Written answers

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. [26939/26]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      39. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the Offshore Wind Energy Clearing House. [25664/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      65. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will meet next. [25665/26]
    • Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta
      71. To ask the Taoiseach cén tacaíocht ón gCiste Oileáin Chomhroinnte atá dáilte aige ar thogra ar leith gach bliain ó bunaíodh é. [17531/26]
    • Cabinet Committees
      82. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [26695/26]
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Inquiries
      122. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the expert panel established to address unnecessary hip dysplasia surgeries on children; the current status of reviews...
    • Hospital Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to reduce bed days lost in University Hospital Kerry. [28492/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      130. To ask the Minister for Health when changes will come into effect for the fair deal nursing home loan to extend the interest-free repayment period to 18 months; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      131. To ask the Minister for Health whether the recommendations of the 2009 Vaccine Damage Steering Group report have been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28205/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      132. To ask the Minister for Health the workforce development plan referenced in the AI for care strategy, including the way clinicians, allied health professionals and administrative staff will...
    • Legislative Measures
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she has taken to ensure that the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025 will be future proofed against developments in technology and attempts...
    • Health Services Staff
      134. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the current staffing levels, per job type, at the two supra-regional endometriosis centres respectively per number of WTE posts, filled posts...
    • Vaccination Programme
      135. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for expanding the adult vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28498/26]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the increasing prevalence of myopia, and particularly its presentation among teenagers following completion of school...
    • Medical Cards
      138. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to further increase medical card income limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28388/26]
    • Health Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme excludes women older than 35 years-of-age. [28449/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      140. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the finalisation of the National Hearing Care Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28206/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      141. To ask the Minister for Health if a 24 hour rapid response vehicle will be introduced at Tuam ambulance base; if an analysis of calls to Tuam ambulance base will be undertaken; and if she...
    • Eating Disorders
      142. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with the Department of Education and Youth regarding the development or delivery of education programmes in schools aimed at...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the continued growth in the waiting list for home support services in County Leitrim; the current number of people awaiting home support in the...
    • Health Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to date to meet the Programme for Government commitment that an early access scheme for drugs will be implemented by this Government; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plan to address the difficulty people are currently having registering with a GP in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      146. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the planned redevelopment of the emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, including the current status of the design and...
    • Health Services Staff
      148. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the significant staffing shortfalls in orthodontic services in south Tipperary, including long-standing vacancies dating back to 2021; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      149. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the measures being taken to provide treatments such as skyclarys (omaveloxolone) to patients with Friedrich's ataxia in Carlow and Kilkenny,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the rollout of the shingles vaccine for those aged 65 years and over. [28372/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain GP practices with high numbers of homeless and vulnerable persons have been excluded from the granting of the social deprivation grant; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      152. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for more suicide crisis assessment nurse teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28350/26]
    • Hospital Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand trauma services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28358/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of mental health services in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in particular with regard to a suicide crisis assessment...
    • Health Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the operation of occupational therapy assessment services within the HSE; the average waiting times for assessment; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update in relation to the elective hospital in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28272/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      157. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the primary care centre, Youghal, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28360/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      158. To ask the Minister for Health the targets she has set for the reduction in agency spending; her plans to reduce the over-reliance on agency and temporary workers in the health service; and...
    • Hospital Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on ongoing reviews into maternity care at Portiuncula University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27848/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      160. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to address the fact that figures from the National Ambulance Service show that the north-west region has struggled to meet national response...
    • Dental Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of routine specialist dental services for a school (details supplied); if she will review the long waiting lists for specialist dental procedures...
    • Health Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address ongoing concerns that women's health issues are not being taken seriously enough within the public health system. [28373/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of GPs through a combination of international recruitment and increased training places; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on delivering 24/7 emergency cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford. [28500/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the plans there are to provide and expand services at existing primary care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28463/26]
    • Hospital Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of plans to provide a new daycare centre at Abbeyleix Hospital, otherwise known as Abbeyleix nursing unit; the progress that has been made;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      167. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of the new National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28221/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the decision-making process behind the recent announcement of a 200-bed hospital unit in Raheen in Limerick; when she informed the Taoiseach; the amount of...
    • Mental Health Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Health to advise if a business case for a CAMHS Clinic in Ballinasloe will be supported and expedited as quickly as possible to ensure a service is returned; and if...
    • Dental Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements that have been made to provide additional dentists in County Laois, operating the dental treatment services scheme and the treatment benefit...
    • Cancer Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work being done to ensure the Hereditary Cancer Steering Group includes next generation sequencing testing in its model of care; and if...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      173. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on developments at St. Columba's Hospital, Thomastown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28343/26]
    • Hospital Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Health when additional inpatient beds will be provided in Kerry University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28348/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 5 March 2026, to provide an update on the proposed opening of the Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County...
    • Mental Health Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a CAMHS appointment in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28452/26]
    • Hospital Services
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to enhance services in Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28342/26]
    • Health Services
      178. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a network of rapid outpatient clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28357/26]
    • Cancer Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that PET-CT scanners are available in every public hospital providing cancer treatment services and reduce reliance on private healthcare...
    • Health Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered developing a standard operating procedure or patient information document to support outpatients in understanding their care...
    • Medicinal Products
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to control the illegal sales of prescription medications; and if she will make a statement...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on capital plans at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28349/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      186. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the filling of three presently vacant consultant child psychiatrist roles in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital; the timeframe within which it is expected to be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of investment in Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for Children with Intellectual Disability (CAMHS-ID) in each HSE...
    • Medical Cards
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of GP cards in Cork South Lee; the way this compares to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28379/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      190. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the potential national cost savings associated with weight based dosing of pembrolizumab (keytruda), in light of the Cork...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the capital expenditure of Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28508/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve GP numbers in Laois; if her Department and the HSE are considering directly employed GPs as envisaged as part of...
