Written answers
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Bodies
1. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff. [31369/26]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates to-date in 2026 on which the Irish Consular General based in San Francisco has met formally with the Governor of the State of...
- EU Presidency
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to visit Finland prior to Ireland holding the presidency of the Council of the EU. [31034/26]
- Passport Services
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31096/26]
- Departmental Policies
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the attacks on nations in the vicinity of Iran with which Ireland has good bilateral relations (details supplied); if she...
- Passport Services
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an update can be provided on a family's passport application / renewal (details supplied) as the applicants travel date is imminent and the...
- Consular Services
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the continuing closure of the Irish consulate in Moldova; the plans to reopen it; if there are no plans to do so, the reasons;...
- Departmental Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Schemes
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being put in place to expedite warmer homes scheme applications, which are currently taking over two years to...
- National Oil Reserves Agency
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the process for filling the Chief Executive role of the National Oil Reserves Agency (details supplied)....
- Energy Prices
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Government will pass on measures to help cut energy prices now that the EU Commission has given permission to do...
- Climate Action Plan
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on when the successful Climate Action Fund grants will be announced. [31286/26]
- Departmental Staff
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing...
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum...
- Departmental Data
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs...
- Just Transition
22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made regarding whether the Just Transition Commission will be placed on legislative footing; and if...
- Climate Action Plan
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the Climate Action Fund will be continued beyond 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/26]
- Energy Conservation
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to improve efficiency in the retrofitting sector, including through supporting the use...
- Departmental Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications per year since the launch of the SCBI backed home energy upgrade loan scheme; the value of those...
- Departmental Data
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the Circular Economy Unit still operates in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31445/26]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will consider allowing people who have moved to Ireland under an EU Directive (details supplied) to join the Defence Forces; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- An Garda Síochána
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the driving and parking offences that result in a fine being issued by An Garda Síochána; the related monetary value of the fine...
- Departmental Schemes
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently consider including large scale business and co-ops (details supplied), in the excise duty reliefs that support licensed...
- Bus Services
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make sufficient funding available to transform the Local Link service in east and north Cork into a multi-frequency per day, and...
- Rail Network
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE marketing executives, by grade employed by Iarnród Éireann as of 22 April 2026, in tabular form. [31037/26]
- Vehicle Registration
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new heavy-duty vehicles registered in Ireland in each of the past five years, and to date in 2026; the percentage share of...
- Grant Payments
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available under the ZEHDV purchase grant scheme in each of the past two years, and to date in 2026; the amount of funding that...
- Bus Services
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of a contract (details supplied) from 2017 to 2025; the value of the advertising income generated from bus shelters in...
- Departmental Contracts
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a value-for-money audit was conducted on a contract (details supplied) from 2017 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a status update on the proposed 199 bus route between Glendalough and Bray; whether funding has been secured for the route;...
- Road Safety Authority
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the revised RSA reform proposals, following on from the decision to not pursue review recommendations to reform and...
- Road Safety
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the authoritative body or individual that will lead and co-ordinate relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the Road Safety...
- Public Transport
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure there are more public transport options for rural dwellers in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
- International Relations
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times his Department has officially denied permission to a foreign country seeking to transport weapons through Ireland in...
- Bus Services
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of 120 buses serving Newbridge to Prosperous and Dublin that have been cancelled to date in 2026; whether records are kept of...
- Public Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will engage with Local Link regarding the provision of a...
- Departmental Data
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent...
- Departmental Data
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including...
- Bus Services
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of daily public transport journeys that occurred in 2024 when including commercial bus services; the percentage increase this...
- Transport Policy
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in implementing policies to reduce transport-related emissions, including measures to promote electric vehicles and...
- Departmental Schemes
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for expanding on the smart demand-responsive transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23031/26]
- Road Safety
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the next steps for the introduction of 'Grace's Law'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20216/26]
- National Development Plan
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the current iteration of the National Development Plan funds the building of the Northern Ring Road in Cork. [26992/26]
- Department of Finance
- Housing Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to Increase the help-to-buy ceiling to reflect current prices in commuter counties such as in north Kildare; and if he will make...
- Tax Reliefs
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has given consideration to equal treatment between beauty service providers and hairdressers in regard to the reduced 9% VAT rate announced...
