Written answers

Wednesday, 6 May 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Legislative Reviews
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his Department have made any requests to the office of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation to produce reports on any subject matter. [31618/26]
    • Labour Market
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of people under 30 years-of-age who are currently unemployed; and the estimated percentage unemployment rate among this age cohort. [32225/26]
    • Protected Disclosures
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or State bodies that are responsible to his...
    • Central Statistics Office
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which the Central Statistics Office publishes or holds crime data at sub divisional or neighbourhood level, including for areas such as Donnycarney; whether...
    • Departmental Data
      5. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures followed in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services
      6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will engage with the Polish Prime Minister regarding a case (details supplied). [33399/26]
    • Passport Services
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new...
    • International Relations
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main challenges the Government faces with currently facing EU-Africa relations, including geopolitical competition and financing...
    • European Union
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the EU-AU Joint Vision for 2030 is being implemented and monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31953/26]
    • Human Rights
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how effective is the United Nations in addressing human rights issues such as FGM in Somalia; the role Ireland and the Government can play in...
    • Official Travel
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all occasions that she and her predecessor travelled outside of the State from 23 January 2025 to date in 2026; and to state in each...
    • Foreign Policy
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 24 February 2026, to state, as asked in the original question, whether she or the Government...
    • Protected Disclosures
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State...
    • Departmental Staff
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by her Department or any organisation with responsibility to her Department. [32308/26]
    • Birth Certificates
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births register application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32338/26]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total annual amount of Official Development Assistance allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes from 2019 to...
    • Passport Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will be issued for persons (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32363/26]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Irish Official Development Assistance provided to UNFPA from 2019 to date in 2026, broken down by year, programme...
    • Middle East
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the 21 Irish people participating in the 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza; the engagement her Department has had to...
    • Passport Services
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on when a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [32798/26]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has plans to open a new Irish Consulate General in Muscat, Oman. [32822/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the review of Ireland’s 2022 International Climate Finance Roadmap which was due to be updated in advance of 2026; to...
    • International Programmes
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons Ireland is not a member of international initiatives or coalitions that seek to enable just climate transitions based on...
    • Ministerial Communications
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when she last spoke formally with the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland. [33091/26]
    • United Nations
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is advocating for any reforms of United Nations structures, specifically at Security Council level; and if she will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her...
    • Departmental Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value;...
    • Defence Forces
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Military Aircraft
      53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his attention or the attention of his officials has been drawn to the problem of demand for jet fuel from military...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the SEAI solar PV grant scheme; if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the...
    • Energy Policy
      57. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that households where a resident is medically dependent on electrically powered equipment,...
    • Departmental Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide detailed information regarding all notices of dispute received by the State under the Energy Charter Treaty; the...
    • Energy Policy
      64. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will engage with SEAI on the regulations around the basis on which grants are awarded for home energy upgrades, with...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      65. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he expects rates for solar panel grants to increase; if such an increase will be available retrospectively to...
    • Energy Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any forthcoming Statutory Instrument to transpose Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (2023/1791) will include...
    • Data Centres
      71. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which waste-heat assessments for existing data centres over 1 MW, as required under Article 26(6) of the Energy...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      72. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to clarify the reasons for the delayed commissioning date of the Celtic Interconnector, which is now expected for Q4 2028;...
    • Departmental Meetings
      74. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of meetings he has held with the Climate Change Advisory Council; the topics that were discussed; and if...
    • Construction Industry
      77. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the Government's proposed Circularity Roadmap for the Construction Sector; when it is proposed to...
    • Energy Conservation
      79. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department first became aware of concerns raised by the European Commission regarding the proposed design of the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      80. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether consideration is being given to the inclusion of renewable liquid fuels, including hydrotreated vegetable oil,...
    • Departmental Funding
      83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 24 March 2026, when the information requested will be made available. [32163/26]
    • Protected Disclosures
      84. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his...
    • Departmental Staff
      85. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      86. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the recent EPA-funded Noise Annoyance Mapping study on wind turbine noise (details supplied); and if he...
    • Climate Action Plan
      87. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Community Climate Action Fund allocations for 2026 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Prices
      88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated Exchequer cost of fuel related subsidies and energy support schemes introduced in 2025 and 2026 within his...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average processing time for traditional homes pilot applications once a full application has been submitted to...
    • Energy Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider the implementation of a financial grant to allow older people to upgrade their heating system; and if he will...
    • Energy Conservation
      93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken to prevent an inflationary effect on the cost of home energy upgrades arising out of grant increases and to...
    • Departmental Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of smart meters installed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33229/26]
    • Electricity Grid
      95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether any policy options have been examined by his Department to address potential regional disparities arising from...
    • Research and Development
      96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that has been allocated to research and development in tidal energy under his Departments' remit over the past...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      97. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the current phase of Just Transition Funding will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/26]
    • Departmental Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the supplementary military service scheme, due to commence this month, has been delayed until June 2026; whether she is aware of the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies...
    • Defence Forces
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of the 2025 advertisement budget for Permanent Defence Forces that was actually spent; if any unspent budget was automatically...
    • Air Corps
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and percentage of Air Corps aircraft that are currently fully operational, partially operational, and unavailable for service due to...
    • Defence Forces
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the status of backdated allowances owed to members of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW); to specify the total amount of arrears...
    • Air Corps
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any confidential or secret deal regarding pay or allowances was reached with a specific group of personnel within the Air Corps / Fire...
    • Defence Forces
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the Commission on the Defence Forces (CODF) recommendation regarding the introduction of long service increments for...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department has sought legal advice on its compliance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991 regarding the non-payment of agreed allowances;...
    • Defence Forces
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her...
    • Departmental Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the...
    • Defence Forces
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces that are currently on active peace keeping missions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline every price change on the number 40 Expressway bus route from Tralee to Cork in the past ten years from 2016 to 2026,...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) Bill 2026; when this Bill will progress to the next stage; the purposes...
    • Active Travel
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to establish with the NTA if there has been a pause in funding for key planned cycle lane/active travel projects in Drogheda, County...
    • Bus Services
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider extending the 238 bus to the Hollystown swing roundabout and then into Hollystown once the new bus terminus is completed...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assessment has been carried out into the number of the 190 people killed on Irish roads in 2025 that were driving for work;...
    • Rail Network
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the continued closure of the footbridge at Dalkey DART Station; the timeline for when it will be...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to introduce graduated penalties for driving under the influence of drugs based on the...
    • Student Travel Card
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to extending eligibility for the student Leap card to include part-time students; whether work is planned...
    • Electric Vehicles
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) specifically in relation to the provision of EV charging...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the vehicle adaptation scheme currently under development will be limited to supports for adapting a vehicle only; whether the...
    • Ports Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed list of the ports, State-owned or private, that he is aware of that are either currently undergoing or are likely to...
    • Active Travel
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when applications for the safe routes to school under the active travel scheme will open; the timelines expected for the project to be...
    • Driver Licences
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the absence of reciprocal driving licensing agreements between Ireland, America and Canada; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for Dundalk driving test centre; to seek clarification for the ongoing delays and cancellations at this centre;...
    • Rail Network
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding to Irish Rail for their planned station customer services systems upgrades and enhancements (details...
    • Driver Test
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32078/26]
    • Bus Éireann
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total fleet number of Bus Éireann Expressway buses; the number that have onboard toilet facilities in each of the past five...
    • Vehicle Registration
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has been trying to obtain a logbook for a moped for a...