    • Health Services Staff
      193. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with striking workers from an organisation (details supplied); her views on their status as section 39 workers; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      194. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development and implementation of the updated National Breastfeeding Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of healthcare professionals in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28347/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      196. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to a review by HIQA into new studies related to the potential secondary benefits of shingles vaccination (details...
    • Primary Care Services
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in terms of providing occupational therapists for primary care services in Laois; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service
      198. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to directly address the major shortfall in staffing in the National Ambulance Service; the steps she is taking to avert impending...
    • Dental Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to increase the number of dentists in Ireland. [28390/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to deliver provision of MRI scans at Monaghan Hospital; and if she has considered providing for CT scans at Monaghan...
    • Health Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the provision of a sexual assault treatment unit in Limerick; and the reasons survivors of rape and sexual assault in Limerick, Clare and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Health given the current GP shortage, particularly in areas like north Kildare, if she will consider alleviating set up costs on new GP services to ensure new...
    • Health Services
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of investment in psychiatry of later life services in each HSE health region; the level of investment required in each such area to achieve...
    • Hospital Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve services at University Hospital Kerry. [28493/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      206. To ask the Minister for Health when additional primary care centres or services will be delivered in underserved areas of Roscommon-Galway. [28491/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      207. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the price negotiations regarding Skyclarys; the steps being taken to support those with Friedrich’s ataxia in the time critical...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on capital projects at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28344/26]
    • Primary Care Services
      209. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to restore staffing to the primary care children's assessment team in CHO7; the interim diagnostic pathways that are available to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      210. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for further reductions in the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28387/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      211. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that high cost oncology medicines are prescribed in the most cost effective manner without compromising patient...
    • Health Services Staff
      212. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of consultants in emergency medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28356/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Health whether a design team have been appointed to design the two new blocks to be developed at University Hospital Galway as part of the masterplan project for the...
    • Dental Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no waiting list reduction targets have been set for orthodontic assessment and treatment in south Tipperary and the south-east for 2026 and 2027,...
    • Hospital Services
      215. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand acute bed capacity at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28380/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the CAHMS teams in Wicklow and north Wexford are operating without a full team, noting that Lucena CAHMS is currently staffed between 62-63% and...
    • Health Service Executive
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the current plans regarding Erkina House, Rathdowney; the future plans the HSE has for the building; the use that is being considered for it; and if she will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national treatment purchase fund for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28464/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for progress of the proposed primary health care centre for Gorey, County Wexford; if she will confirm that funding is available to progress this...
    • Health Services Staff
      220. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27853/26]
    • Health Services
      221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the continued failure to open the dementia unit in Heather House, and the crisis building in Cork’s nursing home waiting list. [28232/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Model of Care for Women with Endometriosis has not yet been fully implemented nationwide; the funding and staffing commitments her Department...
    • General Practitioner Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP vacancies in Roscommon-Galway; and the incentives that are in place to recruit and retain GPs in rural communities. [28490/26]
    • Cancer Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve cancer care in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28154/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      226. To ask the Minister for Health her strategy for the delivery of primary care centres in rural areas and in deprived urban communities, with the objective of improving GP recruitment and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Health when the review into GP services will conclude; and if the HSE will retender the SLA for Cork out of hours service on its conclusion. [28231/26]
    • Food Labelling
      228. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to tighten regulations on food labelling in light of recent exposes showing widespread mislabelling of foreign produce as Irish either...
    • Health Service Executive
      229. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will outline the HSE's plans in relation to treatments for early onset Parkinson's...
    • Primary Care Centres
      230. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question of No. 129 of 5 March 2026, if a contractor has been appointed to deliver Phase 1 works for the Finglas primary care centre;...
  • Department of Finance
    • State Savings Schemes
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his work to deliver a new national savings strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21063/26]
    • Tax Code
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the whether the local property tax is equitable given that it is based on property value rather than income; if he is concerned that it is...
    • Tax Yield
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance his latest assessment of the State’s exposure to a small number of multinational firms for corporation tax receipts; the contingency planning in place...
    • Fuel Prices
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on his negotiations with the transport, haulage, farming and tourism sectors regarding the impact of fuel price increases; to outline the additional...
    • Tax Code
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance to allow the Fresh Start principle to apply to the help-to-buy scheme. [26358/26]
    • State Savings Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to put in place to ensure the proposed savings and investment account scheme is accessible to low and middle-income households; whether...
    • Insurance Industry
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to ensure that insurance companies are recognising the significant capital expenditure in flood defences and are acting...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that he will not pursue family carers for tax liabilities. [10024/26]
    • State Savings Schemes
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the research his Department has carried out regarding the proposed investment scheme’s potential costs to the Exchequer; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Prices
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance to urgently address the fuel crisis and rising fuel costs, which are causing fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26894/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the right-to-be-forgotten legislation; when it will be moving to the next stage of the legislative process; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will scrap the planned increases in carbon taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26735/26]
    • Exchequer Returns
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of rising costs and higher prices hitting households, the surplus that the State will run in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax, in money value, collected by the Government in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026. [26566/26]
    • Tax Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s up-to-date estimate of the cost of the reduced rate of VAT for the hospitality sector for the remainder of 2026; the estimated full...
    • Tax Code
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to aligning the period of time in which individuals and businesses can claim for tax relief or overpayment from the Revenue...
    • Departmental Policies
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to improve financial literacy in Ireland, particularly in terms of activity such as switching financial products including mortgages...
    • Departmental Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the current balance of the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund; the approach and timing for depositing in each fund; the...