- Revenue Commissioners
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the grades of staff within the Revenue Commissioners that are fully trained in the use of the new customs cutter vessels; and if all vessels are currently in...
- Tax Collection
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of revenues raised for each year 2020 to date in 2026 or latest data available inclusive under headings (details supplied), in tabular form....
- Departmental Bodies
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department have examined the impacts of the excise duty placed on e-liquids in November, are concerned by reports of black-market sales of e-liquids;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Bodies
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he...
- Flood Relief Schemes
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of scheme climate change adaptation plans for flood relief schemes completed or under construction that have been prepared by...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Artificial Intelligence
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the merits of introducing a levy to revenues generated by artificial intelligence companies in Ireland with a view to...
- Industrial Development
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the securing of a site in Longford by the IDA for an advance factory. [31128/26]
- EU Regulations
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which Ireland is implementing and enforcing current EU measures aimed at improving supply chain transparency and protecting...
- Departmental Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 21 March 2024, to urgently review the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme; and...
- Artificial Intelligence
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to recent Government approval, the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Health and the Health Service...
- Departmental Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Cabinet memo on special education funding for September will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31002/26]
- Departmental Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in increased funding for a home school liaison from September; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in increased funding for special education from September; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Transport
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for increasing the school bus fees for 2026, while simultaneously shortening the payment window, with parents now required to pay...
- Period Poverty
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide free period products in all secondary schools in Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31010/26]
- Special Educational Needs
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the special needs allocation for a school (details supplied) for the forthcoming school year; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 29 May 2025, if she will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the concerns raised;...
- School Admissions
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals process for primary school students who cannot avail of a place in their desired school; and if she will make a statement...
- School Accommodation
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on emergency works and ASA works in a school (details supplied), broken down per project, from 2014 to date, in tabular form;...
- Schools Building Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether an application has been received by her Department for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Facilities
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied). [31061/26]
- School Management
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to the case of a student (details supplied); if she will investigate this matter further; and if she will make...
- Home Schooling
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the six-ground appeal submitted for a refused home tuition application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Education Policy
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether primary schools are permitted to receive and distribute unsolicited educational materials produced or funded by private industry actors;...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an méadóidh sí líon na n-áiteanna, nó an gcuirfidh sí maoiniú ar fáil do na coláistí...
- School Enrolments
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one and two teacher schools that have been closed in each county for each of the past twenty years, in tabular form. [31148/26]
- School Funding
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently investigate the case of a school (details supplied) and allow for necessary and urgent emergency works; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school level data to be released shortly will include school level data for all multi-denominational schools and denominational schools;...
- Departmental Inquiries
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1407 of 14 April 2026, when a decision will be made on the redesignation of a class (details supplied)...
- School Transport
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide clarity on eligibility criteria (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31177/26]
- National Educational Psychological Service
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no NEPS psychologist has been assigned to a school (details supplied) for a number of years; the reason no SCPA assessments have been...
- Schools Building Projects
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm that the addendum has been added to the invitation to tender for the new school building project for (details supplied); to...
- School Staff
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on discussions concerning the dispute involving the terms and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; if there is a...
- School Enrolments
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that Wexford County Council are now projecting at least 2,200 new homes are to be built in town of Gorey, County Wexford in the period 2026...
- Departmental Inquiries
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1471 of 14 April 2026, if she will outline specifically the way DEIS allocation was assessed in Thurles...
- Special Educational Needs
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding for summer provision for children with additional needs given that many schools are unable to recruit sufficient...
- Departmental Bodies
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the major building project at a school (details supplied); when progress to the next stage can be expected; and if she will make...
- School Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current lack of funding streams available to support the staging of curriculum-based theatrical productions for...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Departmental Staff
141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE qualified legal advisors working within his Department. [31035/26]
- Arts Funding
142. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he has spoken, or plans to speak, with the Arts Council to ascertain whether or not recipients of core funding for...
- Sports Organisations
144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether funding is available for a club to aid with mini leagues costs and logistics (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing...
- Departmental Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he is aware of a funding gap whereby curriculum-based theatre productions are not eligible for support from the...
- Tax Code
149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the merits of introducing a levy to revenues generated by social media companies in Ireland with a view to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Natural Heritage Areas
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider purchasing the land at Lugnaquilla, County Wicklow on behalf of the residents of County Wicklow, noting...