    • Departmental Communications
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm whether the designated email account (details supplied) remains active and monitored for correspondence from public...
    • Air Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that an airline (details supplied) recently decided to require passengers to produce passports or passport cards when...
    • Departmental Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 20 January 2026, the way proceedings taken by a private citizen against a semi-State body...
    • Protected Disclosures
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or State...
    • Road Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for confirmation that the current programme for the Mallow relief road remains on schedule, particularly in relation to the submission of...
    • Road Safety
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will support the deployment of average-speed cameras on high-risk routes within 12 months given Ireland is one of the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the information his Department has received from the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA) on the number of enforcement actions taken...
    • National Transport Authority
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Leap card fares will increase as part of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32418/26]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of road fatalities recorded in the State for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by road user category...
    • Driver Test
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a change to the driver certificate of professional competence (CPC) periodic training regime, specifically the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has ever sought or explored the possibility of ring-fencing the monetary revenues arising from fines for driving...
    • EU Meetings
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when is the next EU Transport Council Meeting scheduled to occur. [32823/26]
    • Rail Network
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE staff by job title currently working within facilities and building department within Iarnród Éireann. [32824/26]
    • Active Travel
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the envisaged cost of N3 M50 to Clonee bus priority and active travel scheme, which was originally identified in the National Development...
    • Greenways Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33053/26]
    • Rail Network
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles clamped at each Irish Rail station car park in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [33090/26]
    • Aviation Industry
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether concerns or threats of retaliatory measures by the United States Administration or US aviation regulators have been raised with...
    • Road Safety Authority
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether, in light of the recent increase in road fatalities, the Government intends to reconsider the recommendations of the Indecon...
    • Bus Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of BusConnects in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33133/26]
    • Rail Network
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make representations to Iarnród Éireann to extend late-night train services on the Cork commuter rail service; and...
    • Airport Policy
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm if there are planned enhancements to the Dublin airport voluntary dwelling purchase scheme; to provide a timeline for any...
    • Road Tolls
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of tolls paid at each toll booth across the State for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by toll...
    • Departmental Funding
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the comments made in Dáil Éireann regarding the School Street Programme funding delivered through the Safe Routes to...
    • Departmental Reviews
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider conducting a review of the need for bus stops and a train stop in a specific area (detail supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State is currently incurring storage costs in respect of electric buses procured for public service which remain out of service...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33323/26]
    • Shared Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to incentivise greater commuter take-up of shared mobility. [33349/26]
    • Rail Network
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided in 2026 for the Kilbarry Train Station; and the timeline for the delivery of same. [33354/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full breakdown of costs since 2020, related to the storage of double-decker battery-electric buses that have been delivered...
    • Departmental Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary...
    • School Transport
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RTSS is open to private commercial passenger transport operators, whose work consists of privately contracted school runs (details...
    • Fuel Prices
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all fuel costs of private passenger transport operators eligible for rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33440/26]
    • Road Safety
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34025/26]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his plans to grant planning exemptions for modular homes will be accompanied by any changes to capital acquisitions tax in respect of individuals...
    • Tax Reliefs
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people registered with the Revenue Commissioners for the rent-a-room tax relief in each of the years from its introduction in 2001 to date, in...
    • Tax Collection
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will consider reducing VAT on new builds to 9% and put measures in place to ensure developers do not increase prices even more as a result....
    • Departmental Schemes
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost to the Exchequer of the disabled drivers scheme in 2025, to include all tax exemptions under the scheme and the fuel grant element; whether...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32194/26]
    • Departmental Data
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance to list each occasion that he and his predecessor travelled outside of the State from 23 January 2025 to date in 2026; to specify on which occasions the...
    • Departmental Policies
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's position on the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034, specifically regarding the inclusion of dedicated health-related...
    • Tax Collection
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify where liability lies for the tax owed under Karshan settlements; if workers who were reclassified as employees as a result of the Karshan ruling...
    • Protected Disclosures
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or State bodies that are...
    • Departmental Staff
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department. [32307/26]
    • EU Regulations
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the impacts the EU proposal for regulation on the legal tender of banknotes and coins will have on businesses in Ireland; if businesses that specify that...
    • Tax Reliefs
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the rate of tax relief on qualifying health expenses not covered by private health insurance in light of rising healthcare...
    • EU Directives
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland's position on the application of excise duties to novel nicotine products at EU level, in the context of the anticipated revision of both the Tobacco...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence regarding the cost of home heating oil and kerosene which is used for approximately 700,000 Irish...
    • Tax Exemptions
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the current age-related tax supports available to individuals aged 65 and over, including the age tax credit and any remaining exemption mechanisms; and if he...
    • Tax Credits
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance when the age tax credit was last increased; its value at the time of introduction; whether it has been adjusted since 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Exemptions
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the year in which the former age exemption limits for taxpayers aged 65 and over were removed from the income tax system; the rationale for their removal at...
    • Tax Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the cumulative impact of inflation since 2011 on the disposable income of older taxpayers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 4 March 2026, the amount of money that will be recouped in tax from the €1.4billion paid out to carers by...
    • Prize Bonds
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the unclaimed prize bonds registered on the unclaimed prizes database; if he will provide the top ten longest unclaimed prizes; whether interest...
    • EU Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 16 December 2025, if tariffs are to be introduced; the rate and the date (details supplied); if tariffs will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount invested in the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund; the amount of this fund invested in US government bonds; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if applications for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme will still be accepted while the new grant-based vehicle adaptation scheme is being...
    • Rental Sector
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the position for a landlord who charges below market rent under the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003, if a tenant is deemed to have occupied...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank's total spend on consultancy firms relating to IT has risen over tenfold since 2019 to €15,982,000 in 2025. [33307/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all capital projects and programmes funded or overseen under the remit of his Department, and bodies under its aegis, which have...
    • Departmental Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding granted and spent towards coastal erosion and defence works in Waterford, by project, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and...
    • Departmental Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE staff, by job title working at the John F Kennedy Arboretum as of 24 April 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Protected Disclosures
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or State...
    • Departmental Staff
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount yielded from carbon tax for each of the years from 2023 to 2025; the breakdown of the expenditure and the purposes it was...
    • Climate Action Plan
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which continued Exchequer support for fossil fuel related measures is consistent with Ireland’s climate targets and...
    • Departmental Funding
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of non-statutory bodies in receipt of public funding in each year since 2020; the estimated aggregate annual funding...
    • Public Appointments Service
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the procedure when the Commission for Public Service Appointments finds that the Public Appointments Service has made a...
    • Office of Public Works
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the Office of Public Works to acquire the Martello Tower at Sandymount, Dublin; and if he will report on assessments...
    • Pension Provisions
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of public funds currently outstanding from current and former Ministers and officeholders following pension calculation...
    • Office of Public Works
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the confirmed details for the expanded minor works scheme for the OPW; when he expects the final terms and conditions of the scheme to...
    • Health Service Executive
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide, full name, job title, and employing organisation of each member of the Major Projects Approval Group (MPAG) that reviewed...
    • Pension Provisions
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider reimplementing the Public Sector Single Pension Scheme for uniformed services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all capital projects delivered under the National Development Plan and otherwise within the remit of his...
    • Departmental Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary...
    • Departmental Funding
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount invested in the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund; the amount of this fund invested in US government bonds; and...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Pharmacy Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the efforts being made to establish an EU pharmaceutical taskforce by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Care Services
      276. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for finance to clarify if a carer working 35 hours a week is entitled to receive the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Government to confirm if his Department currently collects any data counting the number of short term lets in Gaeltacht areas; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the Industrial Relations Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers Bill 2021 (details...
