consultants recruited under the Public Only...
    • Health Services Staff
      3354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts, broken down by filled posts, vacant posts and by specialty, for each year since 2022. [27026/26]
    • Departmental Data
      3355. To ask the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken comparing clinical activity levels per consultant before and after the introduction of the Public Only Consultant...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3361. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient in County Donegal (details supplied) will receive pain treatment in Sligo Hospital; if they are on the routine or urgent list; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3362. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for pain treatment in Sligo Hospital for all lists, for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      3363. To ask the Minister for Health the projected healthcare needs of the population over the next ten, 20 and 30 years based on current demographic trends; the modelling used for such...
    • Departmental Data
      3364. To ask the Minister for Health the current proportion of the population with osteoporosis and future projections for this condition based on demographic trends; the steps she is taking to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3365. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can progress with cataract treatment; whether an urgent appointment will be made available to them, particularly in view of...
    • Medicinal Products
      3366. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug sando-K will be available on the medical card for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27087/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      3367. To ask the Minister for Health to outline where responsibility lies for ensuring medical card holders have access to adequate GP services in their own communities; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting orthopaedic surgery, by category; time spent on the waiting list (zero–three months, three–six months,...
    • Health Services
      3370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests received in Mayo in 2024 and in 2025 for assistance with assignment to a GP or a dentist for medical card holders, free gp card...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at MUH at the end of quarter 1 2026, in tabular form. [27110/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists in Mayo, by service, age and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2026, in...
    • Home Help Service
      3373. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, in Mayo, in tabular form. [27112/26]
    • Departmental Data
      3374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting cataract surgery by time spent waiting 0–3 months, 3–6 months, 6–12 months, 12–18 months and over...
    • Health Services
      3375. To ask the Minister for Health to support an organisation (details supplied) and in particular nursing homes in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27193/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      3376. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of 2026 palliative care funding; the way it has been allocated within each health region; the date on which adult and children’s...
    • Mental Health Services
      3377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts across child and adolescent mental health services teams, by county and by discipline. [27225/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3379. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to Government approval to proceed with the procurement of a national electronic health record system, she is considering issues of digital...
    • Health Services
      3380. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures that are being taken to ensure that, as part of procuring a national electronic health record system, the selected system will fully...
    • Dental Services
      3382. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive their next dental care appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27232/26]
    • Cancer Services
      3390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 20 January 2026, the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards for each type of cancer...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3391. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time and waiting time distribution for an outpatient appointment with an oncologist, to be requested from each statutory and voluntary...
    • Health Service Executive
      3393. To ask the Minister for Health the details of buildings and properties held by the HSE which are not in use by the HSE or a contracted health service, including year of acquisition, tenure,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3397. To ask the Minister for Health her intentions regarding the Temple Street Children’s Hospital site following relocation of CHI. [27275/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      3400. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date of the Nayagam review, by cost category including on legal fees and ancillary costs across the preparation, investigation, drafting,...
    • Mental Health Services
      3401. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date on the reviews of north and south Kerry CAMHS, by cost category including on legal fees and ancillary costs across the preparation,...
    • Dental Services
      3402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dental or orthodontic services for braces; the number of children screened for braces; the process for children being...
    • Health Services
      3403. To ask the Minister for Health the current coverage offered by sexual assaults units; her plans to provide full national coverage; the number of units presently in operation; and the number...
    • Mental Health Services
      3404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of presentations at emergency departments with mental health crises; the number admitted and the number referred on the other services which are...
    • Ambulance Service
      3405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of exit interviews conducted by the national ambulance service for each grade in each year 2021-2025, in tabular form. [27283/26]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      3406. To ask the Minister for Health the existing cross-Border and all-island service arrangements which are in place, nationally and at regional or local level including service level...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3407. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure to date, including in preparation for the Government decision to approve the policy in 2015, on the co-location of maternity...
    • Health Services Staff
      3408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person considered to be a nurse specialist in Northern Ireland with ten years’ experience in Scotland and Northern Ireland is not...
    • Home Help Service
      3409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support and those receiving less than their allocated hours at end of quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [27306/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      3410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by health area and length of wait, at end quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [27307/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for diagnostic imaging tests at the end of quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [27308/26]
    • Dental Services
      3412. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of new oral health patients in target groups attending for scheduled assessment in quarter 1 2025 and 2026, inclusive, by local office and...
    • Health Services Staff
      3416. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staffing in quarter 1 2026 compared to quarter 1 in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, for each region and service division including...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3417. To ask the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for quarter 1 2025 and 2026,...
    • Hospital Services
      3418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations for quarter 1 2025 and 2026, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, with adult/child...
    • Hospital Transfers
      3419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care as a percentage of total transfers of care, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for quarter 1 2025...
    • Hospital Services
      3420. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; and the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in Model 3 and Model 4...
    • Health Service Executive
      3421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities, for quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [27332/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      3422. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for...
    • Hospital Services
      3424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated cancellations of children’s spinal surgeries and paediatric orthopaedic procedures in Children’s Health Ireland...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait at end quarter 1 2025 and 2026 in tabular...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Community Training Centres
      3426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department will take to sanction a pay increase of 9.25% for instructors, clerical staff and management of training centres...
    • Third Level Admissions
      3428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to support non-teacher graduates in accessing PME courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/26]
    • Third Level Costs
      3429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI decides on the means test for self-employed families, that have depreciation, not the basis of the notice of assessment, (the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      3434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to urgent correspondence sent to his office (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that this is...