- Environmental Policy
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a successor to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Services
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reforms or changes that have been made on foot of the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Future Funding of...
- Departmental Budgets
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation for both the built heritage investment scheme and the historic structure fund in the years of 2025 and...
- Housing Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure consistent application of the National Guidelines for the Assessment and Allocation Process...
- Traveller Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new Traveller-specific housing units delivered in each year from 2019 to 2025, with a breakdown for each year by...
- Departmental Funding
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Louth County Council has been required to pause the general acceptance of Housing Adaptation Grants,...
- Local Authorities
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amounts based on current or latest data, of rent arrears owed by social housing tenants in each local authority...
- Water Services
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure being put in place to provide for developer-built water and wastewater infrastructure; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review the first home schemes threshold for areas outside of Dublin where house prices have risen significantly; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to introducing a mechanism whereby parents who are separated or divorcing, but cannot live...
- Social Welfare Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of a €1 increase in each social welfare and pension payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Pension Provisions
181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has carried out any forecasting on the projected increase in expenditure required to meet pension payments...
- Social Welfare Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in all social welfare and pension payments; the cost of a €5 increase in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance is means-tested according to net income rather than gross income; if he will explain the...
- Employment Support Services
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing...
- Social Welfare Appeals
188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update into progress of the section 318 review of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Support Services
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to promote active participation and social inclusion through the provision of income...
- Social Welfare Fraud
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions being undertaken by his Department to prevent and detect fraud and abuse within the social protection system; and...
- Employment Support Services
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in ensuring seamless service delivery between his Department and other Government Departments and agencies...
- School Meals Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has considered expanding the school meals programme to all post primary schools; the estimated cost of this measure;...
- Disability Services
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions his Department is taking to increase access to sustainable and long-term employment opportunities for people with...
- Social Welfare Code
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disabled entrepreneurs are excluded from the wage subsidy scheme. [30503/26]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans, in conjunction with the Garda Commissioner, to develop a driving permit specific to members of An Garda...
- Health Service Executive
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the transfer of River Lodge, Newtownmountkennedy from his Department to the HSE; the timeline for the site to...
- An Garda Síochána
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to each divisional drugs unit as of 20 April 2026, in tabular form. [31021/26]
- Stardust Fire
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when those who have submitted a successful application for the Stardust recognition payment will receive payment. [31053/26]
- Visa Applications
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review matters concerning visa applications (details supplied), and address the concerns raised; and if he will make...
- Social Media
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an assessment has been carried out by Government of the reported potential threats of a platform (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Bodies
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff;...
- Legal Aid
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the aspects of the flat fee proposal for criminal legal aid work at District Court level that had been disclosed to...
- Legislative Measures
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation to overturn historical convictions for homosexuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Bodies
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role, if any, his Department played in the development, endorsement, funding or distribution of a publication (details supplied);...
- Pesticide Use
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department has engaged with local authorities to support them to reduce the use of pesticides in public areas;...
- Agriculture Schemes
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to TAMS in each of the years 2019 to 2025; the outturn; the amount allocated in 2026, in tabular form; and if he...
- Fuel Prices
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to simplify and clarify the package of measures announced to address fuel costs in respect of the farming, transport and fisheries...
- Departmental Bodies
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Child and Family Agency
223. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from Tusla care settings who were prosecuted for criminal offences in each of the past five years. [30993/26]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the key measures in the Day Services Capital Plan for 2026. [31019/26]
- Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists, by grade posts filled within intellectual disability services within CHO7 as of 22 April 2026, in...
- Disabilities Assessments
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419 and 420, of 26 March 2026, the measures in place for her...
- Departmental Policies
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a person fostering an 18-year-old still in school can remain on the foster care allowance until the young person has...
- Programme for Government
232. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce paid surrogacy leave; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Services
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria for access to respite services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31170/26]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will intervene to prevent the proposed closure of a school in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Mother and Baby Homes
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that there are many Irish mother and baby institutional survivors living in the UK, many of whom have been deterred...
- Disabilities Assessments
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in...
- Departmental Bodies
245. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and...
- Departmental Policies
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage increasing operating costs including...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
248. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to review the age restrictions on relevant ECCE years; and if any discretion can be exercised where a child is only a...