    • Industrial Development
      280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA have provided property grants to a firm (details supplied) for a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the rationale for the current €40,000 minimum salary threshold for certain critical skills employment permit roles; and...
    • Departmental Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment that has been undertaken regarding the impact of critical skills employment permit thresholds on wage levels, housing...
    • Company Registration
      283. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the tripling in waiting times for A1 company formation relative to its own target of five working days. [32025/26]
    • Services Sector
      285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to urgently examine and put in place measures to assist service-based startups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consumer Protection
      286. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant staff, by job title, currently at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the estimated full year...
    • Industrial Development
      287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the largest inward investment projects supported by IDA Ireland since 2015, ranked by capital investment value;...
    • Consumer Protection
      288. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the breakdown...
    • Protected Disclosures
      289. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or...
    • Departmental Staff
      290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE inspectors by grade working within Workplace Relations Commission as of 29 April 2026; if he will provide the same...
    • Departmental Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to the reported expenditure of approximately €30 million under the smart regions enterprise innovation scheme, the...
    • Departmental Data
      294. 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. [33132/26]
    • EU Programmes
      295. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ireland’s position on the planned EU Digital Fairness Act, including in the context of a non-paper by Poland on the need for...
    • Departmental Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Programmes
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in full and itemised detail the specific entitlements available under each of the five pillars of the Government support package for...
    • Education Policy
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents can be criminally prosecuted where their child does not attend secondary school; and the specific failures or omissions on the part of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason new schools being built without the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) initiative as standard; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure the survival of an organisation (details supplied) and the vital services, funded by her Department. [31835/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new school building developments delivered by a company (details supplied) that have required remediation work after the initial...
    • Education Policy
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full policy rationale and published evidence base for the revised English as an additional language allocation model at primary level,...
    • School Admissions
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 23 April 2026, if the numbers for primary and secondary level will be provided (details supplied) and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans to expand access to multidisciplinary teams in DEIS plus schools outside of existing pilot areas; the way in which she is...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she intends to ensure that DEIS plus schools receive access to the full range of wraparound supports, including after-school and family...
    • Special Educational Needs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and timeline on the progress on the new ASD class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school (details supplied) that is awaiting a decision for works to be carried out under the emergency works scheme will receive...
    • Departmental Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of land (details supplied) which is owned by her Department; her plans for this land; if she will arrange for officials from her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the State is planning to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the national school system of education (details...
    • Departmental Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all the post-primary schools in the Drumcondra and Marino, Dublin 1 SPA; the number of first year places that were available in...
    • Youth Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide detailed information on the consultations that are scheduled to take place with the youth work sector and other key...
    • EU Presidency
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an outline of all the events being planned by her Department for the EU Presidency; if she will provide details of all...
    • Departmental Programmes
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a date for Oíche na hÓige will be announced; the budget her Department has allocated for the running of the event for 2026; and if...
    • School Staff
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the retention of a teacher in a school (details supplied). [32075/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reply to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32117/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will be announcing details of this year's summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32136/26]
    • School Curriculum
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her commitment to develop guidance on best practice arrangements for pupils in denominational schools whose parents request that they...
    • Schools Building Projects
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of the NDFA’s project Shannon; if she will clarify the extent to which it is funded; and if she...
    • School Transport
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm whether a designated email account (details supplied) remains active and monitored for correspondence from public representatives; and...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if more schools will be included in the DEIS programme in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32181/26]
    • School Staff
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/26]
    • School Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied); the financial supports that are available outside of the schemes...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the process and timeline for determining DEIS status for a school (details supplied); whether the socio-economic...
    • Schools Administration
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the respective roles of her Department, school boards of management and school patron bodies in the approval of external speakers into...
    • School Admissions
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken against her Department by parents or guardians in order to secure a school place for their child for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there is a consistent national system for identifying and publishing availability of special education places; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be made available to a school (details supplied) following the recent welcome announcements in respect of the...
    • School Accommodation
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed accommodation project for a school (details supplied) under the Department's school building programme; and...
    • Departmental Policies
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy position on schools operating for extended periods without permanent accommodation; and the measures in place to address...
    • School Accommodation
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the modular accommodation project for the second special class in a school (details supplied) in Durrow; the reason the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time taken from project commencement to on-site delivery under the new Modular Framework compared with the previous system; the...
    • School Accommodation
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interim accommodation options her Department is providing to schools that were promised modular special class accommodation for September...
    • Protected Disclosures
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies...
    • Departmental Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next announcement regarding the identification of schools for DEIS status is expected, having regard to the DEIS Strategy to 2035 and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the national systems that exist to identify, track and allocate special education placements, including special classes and special school...
    • Departmental Properties
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take immediate steps to address a dangerous site owned by her Department in Clonard Village, Wexford town (details supplied); and if...
    • School Transport
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department is considering any solutions to help reduce the impact of driver and vehicle changes on sanctioned school transport...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the application by a school (details supplied) in relation to urgent repairs needed for the roof of their PE...
    • School Transport
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a request submitted on behalf of a school (details supplied) seeking the establishment of a dedicated school transport route...
    • Special Educational Needs
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the location and number of autism classes attached to secondary schools in the Dublin 1 area; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the continued exclusion of principals appointed after 2015 from receiving the secretarial allowance for acting as secretary to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to health and safety concerns in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis for her Department’s decision to refuse access to a sales contract which was requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2014...
    • Departmental Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans to consider additional schools for inclusion in the DEIS programme; the timeframe for any such expansion, especially for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm which body has ultimate statutory responsibility to ensure that every child is provided with an appropriate school place, including...
    • Departmental Regulations
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and nature of regulations, made under section 67 of the Education Act 1998, in each of the past five years; the policy purpose and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the total number of students who accessed the iScoil programme in 2025 and to date in 2026, with a breakdown by county; to confirm...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision that exists under the school transport scheme for children who have not secured a school place, including a special class or...
    • Departmental Policies
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place to address situations where a child with ADHD, ASD or other special educational needs is repeatedly disciplined for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 18 March 2026, to provide clarity for when a school (details supplied) will receive further guidance...
    • Special Educational Needs
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department receives regular reports from the National Council for Special Education on the deployment, vacancy status and allocation...
    • School Staff
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm, based on information available to her Department, whether the behaviour support practitioner post allocated to Carrigaline Community...
    • Departmental Staff
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what governance and oversight arrangements are in place to ensure that behaviour support practitioner posts approved for special schools are...
    • School Transport
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason bus companies were asked to submit BAFO's when they were the only operator for a route; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the known number of bus escorts in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32802/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the policy on private companies offering free cooking demonstrations in primary schools, which could be seen as an opportunity to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools which do not currently have DEIS status can submit an appeal with a view to being included in the programme; the way in which schools...
    • School Facilities
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the proposal from a school (details supplied) in relation to the acquisition of a plot of land for a new...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be provided regarding a teacher registration (details supplied). [32943/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a group in relation to building a special school (details supplied). [32974/26]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available for scouting organisations from her Department; whether any of these can be used for international trips; and if she will...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rule for DEIS Plus school applications when they are within 700 metres of another school granted DEIS Plus status, in general and with regard...
    • School Staff
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33035/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a response to correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33056/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a full breakdown of all special classes in County Mayo, including the number of places in each class, current occupancy levels, and...