    • Departmental Policies
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the potential introduction of a tax-free child savings account or trust model, similar to the junior individual savings account...
    • Tax Code
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted an impact assessment on a proposed 0% VAT rate for construction materials to lower the cost of building new homes; his views on whether...
    • Departmental Strategies
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the development and publication of Ireland for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26609/26]
    • Banking Sector
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the capacity of the domestic banking sector to support the proposed new savings scheme, in light of reports that only a limited...
    • Tax Code
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact that the new derelict property tax will have on housing numbers; the benefits that will be seen; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Savings Schemes
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans to ensure that persons are fully informed in relation to investment products, in line with the development of a personal investment account; and if...
    • Tax Code
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost/value of tax reliefs on electric vehicles in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26558/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being undertaken to reduce the cost of fuel, including home heating oil, green diesel and petrol; the interaction there has been between his...
    • Tax Code
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in implementing the taxation measures introduced in Budget 2026 to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of small and...
    • Insurance Industry
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to address rising motor insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26616/26]
    • Economic Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the outlook for the economy currently compares with the challenges posed during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline any tax incentives that will encourage the charitable donation of land for sporting, cultural or community purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to roll out the new derelict property tax; the involvement there will be from local authorities in relation to authorisation; and if he will...
    • Fuel Prices
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the potential knock-on effects of increased agricultural fuel costs on food price inflation, and the extent to which carbon taxation on...
    • Insurance Industry
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the number of insurance companies who have signed up to the voluntary motor insurance transparency code; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking on foot of his Department’s advice to introduce new regulations that would ensure social media companies vet who can post...
    • Urban Development
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Drogheda and Dundalk living city initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the new personal investment account will work in practice; the tax measures that will be implemented to supports its adoption; and if he will...
    • Insurance Industry
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the commitment in the Action Plan on Insurance Reform to develop a long-term approach to flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Derelict Sites
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance for a report on derelict property tax registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26729/26]
    • Tax Code
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will reduce tax on fuel in order to facilitate the capping of prices at affordable levels. [26785/26]
    • Third Level Fees
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the current €3,000 disregard applied to full-time undergraduate tuition fees when calculating tax relief on third-level education...
    • Tax Code
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work being carried out in his Department to fix the anomaly where many workers who live in the North and who work in the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the recommendations of the Funds Sector 2030 report in the context of the new savings scheme he proposes to introduce; if so, whether any...
    • Tax Code
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the indexing of capital gains tax to take account of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26898/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the eligibility criteria for the primary medical certificate, particularly in light of ongoing concerns that the current...
    • Insurance Coverage
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that some individuals are losing their no claims bonus for motor insurance while being off the road on medical grounds;...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the use of agentic AI in revenue collection by his Department and the State generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Unions
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the development and publication of a strategy for the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/26]
    • Insurance Industry
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the situation where claims cost per policy for motor insurance are falling yet premiums continue to rise; and if he will...
    • Financial Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints received by the Financial Services Ombudsman each year since 2015; the number of these that remain open in April 2026, in tabular...
    • Fuel Prices
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment he has made of the impact of the current global oil market volatility on petrol and diesel prices in Ireland over the coming weeks and months;...
    • State Assets
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund is fully divested from all companies, directly and indirectly, involved in illegally occupied...
    • Banking Sector
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the situation where banks are maintaining high mortgage interest rates in order to maintain high profits; and if he will make...
    • Housing Schemes
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review the thresholds for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/26]
    • Tax Code
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made to index credits and bands to prevent an increase in the real burden of income tax; the estimated amount this will cost; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in 2025 under each category in capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26557/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance the coordination that has taken place between EU countries on rising fuel prices to date; whether further coordination is planned at an EU level; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance the options in relation to VAT on petrol and diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/26]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Civil Service
      333. To ask the Taoiseach the role and function of the Civil Service Management Board; the composition of the board; and the number of meetings of the Civil Service Management Boards in 2024 and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of males and females that applied for the post of executive assistant to the Irish Ambassador based in Singapore. [28006/26]
    • Foreign Policy
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between her Department and Government of Bahrain in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [28007/26]
    • EU Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all infringement proceedings currently instituted by the European Commission against Ireland, and the way in which the number of...
    • United Nations
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for her view or position on the appointment of the Government of Iran to a United Nations committee on women’s rights and child...
    • Passport Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons residing at addresses in Offaly here in each year from 2015 to date; and the breakdown indicating...
    • Programme for Government
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a...
    • EU Presidency
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials seconded to her Department from other departments, by grade to augment her Department's role for 2026 during...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Legislative Measures
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pieces of legislation, functions of agencies or public bodies that are now exempt from section 15 of Climate...
    • Climate Action Plan
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on when Ireland’s Social Climate Plan will be submitted to the European Commission; if the Plan will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of heavy vehicle recovery trucks purchased for the Defence Forces in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number...
    • Naval Service
      354. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether Galway is under active consideration as a site for the proposed west coast Naval Service base referenced in the National Maritime...
    • Defence Forces
      355. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females at each rank of second lieutenant and above within Air Corps, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      357. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 24 February 2026, the total expenditure incurred by the Defence Forces on all outsourced services...
    • Programme for Government
      367. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Vehicle Registration
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new cars sold in Ireland in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by fuel type; and if he will make...
    • Bus Services
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he or his Department and the National Transport Authority will consider the introduction of a local link service in Corcaghan,...
    • Driver Test
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait times for driving tests in Donegal, by test centre; if any plans are in place to bring the length of waiting times down;...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the criteria for designating a road traffic accident black spot; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is sufficient provision for passengers with mobility issues travelling via Dublin Airport; and if he will make...
