Written answers

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Consultations
      1. To ask the Taoiseach to elaborate on his discussions with the Palestinian Prime Minister Mustafa recently. [28610/26]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation Principles;...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; and if there is any discrepancy in these policies...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28810/26]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in her Department; if there is any...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Data
      15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his views on the merits of creating a campaign that seeks to encourage employers to allow for increased flexible working...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in her Department; if there is any...
    • Defence Forces
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the status of Operation Althea; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29086/26]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Aviation Industry
      34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the work being carried out by his Department in recent years on an inspections regime for civil aircraft to ensure...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the...
    • Public Transport
      36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the introduction of a temporary free public transport scheme for a defined period such as two months, has been considered as a...
    • Ferry Services
      37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports for chartered ferry operators who provide tourism services to offshore islands in view of the recent fuel cost increases; and...
    • Road Safety
      38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action being taken by his Department to increase road safety measures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to invest in high-powered roads policing vehicles and continue to upgrade...
    • Rail Network
      42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the implementation of additional carriages for a train route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is any...
    • Departmental Schemes
      46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of a new vehicle adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29122/26]
    • Rail Network
      47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for DART South West; his plans to extend it to Sallins in future phases plans; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline what action will be taken if tax due is not paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department intends to conduct a wholesale review of the taxes and levies which are applied to motor fuels such as petrol and diesel following the...
    • EU Directives
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for Ireland’s implementation of Directive (EU) 2023/2225, the revised Consumer Credit Directive (CCD II); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance whether pre-hospital emergency care workers have been considered for addition to the flat rate expenses allowance regime; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation...
    • Fuel Prices
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a business (details supplied); the supports available to businesses that deliver their own products and do not qualify for...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is any discrepancy in these...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Correspondence
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to approve and progress a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29127/26]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose of his attendance at the Bilderberg conference; the matters discussed there; if an official report of the conclusions of the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is any...
    • Public Parks
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of installing six eco-toilets beside the Pope's Cross and Phoenix Cricket Club in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the upgrade refurbishment or capital works completed at Garda stations across County Offaly in 2025; the nature and scope of works...
    • Tax Yield
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of carbon tax paid to the Exchequer from 2022 – 2025, in tabular form; the amount of the tax paid that was...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public private partnership contracts the State awarded for national infrastructure projects from 2022-2025; to provide a...
    • Departmental Data
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of infrastructure projects completed by public State bodies from 2022 to 2025; to provide a breakdown of the costs to the...
    • Ferry Services
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for chartered ferry operators who provide tourism services to offshore islands in view of the recent fuel cost...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is any...
    • Departmental Reviews
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to give an update on the root causes analysis review under Delivering Homes, Building Communities of the NSAI certification process;...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to give a update on the MMC Agrément Team plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29196/26]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Schemes
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the measures for housing liaison officers, health supports and funeral grant supports announced in the recent package of supports via the...
    • School Transport
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the process and responsible parties for ensuring that appropriate safety measures, including clinically recommended restraint...
    • Special Educational Needs
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children in mainstream schools which are being redesignated to primary autism...
    • Departmental Surveys
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further detail on the outcomes from her Department’s primary school survey; the number and percentage of parents of...
    • School Enrolments
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review application for a tenth mainstream classroom (details supplied) given the additional high enrolments figures; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific analysis her Department has carried out on the decision by Bus Éireann to double school transport fees for the 2026-2027...
    • Special Educational Needs
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to have autism class hubs is intended as a pilot initiative; and if so, the timelines and evaluation criteria for SEN classes....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023...
    • Departmental Surveys
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the results of the survey of parents of children of pre-school age on school patronage preferences; and if she will make a...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm whether National Educational Psychological Service is aware of a student (details supplied); and the pathway through which the student...
    • Residential Institutions
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for when the survivors of industrial school abuse and the hunger strikers will receive the supports offered to them after their...
    • Special Educational Needs
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the critical shortage of special class placements within the Dublin 10 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Patronage
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the monies outstanding from the church for redress could be offset in the exchange of property for divestment of school patronage. [28863/26]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in her Department; if there is any...
    • School Accommodation
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review application (details supplied); and if she will provide an update on same. [28969/26]
    • School Staff
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review and consider the appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28977/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) for autism classes; when it is expected these...
    • School Funding
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the community contribution refund that is due to a school (details supplied); if there are any outstanding documents; and when the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure education of sufficient special education spaces across Waterford at both primary and secondary level. [29014/26]
    • Youth Work Projects
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the recruitment and retention crisis impacting the youth work sector. [29015/26]
    • State Examinations
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the outcomes of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment final report on junior cycle reform; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support private bus and coach operators in the provision of school transport in rural regions in light of the cost of...
    • School Enrolments
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in primary and secondary education, by county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; if the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29214/26]
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in...
    • Arts Funding
      116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether any funding is available for low-cost full-scale productions of Leaving Certificate plays to ensure that all...
    • Departmental Staff
      117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for staff that work for any agencies under...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1828 of 14 April 2026, concerning Moanveanlagh bog, if there are ongoing investigations...
    • Housing Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is reasonable to expect a person whose income is below the social housing eligibility threshold to pay...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in...
    • Local Authorities
      123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1691 and 1695 of 14 April 2026, the number of new staff sanctioned for hire in Kildare...
    • Departmental Bodies
      124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body or bodies responsible for compiling and publishing the monthly homelessness figures; the methodology and data sources...
    • Housing Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will confirm the eligibility of small local, family-owned businesses for the vacant above-the-shop grant; and if he...
    • Derelict Sites
      126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the existing derelict sites levy can be applied as a charge on the site. [28903/26]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if...
    • Derelict Sites
      134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the funding that is being provided to Local Authorities to support the management of the derelict sites register;...