    • School Transport
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the policy regarding transport provision for special schools; the reason a special school in County Mayo has had to fundraise for a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether schools operating under the block grant scheme are considered to be within the special education teaching (SET) allocation model for the...
    • State Examinations
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the anomaly between the fee for Leaving Certificate and the fee charged to repeat the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration can be given to universal access application to future proof a school’s access (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within her Department’s...
    • School Accommodation
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports her Department will provide to a primary school (details supplied) considering the large increase incoming for the junior infants in...
    • School Staff
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on an incremental credit application submitted to her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the proposed building extension for a school (details supplied). [33310/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the positive behaviour support (PBS) approach despite being the framework embedded in existing Irish legislation is not currently...
    • Schools Building Projects
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide the shortfall in funding to complete the construction of a school (details supplied), and to make it operational;...
    • Official Engagements
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will visit a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33353/26]
    • State Examinations
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline whether any fee exemption or partial relief is available for families with more than one student sitting the Leaving...
    • Departmental Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      465. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to areas that are unable to get fibre broadband installed due to having direct buried...
    • Swimming Pools
      468. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to increase the number of public swimming pools available in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12. [31926/26]
    • National Library
      470. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he is satisfied that the National Library is fulfilling its stated mission 'to make accessible the recorded memory of...
    • Sports Organisations
      471. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the available guidelines for adult safeguarding for adult members of sports clubs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      472. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if there are plans to introduce legislation whereby companies such as EIR increase the retirement age beyond 65 years; and...
    • Protected Disclosures
      473. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his...
    • Sports Funding
      474. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding his Department has provided, directly and indirectly, to the League of Ireland per annum for the years 2023,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      475. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the designated member email addresses for each of the State agencies under the aegis of his Department....
    • Commemorative Events
      476. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if a person (details supplied) will be issued with an invitation to attend the Irish Famine Commemoration in Portumna...
    • Arts Council
      477. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a progress report on each of the 149 recommendations contained within the recent Arts Council report; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential...
    • Community Development Projects
      479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available to community sports clubs in County Laois seeking funding for facility upgrades, including...
    • Media Sector
      481. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being put in place to support the sustainability of local and regional media outlets in light of changing...
    • Community Development Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress being made in expanding investment in community arts, cultural infrastructure and heritage projects outside...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      483. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the actions being taken to improve participation in sport and physical activity among young people, particularly in...
    • Sports Facilities
      484. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has conducted an audit of sports facilities in north Kildare per head of population; the findings of the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will introduce a mandatory amenity plan for local authorities to put on future housing developments to...
    • Housing Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest update on discussions his Department has had with Dublin City Council or the Land Development Agency in relation to...
    • Housing Schemes
      487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority in 2024 and 2025 under the housing adaptation grant for older people and people...
    • National Parks
      488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to purchasing lands at Lugnaquilla to provide a new national park; if this is under review...
    • House Sales
      490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether data is collected on residential property purchases by non-EEA nationals holding temporary immigration permissions;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending Part L of the Building Regulations to introduce a mandatory requirement that all new-build...
    • Housing Schemes
      493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to amend the croí cónaithe grant process so that applicants may draw down funds on the basis of a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the financial shortfall being experienced by applicants who do not have access to bridging finance under the...
    • Housing Schemes
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the budget for cost rental for 2026 will be increased to take account of inflation due to the Iran war and its impact on...
    • Housing Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual housing delivery targets currently in place, broken down by tenure including private, social, affordable purchase...
    • Housing Policy
      499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative or planning reforms under consideration to facilitate higher density housing, including apartments and...
    • Housing Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest available estimate of zoned but undeveloped residential land in the State; the breakdown for Dublin or by local...
    • Rental Sector
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessments that have been carried out by his Department on the impact of current and proposed rent regulation measures on...
    • Housing Schemes
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether carer's allowance can be included as income in assessing the amount of HAP a person can receive; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32106/26]
    • Heritage Sites
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department, or any agency under its remit including the National Parks and Wildlife Service, has undertaken any...
    • Housing Provision
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered a rent-to-buy scheme including a State component (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process in place for a person who has literacy issues, who receives a social housing income assessment but does not fill...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of AHB units funded under CALF in 2025; the number of schemes this applied to; and the number of schemes of less...
    • Housing Schemes
      518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time from initial application to approval for CAS funding projects. [32150/26]
    • Departmental Data
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32176/26]
    • Protected Disclosures
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department...
    • Departmental Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/26]
    • Fire Stations
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take steps to ensure that Daingean Fire Station County Offaly is made operational (details supplied); and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of active HAP and RAS tenancies on 1 November 2025; and to provide a total number for each scheme. [32781/26]
    • Defective Building Materials
      524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will finally commence the defective concrete block scheme for social housing. [32840/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to increase the housing adaptation grants scheme given the increase in construction costs; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the nationality breakdown of adults recorded in emergency accommodation in each month from January 2024 to the most recent...
    • Departmental Bodies
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department engages with the Department of Justice, Home Affair and Migration, to align data on homelessness and...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there is variation between local authorities in the application of eligibility criteria, access thresholds, or data...
    • Housing Policy
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a whole-of-government strategy exists linking housing policy with migration and population planning; if so, to outline...
    • Departmental Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider extending the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance scheme to include people on short-term payment schemes...
    • School Meals Programme
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he plans to compile and publish a pre-approved list of suppliers for schools participating in the Hot School Meals...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to households where a family member requires continuous electrically powered medical equipment,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the electricity allowance under the household benefits package; if medical dependency on...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments issued in each of the past three years to assist households with electricity costs;...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will arrange for an official from the NSSO to meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss any under or over...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to change the eligibility criteria for the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme to include individuals...
    • Energy Policy
      563. 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 the way in which energy...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a worker who paid Class A PRSI contributions up to 2022 (details supplied) before becoming self-employed, is...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any funding assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32141/26]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures in place to detect the use of forged or AI generated documents submitted in support of social welfare claims;...
    • Departmental Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit continuously since...
    • Protected Disclosures
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his...
    • Departmental Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for assistance in relation to an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied). [32452/26]
    • Departmental Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance that were refused in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [32821/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); if there is an update on a review; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to all those in receipt of the carer's allowance payment, where this is...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any allowances, other than the carer's allowance, which require the recipient to work at least 35 hours per...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be provided regarding a disability allowance application (details supplied). [32973/26]
    • Departmental Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Department's estimated proportion of an average household electricity and natural gas bill currently covered by the...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has undertaken any comparative analysis between increases in Fuel Allowance and the static...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be offered to the processing of an ARP application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients in 2025 and 2026 to date of recipients of illness benefit and invalidity pension. [33319/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33330/26]
    • Departmental Data
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential...
    • An Garda Síochána
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific information that was accessible on the Garda mobility app in relation to the national vehicle and driver file...
    • Family Reunification
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunifications that have been granted to people living in Ireland on a stamp 1 visas for each of the last...
    • Immigration Policy
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether people on a stamp 1 visa are allowed to buy homes in Ireland; and if so, the reason. [31869/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a cross-departmental review has been undertaken into the interaction between international education policy, migration...
    • Paramilitary Groups
      610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the Joint Independent Expert on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment, in particular if the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ongoing internal inquires and suspensions in relation to staff members in the National Bureau of Criminal...
    • Residency Permits
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measured being taken to speed up the processing of IRP renewal applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked motorcycles currently attached to Garda roads policing unit fleet; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drug Dealing
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of drug related intimidation received in each of the past five years respectively in Cork, in tabular...