    • Road Projects
      382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the methods used by his Department in allocating funding for national, regional and local roads; whether allocations are based on...
    • National Transport Authority
      383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he has addressed it with the NTA; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Air Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the National U-space Steering Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann’s 52 bus service will be maintained following the NTA’s PSO determination; if the NTA is in discussions...
    • Departmental Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the railway accident investigation unit of his Department; the WTE vacancies, by job...
    • Driver Licences
      387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the application for an SPSV licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funds will be made available to local authorities to repair road surfaces damaged during the recent poor weather. [28193/26]
    • Rail Network
      389. 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...
    • Air Strips Usage
      390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department holds estimates or records of the number of United States military personnel who have transited through Shannon...
    • Driver Licences
      391. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to extend the upper age limit to 72 years for drivers of all minibuses up to 16-seaters; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if bus routes S8 and S6 in Dublin have met their minimum operated kilometres standard as per their Public Service Obligation in 2025 and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the roll out of EV chargers in Kingscourt in County Cavan; the details and locations of these chargers, in tabular...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, and those of CIÉ, to increase the CIÉ pension, which has not been increased since 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider creating a national programme to address the highest-risk road sections across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total budget allocated for electric vehicle purchase grants in 2026; the amount committed to date; if additional Exchequer funding...
    • Rail Network
      400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the ongoing delays on the Dublin-Westport rail line caused by single-track sections, particularly between Portarlington...
    • Departmental Policies
      401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to improve reliability and journey times for commuters travelling from towns such as Athlone to Dublin; and if...
    • Tax Yield
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department will ensure that recent excise duty cuts to the cost of petrol and diesel will be passed on to end...
    • Vehicle Registration
      403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles licenced in Ireland, by category in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to urgently address the situation of increasing roads deaths in Ireland; the steps he is taking to increase...
    • Driver Test
      405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time for driving tests as the Killester test centre; the reason some applicants have been waiting significantly...
    • Bus Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the absence of a direct public bus service to Dublin Airport for residents of Fairview, Clontarf, Marino, Raheny and...
    • Road Safety
      407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism that exist to ensure dangerous roads are reviewed and redesigned after crashes or public reports of danger; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of difficulties faced by morning commuters using Bus Éireann Route 419 (Galway-Clifden), particularly those boarding...
    • Departmental Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Louth County Council's application for €3.6 million in emergency storm damage funding submitted in...
    • Driver Licences
      411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 March 2026, when the RSA is due to report in respect of the assessment process for a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress being made on the new vehicle adaptation scheme; the stakeholder consultation that has taken place...
    • Departmental Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles supported under the electric small public service vehicle grant scheme in each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether additional rounds of the electric small public service vehicle grant scheme are planned for 2026 or 2027; the timeline for same;...
    • Road Safety
      416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanisms currently in place to ensure that sections of the national road network identified as dangerous through collision data or...
    • Bus Éireann
      417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following the recent announcement by Bus Éireann of its cancellation of its Waterford–Dublin/Dublin Airport (Route 4), if he...
    • Road Safety
      418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism that exists to ensure dangerous roads are reviewed and redesigned after crashes or public reports of danger; and if he will...
    • Programme for Government
      419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the status of the proposed bus route 515 under the Connecting Ireland Programme, including the expected timeline for its...
    • Air Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the relevant action application by DAA PLC under section 34C of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (ABP ref. ABP-314485-22),...
    • Public Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that additional funding would be provided for a pedestrian scheme (details supplied) to ensure the delivery of essential...
  • Department of Finance
    • Bus Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to amend the excise rebate scheme to make it easier to navigate and more cost effective for small bus operators; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector
      425. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 November 2025, if he will ensure that employment is protected and the branch network retained in the event of...
    • Bus Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason bus drivers are not permitted to register for VAT; and if there any plans to change this. [27897/26]
    • Departmental Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of visits to Donegal and the IDA over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27926/26]
    • Tax Exemptions
      428. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of VAT treatment of diagnostic medical devices, aligning them with the exemption already granted to defibrillators; to clarify...
    • Electric Vehicles
      429. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending VRT relief to second-hand EVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/26]
    • Tax Data
      430. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a single person who is in receipt of a State pension (contributory) or State pension (non-contributory) and half rate carer's allowance only, are...
    • Departmental Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from the United Arab Emirates by his Department in 2025, by description and amount paid; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      432. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Exchequer cost of fuel-related subsidies introduced in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28332/26]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      433. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain, by reference to the residual tax ceiling requirement under article 110 TFEU as interpreted by decades of CJEU judgements including case C-349/22...
    • Insurance Coverage
      434. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 26 March 2026, if he will specify the actions that have been taken under action 17 of the Action Plan for...
    • Energy Usage
      436. To ask the Minister for Finance to elaborate on his recent statement that the current energy crisis is 'the worst the world has ever seen'; the reports or research he relied on in forming...
    • Departmental Policies
      437. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the policy justification for carbon taxes and for their progressive increase every year. [28542/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      438. To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum rates of excise, carbon taxes, VAT and any other taxes or levies which the State is required to place on each litre of unleaded or diesel fuel as...
    • Prize Bonds
      439. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 14 April 2026, if his Department monitors or possesses an estimate of the value of unclaimed prizes, both of the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      440. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28594/26]
    • Tax Yield
      442. To ask the Minister for Finance the total VAT receipts on unleaded and diesel fuel in each month of 2026 to date. [28612/26]
    • Tax Collection
      443. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he proposes to amend the relevant tax legislation to provide that all taxation appeals should occur in public; the way in which it can possibly be...
    • Tax Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenues yielded from the taxes adjusted by the Dáil in Financial Resolutions 1, 2, and 3 recently, as in the resolutions for all years to...