    • Education and Training Provision
      3435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount currently held in the National Training Fund; the reason a surplus of approximately €2 billion has accumulated; and if...
    • Third Level Education
      3444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of GDP for public spending on research and higher education. [24198/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      3445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide grants and/or funding specifically relating to potential issues in the transport sector which create barriers to the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      3446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department has taken with a view to increasing the number of dental training places for Irish students, taking into account that...
    • Third Level Admissions
      3447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork with a view to providing additional funding to enable them...
    • Education and Training Provision
      3448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with other EU countries with a view to establishing a standard programme of training which would be acceptable in...
    • Technological Universities
      3449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the circumstances which led to the write off expenditure amounting to €427,000 incurred on professional fees relating to a...
    • Third Level Costs
      3450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant support is available for a student in receipt of disability allowance who is undertaking a part-time online course at ATU Sligo...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes...
    • Technological Universities
      3452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the Wexford campus of the South-East Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24475/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      3453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24506/26]
    • Student Accommodation
      3455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the delivery of student accommodation under the €100 million Short-Term Activation Programme announced in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      3456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company...
    • Education and Training Provision
      3458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of the recent layoffs of 25 adult education tutors in the Galway Roscommon ETB, to confirm the extent of the reduction in budgets for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      3459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration given to creating new fast-track apprenticeship routes to becoming an ISL interpreter or ISL teacher, as well as fast-track...
    • Third Level Education
      3460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he is aware that Research Ireland are currently planning to cease their Government of Ireland postgraduate and postdoctoral fellowship...
    • Education and Training Provision
      3461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of eligibility requirements for blended learning veterinary nursing programmes, including those provided by Technological...
    • Third Level Costs
      3462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make single migrant parents eligible for the SUSI grant as there is currently no targeted support for this cohort; and if he will...
    • Education Costs
      3463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targeted measures his Department is taking to support lone parents in re-entering education; to outline his engagements with other...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      3464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      3465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      3466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available to assist with a new initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25161/26]
    • Education Costs
      3468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that can be made available to students who have come here fleeing the war in Ukraine and who are in the guardianship of their...
    • Third Level Costs
      3469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm whether proposals for a State-backed loan or tuition support scheme for graduate entry medicine will proceed; the timeline for the...
    • Departmental Staff
      3470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25445/26]
    • Third Level Costs
      3471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a full tuition support scheme for graduate entry medicine; if not, if at a minimum if he will outline a timeline for his...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      3472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 March 2026, the number of apprenticeships that were not completed in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with...
    • Technological Universities
      3474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the significant and ongoing delays in the release of examination results at Technological University Dublin;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      3475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department is aligning skills and training programmes with the Central Bank's recent findings on AI related labour market...
    • Departmental Funding
      3477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      3478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees from January 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26541/26]
    • Third Level Costs
      3480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware some students are unable to submit SUSI applications due to lengthy timeframes in the processing of Irish residency permit...
    • Departmental Reports
      3481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in...
    • Departmental Data
      3484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres in Ireland,...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      3485. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding options provided by his Department or its agencies that may be used to support a project in the County Meath...
    • Departmental Programmes
      3486. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the LEADER programme allocation to each local action group in each year since 1994 to date, in tabular form. [24221/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3487. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its...
    • Departmental Funding
      3488. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years....
    • Departmental Contracts
      3489. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had...
    • Community Development Projects
      3490. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider introducing a pilot scheme for community development volunteers similar to the basic income for the arts...
    • Departmental Funding
      3491. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24639/26]
    • Community Development Projects
      3492. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding his discussions on centralising the grant process for community centre building as discussed on 5 February...
    • Departmental Funding
      3493. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to bring tidal pools back into repair (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development Projects
      3494. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current supports being provided at a local level in community centres across the north Drogheda area, targeted at addressing...
    • Departmental Staff
      3498. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data...
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      3499. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na pleananna atá aige chun coinníollacha oibre na n-oifigeach pleanála teanga a fheabhsú....
    • Departmental Funding
      3500. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will urgently provide a significant increase in funding to Kerry County Council to address the condition of the local...
    • Harbours and Piers
      3502. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department’s involvement in the assessment, planning or development of pier infrastructure on Inis...
    • Departmental Staff
      3503. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25449/26]
    • Harbours and Piers
      3504. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the assessment and development of accessibility measures at the Cill Rónáin Pier on Inis Mór; if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3505. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next iteration of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      3507. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of non-Governmental organisations currently registered with the Charities Regulator; the number that have received...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3508. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure...
    • Departmental Programmes
      3509. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to consider the special circumstances, (details supplied) and allocate additional LEADER funding for LAG in County Kerry; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      3511. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person...
    • Urban Development
      3512. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a detailed update on the work of the North East Inner City Programme Implementation Board; the progress to date on each of...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      3513. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he last met formally with the CEO of Charities Regulator. [26082/26]
    • Regional Development
      3514. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to ensure equitable distribution of funding across regions, including areas experiencing rapid population...
    • Departmental Funding
      3516. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available in his Department for parish halls for renovations in communities where there are no community...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3521. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average timings for each stage of the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26282/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      3522. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Delvin, County Westmeath will be included in the recently announced list of CLÁR 2026 funding projects; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3524. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans to change the funding criteria for ORIS to allow for footpaths to be built in towns and villages in County Westmeath;...
    • Departmental Funding
      3525. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons Delvin and Kinnegad in County Westmeath missed out on town and village funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Meetings
      3529. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [26661/26]
    • Departmental Reports
      3530. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and...
    • Departmental Funding
      3533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26998/26]
    • Departmental Data
      3534. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data...

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