    • International Protection
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of expenditure by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) in South Dublin for each of...
    • Deportation Orders
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process that applies where an individual has been refused permission to remain in the State, including the steps taken from...
    • International Protection
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time, on average, individuals who have been refused permission to remain in the State continue to reside in IPAS...
    • Protected Disclosures
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for civil restraining orders received annually between 2023 and 2026; the number approved or...
    • Drug Dealing
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been arrested, prosecuted, incarcerated for simple drug possession; and if possible, to provide...
    • Courts Service
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for deferring the restoration of the final 8% of District Court criminal legal aid fees until 1 July 2026;...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interim protection orders granted under the Domestic Violence Act 2018 in each of the past five years, broken...
    • Courts Service
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of pre-legislative scrutiny of the Civil Reform Bill 2025 by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has received any briefing from An Garda Síochána concerning the policing of the recent...
    • Courts Service
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that will be made available to Wicklow Courthouse to enable Wicklow County Council to carry out necessary...
    • An Garda Síochána
      653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda Public Order Unit Vans currently within the Garda Fleet. [32828/26]
    • Visa Agreements
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will fully clarify the criteria regarding access to Visa’s for non-EU students to attend English language schools...
    • Legal Aid
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department will request the Legal Aid Board to develop a methodology to estimate the full cost of legal aid...
    • International Protection
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of stay in IPAS accommodation for persons whose international protection application was finalised in each...
    • Deportation Orders
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons currently recorded as subject to an active deportation order and whose departure from the State has...
    • Immigration Policy
      677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has conducted an assessment of introducing routine exit checks at Irish ports and airports for...
    • Deportation Orders
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons subject to deportation orders who were removed from IPAS accommodation in each year from 2019 to 2025;...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship revocation cases currently under active consideration by his Department; the number where notice of...
    • Departmental Policies
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has published internal guidance on the operation of section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship...
    • International Protection
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department conducts beneficial ownership checks on entities contracted to provide IPAS accommodation, including...
    • An Garda Síochána
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for Garda vetting applications; the number of applications currently outstanding with the...
    • International Protection
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the prevalence of physically disabled persons who have entered Ireland seeking international protection since vulnerability...
    • An Garda Síochána
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing firearms and accessories for firearms for armed Garda personnel in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in...
    • Prison Service
      690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the discussions to extend the retirement age for prison officers from 62 years on a voluntary basis; when any...
    • Residency Permits
      694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application (details supplied), and when it is likely that a decision will be reached in view that the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report (details supplied) on the implication for SMEs of EU proposals to revise the Cybersecurity Act; if...
    • Departmental Data
      696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are national policies or additional resources being considered to support towns like Clonmel experiencing a rise in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Public Sector Staff
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that applications for a public sector job (details supplied) are restricted to employees already working in the public...
    • Animal Welfare
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance and oversight arrangements in place between his Department, An Garda Síochána, and other relevant...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS grants received; the number of grants deemed unsuccessful; the number of applications deemed unsuccessful in...
    • Forestry Sector
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the publication of a children’s book regarding Sitka spruce, a non-native species grown primarily for commercial...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any of the €156.6 million that was allocated to supporting the fisheries sector in Budget 2026 can be used for a payment...
    • Departmental Data
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmer solar grant applications that were granted, refused and withdrawn, in County Kerry, in each of the years 2023,...
    • Fishing Industry
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sea-fisheries ice plants currently operated by or for his Department; the location of each; the operating agency or body; the...
    • State Bodies
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times that each of the four members of a board (details supplied) have been reappointed to the board by successive...
    • Protected Disclosures
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or...
    • Departmental Staff
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his...
    • Agriculture Supports
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) who is waiting for farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Sector
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a national dataset exists measuring biodiversity outcomes within State-owned forestry, including metrics such as species...
    • Veterinary Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he or his Department has engaged with representative bodies or the Veterinary Council of Ireland regarding workforce...
    • Farm Inspections
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32867/26]
    • Inshore Fisheries
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his response to the call from an association (details supplied) for an increased share of the national pelagic quota for...
    • Animal Welfare
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the plans in place to introduce legislation to regulate the use of animal-drawn...
    • Food Industry
      727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the role that the Food Industry Development Division of his Department plays in respect of below cost selling of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 655, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 65 and 656 of 21 April 2026, when he proposes to answer these...
    • Departmental Data
      729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      730. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she continues to have confidence in the operation of a State and HSE funded charity (details supplied) following reports of...
    • Disability Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current funding model applied to Section 38 and Section 39 disability service providers delivering residential and supported...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      733. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure the survival of an organisation (details supplied) and the vital services, funded by her...
    • Adoption Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an application to adopt will be expedited (details supplied). [31849/26]
    • Child and Family Agency
      735. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the emergency supports that are in place for working parents affected by sudden closures of pre-school facilities by Tusla. [31881/26]
    • Childcare Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current part-time, sessional, or school-age childcare providers and full day childcare, both community and private in Dublin...
    • After-School Support Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty of accessing after-school support for children with autism in rural areas; to...
    • Equality Issues
      738. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Government intends to designate the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive as a priority file during...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      742. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average annual staff turnover rate of graduate lead educators working in Early Years services during the 2023/2024 programme...
    • Protected Disclosures
      743. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or...
    • Child Protection
      744. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of emergency child removals carried out under sections 12 and 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 in each of the past...
    • Home Care Packages
      754. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an overview of the regulation and oversight of private home-care companies. [32420/26]
    • Childcare Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total annual expenditure by Tusla on private childcare placements for each year from 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Children in Care
      768. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how children have been in residential care for each of the past five years under the National Placement Team; and the number of...
    • Child and Family Agency
      771. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of court orders that Tusla has failed to comply with for each of the past five years. [32469/26]
    • Rights of the Child
      772. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 29 March 2026, to provide an update on the outcome of her Department writing to all...
    • Children in Care
      773. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Tusla’s care who reached 18 years-of-age while still listed as 'missing' from State care, for each...
    • Paternity Leave
      775. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to extend the length of paternity leave from its current two weeks to eight weeks; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      776. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal clinical risk assessment has been conducted specifically examining the impact of the absence of clinician-level...
    • Residential Institutions
      789. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential or supported living places for adults with an intellectual disability delivered in each of the past...
    • Children in Care
      790. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total annual expenditure on private residential childcare placements for each of the past five years; the average cost per...
    • Health Services Staff
      795. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapists that are currently on panels within Children Disability Network Teams; and the expiry deadline...
    • Health Services
      798. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the respite care they have been waiting on for the past three years; if...
    • Children in Care
      799. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in care in County Cork. [32965/26]
    • EU Directives
      801. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) into Irish law; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Issues
      802. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of overdue assessments of need in County Mayo for each year from 2021 to 2025; the reasons for the significant increase;...
    • Disability Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting early intervention services in County Mayo, including speech and language therapy and...
    • Childcare Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for Garda vetting applications for new hires in childcare facilities in County Cork in each of the past...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      806. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting time for an assessment of need in County Cork; the number of children currently awaiting assessment, broken down...
    • Disability Issues
      808. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of whole-time equivalent staff, by discipline and by grade, employed in each Children's Disability Network Team in County...
    • Disability Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address the recruitment and retention of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists,...
    • Disability Issues
      810. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of operational respite beds for children and adults with disabilities in County Cork as of the most recent date...
    • Disability Services
      811. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations overseas where CDNTs within CHO3 went on recruitment campaigns seeking to recruit additional qualified staff to work...