    • Tax Reliefs
      445. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns regarding the recent fuel support package raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government
      446. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Customs and Excise
      447. To ask the Minister for Finance the total volume and estimated value of cigarette and tobacco seizures recorded by the Revenue Commissioners to date in 2026; the estimated potential loss to...
    • Fuel Prices
      450. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a loan moratorium for the duration of the energy crisis, particularly for sectors hardest hit by the increased cost of fuel; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Planning Issues
      451. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of planning applications that have been referred to An Coimisiún Pleanála under Schedule 7 of the 2000 Act; the...
    • State Properties
      452. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department officials will engage with some homeowners at Lower Main Street, Buncrana to facilitate access for fuel deliveries to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      453. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s plans to work in cooperation with Donegal County Council and other local stakeholders to secure investment to...
    • Office of Public Works
      454. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified landscape gardeners, by grade employed by the OPW as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Staff
      455. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants and public servants the State employs for the past ten years, by year, in tabular form. [28242/26]
    • Office of Public Works
      456. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Rock of Cashel in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      458. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that existing fuel and travel allowance arrangements are not meeting the actual costs incurred by travelling special...
    • Departmental Meetings
      459. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the scheduling of a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28319/26]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      460. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to ensuring that climate transition schemes, including electric vehicle grants, will not be restricted due to funding...
    • Pension Provisions
      461. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision from the Department on an appeal they made in May 2024 regarding professional...
    • State Properties
      462. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current ownership status of the former Borrisoleigh Garda Station; whether the property has been declared surplus to requirements by...
    • Flood Risk Management
      463. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the technical assessment to identify potential flood mitigation works for areas (details supplied); and if he...
    • Programme for Government
      464. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Exchequer Payments
      465. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average delay in the delivery of exchequer-funded infrastructure projects with a value of over €70 million, for each of the...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      466. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average delay in the delivery of PPP-funded infrastructure projects of a value of over €70 million, for each of the past five...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Tourism Promotion
      469. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps Failte Ireland are taking to promote fishing tourism within the State. [28009/26]
    • Departmental Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 2202 of 14 April 2026, to provide the exact asbestos concentrations levels (ppm or percentage)...
    • Departmental Communications
      471. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28431/26]
    • Work Permits
      472. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review and amend the current eligibility criteria for general employment permits in light of ongoing labour shortages...
    • Programme for Government
      475. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher (details supplied) has been employed on fixed-term contracts even though, under current legislation, a teacher must...
    • School Transport
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bus Éireann buses on the school transport system that are eight-seater buses; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional schools in Meath west will receive DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27899/26]
    • Departmental Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school closures that have been recorded over the past year in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27927/26]
    • School Transport
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revisit the recent decision to increase the maximum driving age for minibus drivers to 72 years, specifically in relation to 12 and...
    • Youth Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to revise the salaries and allowances of liaison officers, youth workers, and senior youth workers; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount by which the fees for school transport have increased; if she will instruct her officials not to pass on any increase to parents until...
    • Schools Building Projects
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [27997/26]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage. [28001/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any engagement in relation to making the National Anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, mandatory for primary school students; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress regarding a special school place for a child (details supplied); the engagement there has been with the NCSE...
    • Departmental Reviews
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the current release of the primary school survey results appears to exclude significant data cohorts, specifically parents of children...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      497. 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; and if...
    • Education Schemes
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1249 of 14 April 2026 (details supplied), if she will detail the financial allocation for the 2026 Climate...
    • Special Educational Needs
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the redesignation of an early intervention class for a school in County Kildare (details supplied). [28301/26]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all schools under the DEIS Plus scheme will have access to the Junior Certificate school programme for students at risk of leaving school...
    • Irish Language
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to published research (details supplied) outlining that up to 49% of people would send their children to an...
    • Departmental Communications
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the phoneline dealing with teachers’ pay inquiries is only available on two days every fortnight. [28339/26]
    • School Staff
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her assessment of the ongoing teacher recruitment and retention crisis, with particular focus on the high-demand subject of mathematics; her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) could be granted an emergency special needs assistant to deal with a new primary care need; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of parents of pre-school children that expressed support for multi-denominational education in the recent primary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28472/26]
    • School Staff
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on progress regarding pay and conditions for school secretaries. [28482/26]
    • Departmental Surveys
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify in regard to the recent national primary school survey, the number and percentage of parents of children currently attending...
    • State Examinations
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1273 of 14 April 2026, if she is concerned that the reintroduction of fees for State exams will act as a...
    • Departmental Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any research carried out into the level of demand for Irish medium primary schools at a national level; and if she will...
    • Residential Institutions
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications to date for each support available under the package of supports for survivors of abuse in residential institutions...
    • Special Educational Needs
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Eircodes are not included in announcements of new autism classes; if she will include them in future to make locations clearer for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools, including special schools, expected to open in 2026; where they will be located; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current shortfall in autism class places; the expected shortfall for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28572/26]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal actions relating to the provision of education supports that remain live from 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to engage with the family on the matter....
    • School Transport
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school bus service will be provided for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28596/26]
    • Programme for Government
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) were not included in the list of DEIS Plus schools; if there is a mechanism for the schools to appeal this...
    • School Patronage
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of parents of children currently attending multi-denominational schools who expressed support for multi-denominational...
    • Special Educational Needs
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration was given to designing the newly announced special education classes as broader SEN classes rather than restricting enrolment to...
    • School Staff
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has identified problems with the implementation of primary teacher supply panels; the measures being taken to enhance...