- Question Heading for question(s) 251
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected annual cost of delivering the National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy II up to 2028; the estimated cross-departmental...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled within CHO4 primary care services as of 21 April 2026, in tabular form. [31099/26]
- EU Regulations
253. To ask the Minister for Health the formal coordination mechanisms that exist between her Department and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to ensure that Ireland’s...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
255. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with primary care psychology services in CHO8 can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE chefs, by grade working at Beaumont Hospital as of 22 April 2026; and if these posts are filled by the HSE directly employed staff or via...
- Health Services Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Health if the five consultant neurologists recruited by the HSE to support the Neurology Model of Care and the 'Hub and Spoke' model, which includes services for...
- Departmental Funding
263. To ask the Minister for Health the level of agency spending per REO, per month to date in 2026 in Department of Health-funded HSE services; the total figure for all-of-HSE, in tabular form;...
- Health Services Staff
264. To ask the Minister for Health the level of agency spending per model four hospital, per month, to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31046/26]
- Departmental Records
265. To ask the Minister for Health the reason over 1,000 documents relating to maternal and neonatal safety, including all maternity safety statements from 2015 to mid-2025, which were...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
266. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in 2025 by their GP to University Hospital Limerick orthopaedics, has yet to...
- Birth Certificates
267. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed changes to legislation to allow both same sex parents to appear on birth certificates; whether this will allow children living in...
- Health Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the gaps in neurological services identified in the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Data
270. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure by Cork University Hospital on contracted bus hire services for staff transport over the past five years; the name of each bus hire...
- Medicinal Products
272. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider approving access to xolair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31098/26]
- Hospital Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists and registrars in urology posts filled at Cork University Hospital as of 21 April 2026, in tabular form. [31100/26]
- Medicinal Products
274. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will intervene to ensure that the HSE urgently prioritises a conclusion to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only...
- Home Help Service
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons in Galway east who have been assessed and approved for home support hours but remain on waiting lists and are not receiving their...
- Pharmacy Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's engagement with pharmacists on the cost of blister packs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31131/26]
- Health Services Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Health when a nursing registration will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has an offer of employment; the reason for the delay; and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
281. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue to a young person in County Louth (details supplied) for an urgently needed initial ENT appointment at OLOLH Drogheda; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
282. To ask the Minister for Health if she or any official in her Department issued an instruction to the HSE regarding critical illness protocol requests from former recipients of the special...
- Health Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 881 of 24 March 2026, if the terms of reference for the external expert panel have been published; and if she will make a...
- Health Strategies
287. To ask the Minister for Health whether an assessment has been undertaken of where patient data would reside under the recent Government approved plan for a national electronic health record...
- Health Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health whether, in the context of Ireland’s implementation of the EU AI Act and the forthcoming European Health Data Space, if her Department has assessed the...
- Health Services Staff
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant adult occupational therapy positions in County Donegal; if a recruitment embargo is in place; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Transfers
291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care and bed days lost from St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny in each full year 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.; and if she...
- Home Care Packages
292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on home care waiting lists in Kilkenny and Carlow waiting for approval of funding and waiting for allocation of a carer; the number with a...
- Hospital Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of step-down beds in Kilkenny and Carlow, by location for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number which are public; the number which are leased...
- Departmental Bodies
294. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will make a...
- Healthcare Policy
297. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to assess the effect of early onset dementia for people aged 30 to 50 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
301. To ask the Minister for Health when a long-awaited post (details supplied) will be officially advertised in County Mayo following its announcement in December 2025; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Homes
303. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the review of a number of nursing homes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31462/26]
- Legislative Measures
304. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Mental Health Act 2024 will be interpreted and applied in relation to adult trans people seeking gender-affirming hormone therapy; whether...
- Hospital Appointments Status
305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [31490/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Research and Development
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of centres of excellence in the development of low-carbon technologies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the level of wages for apprentices is adequate, especially in light of the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will...
- Public Sector Pay
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years;...
- Departmental Funding
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance,...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Projects
311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the progress of the heritage park development, with plans to develop a traditional Norman village at the Knights...
- Care of the Elderly
312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria that must be met to be eligible for a personal alarm under the seniors alert scheme. [31020/26]
- Departmental Schemes
313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason changes were made to the local improvement scheme to exclude a category (details supplied); and if he plans to alter...
- Public Sector Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff;...