    • Departmental Data
      812. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of recipients of the national childcare scheme and the Early Childhood Care and Education programme, broken down by...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      818. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which an individual who worked in a State institution (details supplied) who wishes to make a confidential disclosure...
    • Departmental Data
      819. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary...
    • Family Resource Centres
      820. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of family resource centres in each county; the funding allocated per county by her Department to such centres in 2026, in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      821. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tulsa is currently fully funded to employ the full complement of social workers they have requested to deliver their services; if...
    • Children in Care
      823. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the implementation of the current residential care strategy; the number of the projected units under the strategy that...
    • Child and Family Agency
      824. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify and provide detail of whether Tusla sought on increase in the rate of the aftercare allowance in previous...
    • Medicinal Products
      826. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is concerned about the promotion and sale of obesity medicines to under-18s for cosmetic weight-loss purposes by...
  • Department of Health
    • Obesity Levels
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated economic cost of obesity-related illness due to workforce absenteeism and reduced productivity; the number of working days lost annually due to...
    • Medicinal Products
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to tackle the promotion and sale of counterfeit obesity medicines online and offline which are in breach of the law, endanger public health and can...
    • Social Media
      831. To ask the Minister for Health whether she plans to meet the social media companies whose platforms are being used to sell counterfeit obesity medicines which endanger public health. [33441/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      832. To ask the Minister for Health whether the drug sotatercept, approved for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in other jurisdictions, will be made available to patients in Ireland; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the shingles vaccine free of charge to the general public. [31814/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if people living with type 2 diabetes could be made eligible for free dexcom continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices under the long-term illness scheme;...
    • Substance Misuse
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will examine the feasibility of rolling out a biennial survey on youth health outcomes and substance use in County Louth, similar to the...
    • Health Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the gaps in neurological services identified in the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      837. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will transfer to St. James’s Hospital ICU unit from Sligo University Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if she...
    • Medicinal Products
      838. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that current reimbursement timelines for orphan medicines align with the commitments on timely and equitable access set out in the...
    • Health Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides any direct supports, allowances, or reimbursement schemes to assist families caring for persons requiring continuous electrically powered...
    • Medicinal Products
      841. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to funding the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31918/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      842. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3408 of 14 April 2026, when a response will issue. [31925/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      843. To ask the Minister for Health whether fair deal applications for persons currently in hospital can be fast-tracked. [31936/26]
    • Hospital Transfers
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguarding protections in place to prevent persons being discharged from hospital to unsuitable home condition [31938/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists working in child and adolescent primary care mental health in each of the Cork primary care centres and the average waiting...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment (details supplied) will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31959/26]
    • Medical Cards
      847. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work underway to further increase medical card income limits as committed in the Programme for Government, given that income...
    • General Practitioner Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding free GP services to children up to 12 years-of-age, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      852. 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...
    • Psychological Assessments
      853. To ask the Minister for Health for assistance in relation to a psychiatric review and medication assessment for a person (details supplied). [31969/26]
    • Cancer Services
      854. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to establish a rapid access pancreatic cancer diagnostic clinic to ensure assessment within two weeks of referral; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      858. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the special circumstances of a medical card applicant and issue a full card to them (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      859. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite and accept the appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31983/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      860. To ask the Minister for Health given that the review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 was to be initiated by 17 April 2026; the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      861. To ask the Minister for Health given the investment by the State over decades in residential homes managed by St John of Gods Order, if she considers it appropriate that one of these...
    • Health Service Executive
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full breakdown of all expenditure incurred by the HSE in respect of the health performance visualisation platform and the integrated...
    • Mental Health Services
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the local mental health services available to a young person aged 18 to 30 years of age in the Gorey, north Wexford area; if such services are available 24/7;...
    • Health Services Staff
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the number of certified athletic therapists practicing in Ireland; the level of training and professional structure under which they...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for diagnostic imaging tests at the end of quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [32064/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to address the ongoing vacancy of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary; the number of recruitment campaigns...
    • Medicinal Products
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to delays in the sign off of fertility treatment by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (details supplied); the actions...
    • Health Services Staff
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographer clinical practice tutor posts currently filled within the HSE; the number of such posts filled, by hospital, in tabular form; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2027 of increasing the number of general practice training places to 465; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32114/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant breast surgeons employed at Cork University Hospital as of 28 April 2026; the corresponding number as of 30 June...
    • Departmental Data
      876. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all Minor Injuries Clinics operating within Cork city and county under the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent staff assigned to each...
    • Health Services Staff
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent ophthalmology registrars employed at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 28 April 2026, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Data
      878. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE substance misuse teams operating within Community Healthcare Organisation 4 (CHO4); the location of each team; the number of...
    • Dental Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dentists, by grade, and dental nurses, by grade, employed at Cork University Dental School and Hospital in each of the...
    • Health Promotion
      880. To ask the Minister for Health if the issue of HIV prevention will be on her agenda for the EU presidency, particularly on work towards ending transmission across Europe; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to address the service gap for people with disabilities who require therapeutic input after the age of 65, but who are no longer...
    • General Practitioner Services
      882. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) with a view to this family receiving a GP in their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32152/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      895. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the 5 January 2026 memo from the HSE Codeine Working Group instructing that low dose codeine-containing products should not be stocked routinely in...
    • Disease Management
      900. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government supports the inclusion of a distinct health “window” within the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034, with...
    • Self-Harm Prevention
      902. To ask the Minister for Health whether a standardised national dataset exists capturing all presentations of suicidal ideation and self-harm across both emergency departments and primary...
    • Health Strategies
      914. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the free contraception scheme, the reason commonly used contraceptive medication such as elvina are still excluded; the steps being taken to...
    • Protected Disclosures
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies that are...
    • Health Services Staff
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that have worked in the health service who have not been Garda vetted for that role. [32298/26]
    • Health Services
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the reason service users are charged a €4 daily charge when using HSE transport to day services in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      918. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department receives any aggregated reporting on the number, status or utilisation of residential properties owned or managed by the HSE if not,...
    • Ambulance Service
      924. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is informed of ambulance allocation or response delays exceeding defined thresholds, including delays exceeding 60 minutes. [32327/26]
    • Departmental Data
      927. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify whether any non-statutory bodies receive funding indirectly through the HSE or other agencies under her remit, and to provide a full list including...
    • Medicinal Products
      942. To ask the Minister for Health whether national clinical guidelines are in place governing access to pharmacological treatments for obesity within the public health service; if so, to...
    • Departmental Data
      943. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any assessment of waiting times for access to specialist obesity services, including multidisciplinary clinics; if so, to...
    • Medicinal Products
      944. To ask the Minister for Health whether any procurement or reimbursement decisions are under consideration in relation to new pharmacological treatments for obesity; if so, to outline the...
    • Health Services
      946. To ask the Minister for Health for assistance regarding a request for respite care (details supplied). [32364/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      947. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for cataract surgery, given that there was a delay through no fault of their own in the referral...
    • Dental Services
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered to provide GMS services in Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [32380/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered to provide GMS services in Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [32381/26]
    • Health Services
      950. To ask the Minister for Health whether a formal definition of "medically indicated" is applied by Children's Health Ireland in the scheduling of elective paediatric procedures; whether this...
    • Home Help Service
      955. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview of the regulation and oversight of private home-care companies. [32421/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      959. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of serious concerns that have been raised regarding inadequate nursing staffing levels in St. Finbarr’s ward, University Hospital...