    • Housing Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to introduce a passport for social housing tenants and applicants who have experienced domestic...
    • Urban Development
      136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for designating urban development zones; the timeframe for such plans; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in reinstating a carer's allowance payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal that...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason people receiving the back-to-education allowance cannot earn any other income; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the age limit for families with adult children in full-time education receiving the Working Family Payment could be...
    • Departmental Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been engagement with the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment to examine how energy retrofit and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to reopening an application (details supplied), taking into account that the application fee was...
    • Departmental Reviews
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28820/26]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in this Department; if...
    • Child Safety
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding any engagement he has with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the delays...
    • An Garda Síochána
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the average processing times for Garda vetting applications, by month, for each of the years 2024, 2025...
    • Citizenship Applications
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application (details supplied) given it is almost 24 months since the application was first submitted; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is...
    • Forestry Sector
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which current forestry policy takes account of long-term carbon sequestration outcomes associated with different...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Flexible Work Practices
      176. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the supports available to employers and employees to promote remote and flexible working; and if she will...
    • Residential Institutions
      180. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to promote and advertise the Magdelene ex-gratia redress scheme, as commenced in 2013 and extended to further institutions...
    • Disability Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children’s disability network teams operating in each local authority area, including Waterford City and County...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      187. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      188. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in her Department; if there is...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      191. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she intends to publish details of the DCDE mapping of existing early learning and care services against projected need, to show...
    • Childcare Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the length of time it is taking to secure Garda vetting for new hires in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      195. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the State-led Early Learning and Childcare Capital Programme announced in January 2026, and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      196. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given the recent government approval of the Disability (Amendment) Bill 2026 and the planned rollout of the HSE's 'Single Point of...
    • Disability Services
      197. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in light of ongoing delays in accessing disability services such as assessments of need, therapies and respite, the specific actions...
  • Department of Health
    • Obesity Levels
      198. To ask the Minister for Health when she intends to publish a new Obesity Policy and Action Plan; if she will publish a report on her Department’s public consultation on the matter;...
    • Health Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the data collected on patient outcomes following ophthalmology procedures in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28791/26]
    • Departmental Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Health whether Ireland benchmarks ophthalmology surgical outcomes against international clinical standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28792/26]
    • Health Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the future demand for ophthalmology services over the next 10–15 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Qualifications
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advise on the CORU registration adaptation requirements for individuals who have moved to the State (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advise on the CORU registration period of adaption requirements for an individual regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) diagnosed with an aggressive cancer in County Donegal will receive a date for urgent scans having been referred to a hospital...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      212. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an urgent update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an outpatient appointment in the Mater Hospital; the current...
    • Departmental Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a neurology appointment in Galway University Hospital, given they have been waiting for two years; the current...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      215. To ask the Minister for Health if hearing aids can urgently be supplied to a person (details supplied). [28849/26]
    • Home Help Service
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review mileage rates for home help carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28854/26]
    • Dental Services
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied) who is experiencing adverse dental issues as a result of drug addiction recovery. [28857/26]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      218. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ban vapes from public premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28862/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      219. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that paramedics and emergency medical technicians do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      220. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [28870/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      221. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the HSE's decision regarding the reimbursement of...
    • Abortion Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of first consultations and second consultations for abortions that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a health technology assessment for medical devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28879/26]
    • Dental Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the waiting list numbers for dental treatments for children, per regional health area, in tabular form. [28890/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS contracts held in Cork; and whether these GPs are all family practice specialists. [28908/26]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      227. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in her Department; if there is any discrepancy in these...
    • Departmental Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred annually by University Hospital Galway to have Pet scans completed over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      232. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases of ENT surgeries being cancelled or placed on standby at short notice by Beaumont Hospital due to lack of bed availability; and if she...
    • Healthcare Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Health the timelines for the development and publication of a national allergy action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28986/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      237. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address a backlog for ultrasound injections at Connolly Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29024/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      238. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to monitor and regulate the sale of high-caffeine fortified beverages which contain significant stimulant levels and an...
    • Medicinal Products
      239. To ask the Minister for Health whether an application has been received for the reimbursement of the drug skyclarys for the treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia; if so, the current status...
    • Healthcare Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Health whether any interim access schemes, compassionate use programmes, or early access pathways are currently available in the State for patients with...
    • Health Services
      242. To ask the Minister for Health whether standard cost-effectiveness thresholds applied by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics are adjusted in the case of rare diseases; if not, whether...
    • Departmental Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of patients diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia in the State; the number currently under active neurological care; and whether a...
    • Medicinal Products
      244. To ask the Minister for Health whether skyclarys has been approved or reimbursed in other EU Member States or comparable jurisdictions; and whether such decisions are considered in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      245. To ask the Minister for Health whether the current national rare disease strategy provides for expedited access pathways to disease-modifying therapies; and whether any review of this policy...
    • Departmental Schemes
      246. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration is being given to the reopening or replacement of the motorised transport grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      247. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent location and additional days will be supported for the HSE's day services in Carndonagh, County Donegal. [29141/26]
    • Dental Services
      248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children eligible for the HSE school dental screening service and the number actually screened in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025,...
    • Health Services
      252. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend support for new mothers for the first year after childbirth, especially in terms of community-based mental health and physical recovery...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023...
    • Technological Universities
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of system failures relating to registration issues in TU Dublin, and subsequent delays in the publication of exam results during...
    • Departmental Schemes
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the SUSI thresholds and the availability of SUSI grants for part-time students; if he plans to make SUSI more accessible;...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in this Department; if there is any...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line...
    • Local Authorities
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body that owns/runs the Walkinstown community centre; the grant, if any, provided to refurbish the centre; the plans...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is...