    • School Transport
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose children have been deemed ineligible for school transport; if she will clarify...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Departmental Schemes
      546. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if an artist who is in receipt of a disability support payment is also eligible for the basic income for the arts scheme;...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      549. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to include an organisation (details supplied) in the basic income for the arts eligible organisations. [27962/26]
    • Sports Facilities
      550. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport further to the turning of the sod on the National Velodrome Project at the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown in November...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      551. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he, or his Department had any involvement in the booking process of an event (details supplied) at the national concert...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      552. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if a new round of broadband connection point applications will be opened in the coming months; and if not, if a similar...
    • Sports Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when a sports club (details supplied) will be given permission to proceed with their application work; and if he will make...
    • Sports Facilities
      554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider undertaking a needs assessment of community infrastructure, including sports and recreational spaces,...
    • Legislative Process
      555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the status of the Bill to repeal the Censorship of Publications Acts; the reasons for the delays after Government approved...
    • Film Industry
      556. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether a report was ever written on the stakeholder forum for the film industry held in Dublin in February 2024, in line...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to examine when a location (details supplied) will get access to full fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Programme for Government
      558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Fire Service
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that all services and call outs by the ambulance and fire services are continuing as normal in the current fuel...
    • Departmental Reports
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department will provide the local authority regional homelessness financial reports (details supplied) for each of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications submitted from Donegal for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of these applications that have...
    • Fire Stations
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to providing funding for an updated fire station in Glencolmcille, County Donegal; the timeframe for when it...
    • Departmental Schemes
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of eligible households in Sligo that are currently unable to progress through the local authority tenant-in-situ...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work in lifting pet bans in social and AHB housing. [28029/26]
    • Domestic Violence
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update in relation to the proposed eight-unit women's refuge in County Laois; if an application for funding was...
    • Housing Schemes
      568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide an update on the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund (HIIF) application submitted by Meath County Council...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding schemes that are available to approved housing bodies that wish to carry out large-scale conversion projects...
    • Departmental Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was provided by his Department to carry out works at a location (details supplied) in order that it...
    • Fire Service
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of funding requests his Department has received from Cavan County Council seeking funding approval to purchase...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the 2025 capital budget allocation that was actually spent for the National Parks and Wildlife Services; if...
    • Housing Schemes
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund will reopen; the amount applied for and drawn down to date by...
    • Waterways Ireland
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the Waterways Ireland Climate Action Plan 2030 and in particular the progress on Key...
    • Housing Schemes
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the affordable and purchase homes delivered in 2025, by delivery stream including, AHP local authority...
    • Waterways Issues
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the implementation of the Lower Shannon Fish Passage Initiative; the stage implementation is at; if...
    • Turf Cutting
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering a new phase of supports for existing cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme...
    • Fire Service
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending the mandatory retirement age to 62 to members of the retained fire service; if he...
    • Programme for Government
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received, approved and refused under the domestic waste water treatment system grant scheme, in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process and criteria by which areas are designated under the national inspection plan, prioritised areas for action and...
    • Housing Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of supported housing units in Meath west; the number planned for Meath west; and the timeline for delivery of these...
    • Housing Schemes
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the inequity in the rent differential scheme can be corrected to avoid people’s social housing rent being increased...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider varying the dates in which the working family payment can be applied for; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the total number of successful applications made for support under the working family payment for each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the process by which a carer is notified of loss of entitlements following the death of the person they are caring...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for guardian's payment. [28256/26]
    • Housing Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will investigate a case (details supplied) where a landlord has been housing a Ukrainian couple since November 2024...
    • Pension Provisions
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on an invalidity pension application (details supplied). [28268/26]
    • Social Insurance
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the end of year deficit or surplus in the Social Insurance Fund for each of the years 2005 to 2025; if he will confirm the...
    • Programme for Government
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the list of wait times for visa renewals, critical skills employment permits and general employment permits, in tabular form....
    • International Protection
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of a location (details supplied) for international protection accommodation; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles, by type, assigned to each station in Donegal; the number of these vehicles that have gone above...
    • Road Safety
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of mobile speed cameras in operation on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a family (details supplied); the supports available to the family; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Waterford-Kilkenny divisional protective services bureau, in tabular form. [28021/26]
    • Probate Applications
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average waiting time for the issuing of grants of probate and letters of administration; the number of cases...
    • An Garda Síochána
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by Gardaí for having no valid insurance in the Limerick division in 2025 and to-date in...
    • Residency Permits
      629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person with stamp 1 residency based on a general employment permit can become self-employed; if so, the procedure to...
    • Departmental Data
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delay in processing an application (details supplied); if a further timeframe is available; and if he will make...
    • An Garda Síochána
      632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of alcohol breath tests carried out on motorists in each of the years 2023, 2024, and 2025, down by year and...
    • Residency Permits
      633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose application is pending; if he will clarify whether the person...
    • Alcohol Sales
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that licensing laws adequately prevent the sale of alcohol outside of the hours permitted by the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 1990 of 14 April 2026, if he has sought a timeline for a return to full operation of the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the delays in Garda vetting; if he will examine ways in which the backlog can be reduced, and review the...
    • Residency Permits
      637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a residency permit renewal for a person (details supplied). [28604/26]
    • EU Directives
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the preparatory work underway to transpose the EU Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active Gardaí deployed in roads policing in March and April 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government
      640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will...
    • Human Trafficking
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for categorising children trafficked for the purpose of criminal exploitation primarily as victims of grooming...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the agri-climate rural environment scheme (ACRES) payments for a farm partnership (details supplied); the reason for...
    • Veterinary Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the introduction of salary bands for veterinary nurses (details supplied); and if he will support Government...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding any product or service purchased from the United Arab Emirates by his Department in 2025, by description and...