    • Departmental Data
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the national average caseload per Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse (SCAN) post in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by Community Healthcare Organisation...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time from GP referral to SCAN assessment in 2025; and if she will provide the longest recorded waiting times by region. [32477/26]
    • Departmental Functions
      970. To ask the Minister for Health whether SCAN service capacity, caseload pressures, or unmet demand are recorded as risks within any HSE or Departmental risk register; and if she will outline...
    • Departmental Reviews
      971. To ask the Minister for Health whether any internal audit, external audit, or review has been conducted on SCAN service capacity, caseload management, or service effectiveness since the...
    • Departmental Data
      972. To ask the Minister for Health whether any adverse incidents, clinical risks, or service escalations have been linked to SCAN caseload pressures or service capacity constraints; and if she...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      974. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for surgery at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Recognition
      975. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors should continue operating pending completion of the HSE model of care...
    • Departmental Reports
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE report examining the implications of the final Cass Review for gender healthcare services in Ireland was completed; the reason it has...
    • Departmental Data
      979. To ask the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming HSE model of care for gender healthcare services will include a requirement for mandatory national data collection on referrals,...
    • Departmental Policies
      983. To ask the Minister for Health whether interim national guidelines or directives have been issued by her Department to the HSE governing gender-related assessment and referral pathways for...
    • Departmental Data
      984. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will commit to publishing all governance, audit, and evidence review documents underpinning the development of the HSE model of care for gender...
    • Departmental Bodies
      985. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the specific office, unit or named role within the Department or the HSE that holds ultimate national accountability for clinical governance,...
    • Gender Recognition
      986. To ask the Minister for Health whether any formal national governance framework, beyond the general HSE Code of Governance, has been approved or issued specifically for gender-related...
    • Departmental Reviews
      993. To ask the Minister for Health whether compliance with evidence-based clinical standards in gender-related care for minors is currently subject to any formal monitoring, inspection or...
    • Health Service Executive
      994. To ask the Minister for Health whether any timeline has been set for the establishment of a national data system, audit framework and governance structure for gender-related healthcare...
    • Health Services Staff
      998. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has set annual or monthly targets for reducing agency staffing expenditure; if so, to provide those targets for 2024, 2025 and 2026 and the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of agency staffing expenditure in the HSE by staff grade and category, including consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, nurses,...
    • Health Services Staff
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health how many agency staff have been converted to permanent HSE employment under the July 2025 agency conversion framework, broken down by staff grade, HSE Health...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has carried out any audit, review or evaluation of the July 2025 agency conversion framework; if so, to provide the findings;...
    • Care Services
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns regarding access to primary care services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32547/26]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 19 March 2026, the engagements she has had with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) since March...
    • Departmental Policies
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of any formal written policy, guideline or standard operating procedure governing eligibility decisions under the Treatment Abroad Scheme;...
    • Departmental Funding
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health who holds ultimate decision-making authority for approving funding under the Treatment Abroad Scheme, including whether this rests with individual...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health whether any national clinical criteria, thresholds, or evidentiary standards are formally defined for determining what constitutes a “proven...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health whether decisions under the treatment abroad scheme are subject to any centralised review, appeal mechanism, or consistency check across cases. [32565/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health whether any cost ceilings, budget controls, or value-for-money assessments are applied to approvals under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [32566/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered developing a national policy definition or classification framework for surgical procedures by clinical priority,...
    • Departmental Circulars
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department has issued any guidance to the HSE on how theatre capacity should be prioritised where demand exceeds available capacity; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health whether public hospitals are required to record the clinical priority category attached to surgical procedures when theatre time is allocated; and if not,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the feasibility of introducing structured data fields within hospital systems to record the clinical rationale and...
    • Departmental Data
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department receives any regular reporting from the HSE on the allocation of theatre capacity by specialty, urgency category, elective status,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health whether the absence of a standardised definition of medical necessity in surgical care creates a governance risk in relation to waiting lists, theatre access,...
    • Departmental Reports
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department received, reviewed, or was briefed on the 2022 Comptroller and Auditor General audit of the Treatment Abroad Scheme; the date on which...
    • Health Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in detail the accounting methodology applied by the HSE under the Treatment Abroad Scheme for attributing expenditure to a given financial year,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will establish a national policy framework to define and classify elective procedures based on clinical necessity, including low-value or...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive will introduce mandatory structured data fields within health information systems to record the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health how the Health Service Executive currently assesses value for money in respect of elective procedures in circumstances where no standardised definition of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 953 of 24 March 2026, whether the national guideline for the diagnosis and management of lipoedema referenced will...
    • Health Services
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health whether patients requiring surgical treatment for lipoedema are currently being referred abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; the number of such...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health whether a cost breakdown exists at project or contractor level separating fire safety works from general refurbishment works in the Heather House Community...
    • Departmental Data
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health the actual average cost per WTE of agency staff compared with directly employed staff across key grades, including staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist,...
    • Health Service Executive
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health whether the indicative 30% agency premium referenced by the HSE is formally incorporated into workforce planning, budget allocations, or recruitment strategy;...
    • Departmental Data
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of agency staff engaged under framework agreements versus off-framework arrangements, and the cost differential between these categories. [32680/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health whether workforce planning decisions within the HSE are informed by a quantified comparison of agency versus direct employment costs; and if no such model...
    • Departmental Data
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of agency staff engaged under framework agreements versus off-framework arrangements for each of the years 2023 to 2026, and the average cost...
    • Internal Audits
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health whether any internal audit, external audit, or review by the Comptroller and Auditor General has examined the cost-effectiveness of agency staffing within the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken by the HSE or individual hospitals, including South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, on the effectiveness of...
    • Disability Issues
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health whether a national policy exists requiring that a transition plan for housing and care supports be developed for persons with an intellectual disability...
    • Health Services Staff
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health whether a policy commitment exists to achieve pay parity between staff employed in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations and those employed directly by the...
    • Disability Issues
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health whether a formal interdepartmental framework exists between her Department, the Department of Housing and the HSE for the planning and delivery of housing and...
    • Nursing Homes
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the original planned completion dates for each phase of the refurbishment works at Heather House Community Nursing Unit, the revised completion dates, the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health the legal and governance basis upon which Children's Health Ireland holds final decision-making authority regarding the timing of patient transfer to the...
    • Nursing Homes
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the exact whole-time equivalent staffing complement currently assigned to the dementia-specific unit at Heather House Community Nursing Unit,...
    • Health Services
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health whether the staffing model originally developed for a 104-bed facility has been revised to reflect the reduction in capacity to approximately 102 beds and the...
    • Medicinal Products
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health whether any patients in the State currently have access to omaveloxolone, marketed as Skyclarys, for Friedreich’s ataxia through compassionate use,...
    • Swimming Pools
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the HSE is in ownership of a swimming pool facility at Elm Park, Dublin 4; and her plans to ensure that it be preserved to provide...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an internal review has not been commissioned regarding one of two complaints (details supplied) submitted to St. James’s Hospital, Dublin;...
    • Health Services
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she has had with families or support groups for people suffering from Friedrichs ataxia in Ireland; and if she will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be clarified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32813/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in plastic surgery based at the Mater Hospital as of 28 April 2026, in tabular form. [32818/26]
    • Dental Services
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists posts filled at Longford dental clinic as of 29 April 2026, in tabular form. [32820/26]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health whether Ireland intends to use its Presidency of the Council of the European Union to advocate for the inclusion of provisions within any revised tobacco...