    • EU Bodies
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he has had discussions with this office regarding same. [28300/26]
    • Veterinary Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title employed by his Department that are based at each regional veterinary office as of 13 April...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants declaring commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, under the basic income support...
    • Programme for Government
      657. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Veterinary Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data available to his Department on salary levels for registered veterinary nurses in Ireland; whether he accepts that current...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Disability Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Meath west where elderly parents are providing care for their adult children with learning difficulties...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      663. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, the mechanisms that are in place, in relation to the mother and baby...
    • Childcare Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actual full year cost incurred in 2025 from increasing the universal hourly subsidy available under the national childcare...
    • Disability Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for assessment of need in Donegal; the number that have been waiting, by month; and if she will make...
    • EU Directives
      670. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of negotiations on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive at Council level; the main barriers to...
    • Disability Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE staff, by job title working in each CDNT within Meath, in tabular form. [28008/26]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      683. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting assessment and intervention by Children’s Disability Network Teams; the average...
    • Disability Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address staffing shortages within Children’s Disability Network Teams; the timelines associated...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      692. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time from referral to first assessment and from assessment to intervention within Children's Disability Network...
    • Disability Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department intends to introduce a standardised national system for recording clinician caseloads within Children's...
    • Departmental Reviews
      695. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any independent audit or review has been conducted on workforce capacity and service delivery within Children's Disability...
    • Childcare Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all registered providers of early years and school age services that have three or more services; the number of...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      697. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on waiting times for assessments of need in CHO9; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times; and if she will make...
    • Irish Language
      698. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any assessment of demand for Irish language pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Family Agency
      702. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2562 14 April 2026, if one letter could issue to foster carers to cover such travel while a...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      703. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount spent since January 2024 on a service (details supplied) the third party contracted external provider of phone and...
    • Programme for Government
      714. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      715. To ask the Minister for Health when the Government will set up the patient liaison service (health supports) for survivors of institutional abuse as committed to in the Department of...
    • Emergency Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that all services and call outs by the ambulance and fire services are continuing as normal in the current fuel crisis and that no directive has...
    • Hospital Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that have been on trollies for extended periods, broken down by hospital and per week since the beginning of 2026 to date; and if she will...
    • Home Help Service
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a home help package in Donegal, by area, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Donegal, by area, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of children awaiting dental appointments in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure a person (details supplied) in County Longford receives their full allocation of home support hours, where it is understood...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if Letterkenny University Hospital are currently able to meet the commitment, in line with legislation, to undertake a full investigation into complaints and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for dermatology treatment in Donegal, by type of treatment, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance responses in Donegal that have met national response targets for the first quarter of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the reason long-term cancer medications, including hormone therapies used in cancer treatment and recurrence prevention, are not currently covered under the...
    • Health Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the design phase and rollout, including when planning applications will be submitted for elective treatment centres including endoscopy...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage directly with the parents of a child (details supplied) on the significant waiting time for an appointment; and if she will make a...
    • Community Care
      737. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 5 March 2026, the status of the new community nursing unit at Saint Finbarr’s, Cork; if it has been handed...
    • Hospital Facilities
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endoscopy suites currently available and in use at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [28003/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE infection prevention and control clinical nurse specialist posts that was filled for the Meath area as of 10 April 2026, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve trauma services currently available at Beaumont Hospital. [28005/26]
    • Departmental Data
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at UHW that are currently only treating and dealing with only public patients. [28017/26]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons eligible for the free travel scheme are required to pay a €4 daily charge when using HSE transport services; the policy reasons for...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if she has examined increasing mileage rates for healthcare staff, like nurses, who use their own cars in the community for work purposes; to provide the...
    • Medicinal Products
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the factors underlying the increase in expenditure by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service on salbutamol nebules dispensed under the general medical services...
    • Departmental Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service on respiratory medicines under the general medical services scheme in each month from January...
    • Medicinal Products
      754. To ask the Minister for Health whether benchmarking has been carried out comparing expenditure and utilisation of salbutamol nebules in Ireland with other EU member states; and if so, to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per individual procedure funded under the treatment abroad scheme in respect of gender affirmation surgeries in each year from 2020 to 2025;...
    • Health Services Staff
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical secretaries posts filled as part of the ENT Department of University Hospital Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if...
    • Primary Care Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Primary Care Reimbursement Service maintains product-specific data on rejected or unpaid pharmacy claims under the general medical services and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making versatis patches available to a wider cohort of patients as some patients, including a person (details supplied) are unable to...
    • Medicinal Products
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making versatis patches available to a wider cohort of patients as some patients, including a person (details supplied) are unable to...
    • Disease Management
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of cases of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease that are attributable to obesity in Ireland; the annual treatment cost to the HSE for...
    • Obesity Levels
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the Department’s projections for future obesity prevalence in Ireland; the projected healthcare expenditure associated with obesity to 2030 and 2040;...
    • Disease Management
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the regional prevalence of obesity in Ireland; the regions with the highest hospital admission rates for obesity-related illness; the steps being taken to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      788. To ask the Minister for Health whether national clinical guidelines or standardised protocols are in place governing follow-up care for patients returning to the State after receiving...
    • Nursing Homes
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE have engaged with the owners of a former nursing home (details supplied) regarding a potential purchase of the site with a view to opening a HSE-run...
    • Healthcare Policy
      791. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the apparent discrepancy whereby expenditure was recorded under the treatment abroad scheme for paediatric gender services in 2024 despite no...
    • Health Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Health whether any external body, including HIQA or another regulatory or advisory entity, has reviewed or been requested to review the governance, safety, or cost...
    • Suicide Prevention
      816. To ask the Minister for Health whether the suicide crisis assessment nurse service has been operational since the publication of the Model of Care in 2022; and if so, the reason no national...
    • Ambulance Service
      829. To ask the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the number of emergency calls where response times exceed 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes; and if so, the annual...
    • Hospital Staff
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons based at Cork University Hospital as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [28173/26]
    • Care of the Elderly
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO5 where HSE funds day care centre for older persons; the days of the week each of those day care centres opens; the capacity of each of...
    • Primary Care Services
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO5 where HSE-employed audiologists are based within primary care services as of 17 February 2026; and if she will provide same figures...
    • Ambulance Service
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure incurred by the HSE on private ambulance services in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2026. [28176/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient appointments classified as "did not attend" in each week from January 2025 to date in 2026, broken down by hospital group. [28182/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      847. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department is satisfied that current data collection practices for outpatient non-attendance are robust, standardised, and free from retrospective...
    • Abortion Services
      848. To ask the Minister for Health to state clearly whether any statutory, regulatory or clinical obligation exists requiring healthcare professionals to report cases in which signs of life are...
    • Medicinal Products
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug skyclarys (omaveloxolone) used for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia will be made available under licence in Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      854. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied); if his long term illness card will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28239/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      857. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the lack of a national programme of comprehensive, evidence-based psychoeducation for people with experience of psychosis and their...
    • Hospital Staff
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners and emergency medicine registrars based at St. John's minor injuries unit, Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in...
    • Hospital Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 10 April 2026, if the allocation of four new allergy service beds will facilitate an increase in the number of...
    • Mental Health Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with a psychoeducation advocacy group regarding their recent survey of consultant psychiatrists (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      863. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has given consideration to providing additional facilities and space to the rheumatology outpatient department of CUH, given that the largest...
    • Health Services Staff
      864. To ask the Minister for Health to instruct Beaumont Hospital to provide the names of the relevant medical staff to the Medical Council and Nursing Board, where appropriate, and to inform a...
    • Mental Health Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has reviewed the eligibility thresholds for access to public mental health services, including both community mental health teams and...
    • Health Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the impact on certain nurses and pharmacists facing difficulty in continuing their education and workplace attendance due to...
    • Mental Health Services
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of locum child psychiatrist posts currently filled in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28483/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      871. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address recruitment and retention issues affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; her plans to ensure increases in the number of student...
    • Organ Donation
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have opted out of the HSE donor opt-out system since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28536/26]
    • Health Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application submitted in January 2026 (details supplied) under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person will be examined (details supplied); if a hospital appointment will be expedited. [28584/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the engagements her Department has had with professional bodies representing athletic therapists who have approached her Department seeking...
    • Dental Services
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if she can urgently intervene in a case (details supplied) and, in light of the circumstances, allow for urgent dental treatment; and if she will make a...
    • Water Quality
      878. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has conducted a formal public health risk assessment regarding repeated exceedances of manganese levels in drinking water...
    • Programme for Government
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      886. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 5 February 2026, the status of an application for pricing and reimbursement (details supplied); if the HSE is...
    • Health Services
      887. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 24 March 2026, if the remit of the external expert panel can be expanded should systemic issues become evident...
    • Hospital Procedures
      891. To ask the Minister for Health if the full sequence of hip-related interventions is assessed as a single clinical pathway, or only as separate procedure-specific reviews (details supplied);...
    • National Children's Hospital
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which she anticipates the new National Children's Hospital to be substantially completed by; if she or her officials have been notified by the...
    • Disability Issues
      893. To ask the Minister for Health if any service providers in Meath west have submitted Disability Support Management Advisory Team forms to the HSE. [28709/26]
    • Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently no community cancer support centres based in Meath; and when will one be delivered. [28710/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      896. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28723/26]
    • Legislative Process
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 which have been commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28729/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMHS services per county; the average waiting time; and her plans to address this. [28730/26]
    • Dental Services
      899. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in recruiting additional dentists and improving public dental services In Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Investigations
      900. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1026 of 24 March 2026, to clarify which body formally approved appointments to the external expert panel (details...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Disability Issues
      901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his Department's work in the development of the designation by order process. [27893/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      902. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that adequate funding is in place for Research Irelands Postgraduate Scholarship Programme and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme...
    • Student Accommodation
      903. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the short-term activation programme; the percentage of newly delivered beds that were reserved for priority groups identified...
    • Third Level Education
      905. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage greater participation by Japanese students in third level institutions and continuing educational opportunities in...
    • Further and Higher Education
      906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for capital investment in further education facilities in Leitrim over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason student representatives were not present at the launch of the Student Accommodation Strategy 2026-2035; the engagement; his plans to...
    • Further and Higher Education
      914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to third level students who are attending private colleges and will there be an expansion to those supports....
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Schemes
      917. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for CLÁR funding under measures 1 and measures 2 in 2025 from County Clare; the number of...
    • Tourism Industry
      918. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that has taken place with other Government Departments and State agencies to support hotels and the hospitality...
    • Departmental Schemes
      919. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has been allocated to County Meath under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund for each of the years...
    • Irish Language
      922. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to ensure the accessibility of the Irish language and Irish classes, particularly for those who want to learn but may...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      924. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to support housing for families in Gaeltacht areas in County Meath, namely, Baile Ghib; and if he will make a statement...
    • Irish Language
      925. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants and supports available for students seeking to attend summer Gaeltacht courses, to ensure cost is not a prevention from...
    • Departmental Schemes
      926. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions his Department has taken to date to reduce the need for community groups to register as a charity for the purpose of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      929. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 3497 of 14 April 2026, if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      931. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 3497 of 14 April 2026, if he will provide a breakdown of the specific projects that have...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 933
      933. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/26]
    • Programme for Government
      934. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      935. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding for the senior alert scheme in each of the past five years; the number of applications approved in each year;...

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