    • Ambulance Service
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that paramedics with the National Ambulance Service based in Dooradoyle, Limerick, intend to go on strike on 12 May 2026; her plans to...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health whether the review of insourcing published on 1 July 2025 included any quantified modelling of the impact of cessation on waiting list volumes and waiting...
    • Departmental Data
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health to specify the total volume of procedures, outpatient appointments, and diagnostic interventions delivered through third-party insourcing in each of the years...
    • Health Services
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the clinical specialties and procedures in which third-party insourcing was utilised prior to its reduction; and whether equivalent in-house...
    • Medicinal Products
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department receives aggregated national reporting on waiting times for access to PrEP services; and if so, to provide the most recent data. [32892/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which value for money is assessed in respect of funding provided to the Institute of Public Health in the absence of defined performance...
    • Public Spending Code
      1166. To ask the Minister for Health whether the current oversight arrangements for the Institute of Public Health have been formally assessed against the requirements of the Public Spending...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health whether any independent external evaluation of the outputs or impact of the Institute of Public Health has been conducted since 2020. [32902/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health whether funding provided to the Institute of Public Health is subject to periodic review or renewal based on performance outcomes. [32903/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on technical aids for visually impaired adults in the south-east in the last two years; and the way in which the application...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to purchasing lands at Lugnaquilla to provide a new national park; if this is under review...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending Part L of the Building Regulations to introduce a mandatory requirement that all new-build...
    • Housing Schemes
      493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to amend the croí cónaithe grant process so that applicants may draw down funds on the basis of a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the financial shortfall being experienced by applicants who do not have access to bridging finance under the...
    • Housing Schemes
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the budget for cost rental for 2026 will be increased to take account of inflation due to the Iran war and its impact on...
    • Departmental Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual housing delivery targets currently in place, broken down by tenure including private, social, affordable purchase...
    • Housing Policy
      499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative or planning reforms under consideration to facilitate higher density housing, including apartments and...
    • Rental Sector
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessments that have been carried out by his Department on the impact of current and proposed rent regulation measures on...
    • Housing Schemes
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether carer's allowance can be included as income in assessing the amount of HAP a person can receive; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32106/26]
    • Heritage Sites
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department, or any agency under its remit including the National Parks and Wildlife Service, has undertaken any...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      1175. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing concerns regarding overcrowding and inadequate postnatal facilities in a hospital (details supplied); the measures being taken to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health the investment that has been allocated in recent years toward improving infrastructure, patient space and family facilities within a hospital (details...
    • Medical Cards
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can revise the current medical card application forms to more clearly capture disability-related expenses, and to allow applicants to present a...
    • Home Help Service
      1181. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether a person (details supplied) will receive home help support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32958/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce the waiting time for patients to claim refunds for medication from the HSE raised by a person in Kildare south (details...
    • Nursing Homes
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1727 of 18 March 2026, if she will clarify whether a family farm that is included in the nursing home support scheme...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health not withstanding current EU Commission delegated regulations (EU) 2016/127, if she will consider financial assistance or subsidy schemes to combat...
    • Health Services
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the lack of physiotherapy services currently available in the Clifden area, County Galway; the actions that will be taken...
    • Patient Transport
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health to outline her Department's plans to increase transport options for people who are medically vulnerable to get to medical appointments; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline her Department's plans to address the challenges facing Ireland given the ageing demographic; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a home help package in Tipperary, by length of time, in tabular form. [33088/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist posts currently filled within Tipperary mental health services. [33089/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time taken by the HSE Drugs Group to issue a final reimbursement decision following receipt of a National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies in County Cork participating in the Common Conditions Service as of the most recent date available; the number of...
    • Gender Recognition
      1197. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of minors referred for gender-related assessment in each year from 2020 to 2026, including those referred domestically and those referred...
    • Health Service Executive
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 160 staff promised for the development of new memory services in 2023 (detail supplied) that have been recruited; and if she will make a...
    • Gender Recognition
      1206. To ask the Minister for Health to specify which named office or individual currently holds ultimate clinical and governance accountability for gender-related assessment and referral...
    • Health Services
      1207. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which clinical risk, patient safety, and service effectiveness are monitored in respect of gender-related healthcare pathways for minors in...
    • Gender Recognition
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether any formal interim governance framework, directive, or protocol has been issued to clinicians governing gender-related assessment and...
    • Health Services
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health to detail what national oversight mechanisms are currently in place within her Department to monitor clinical decision-making, patient outcomes, and...
    • Gender Recognition
      1217. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether any legal or policy framework currently governs consent, capacity assessment, and parental involvement in decisions relating to...
    • Health Services
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health whether any review has been undertaken by her Department into the adequacy of existing safeguarding arrangements in respect of minors accessing gender-related...
    • Gender Recognition
      1219. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what measures are currently in place to ensure consistency of clinical practice across regions in respect of gender-related assessment and referral...
    • Health Services
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that current arrangements meet the State’s obligations in respect of clinical governance, patient safety, and safeguarding,...
    • Gender Recognition
      1225. To ask the Minister for Health whether any cost tracking mechanism exists for gender-related referrals or treatments involving minors, including under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [33204/26]
    • Health Services
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being considered to put no wait cards on a statutory footing to address the needs of people with chronic illnesses (details supplied). [33205/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1227. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33225/26]
    • Hospital Services
      1228. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the elective surgical hospital for Cork (details supplied). [33226/26]
    • Substance Misuse
      1229. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of librium medication that is impacting detox and stabilisation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33227/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health whether the full target of 960 whole-time equivalent agency staff conversions to direct employment will be achieved; if not, the revised completion date; and...
    • Medical Records
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the full name, job title, employing organisation, and professional qualifications of each member of the evaluation panel or evaluation team...
    • Cancer Services
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); her plans to expand access to dendritic cell therapy and other personalised cancer...
    • Pension Provisions
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in establishing the reason a former HSE employee has yet to receive his gratuity payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health if a neurologist and multi-disciplinary team will be allocated to Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore or to another hospital in the wider Midlands area as...
    • Departmental Data
      1241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are living with Parkinson's Disease in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33344/26]
    • Health Services
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health further to HSE's commitment on 17 October 2025, that the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology would consider the requirements and feasibility of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the Irish Medical Council in the years 2022-2025 and projected spending for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures...
    • Health Strategies
      1247. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to add further condition to the heal prick test for newborn babies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33391/26]
    • Substance Misuse
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health if there are national policies or additional resources being considered to support towns like Clonmel experiencing a rise in visible drug activity; if there...
    • Medicinal Products
      1249. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify whether AEDs are covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33443/26]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a young self-employed landscaper can become a fully qualified arborist (details supplied) ; if they can be allowed to avail of...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      1251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of the Speak Out Programme in third level institutions for each of the years from 2022 to 2025 to date in 2026; his views on...
    • Third Level Education
      1254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered extending eligibility for Springboard courses to those not currently in employment who are not in receipt of...
    • Youth Work Projects
      1255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether minors in the international protection process, including unaccompanied minors, aged 15+ need a labour market access permit to access...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or State bodies...
    • Departmental Staff
      1257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department. [32309/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department engaged with any firms in the private sector in the development of his Department's new national AI skilling platform,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current rates of pay applicable to apprentices across the various apprenticeship phases; whether his Department has undertaken any...
    • Departmental Data
      1262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Protected Disclosures
      1263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of contracts a firm (details supplied) has had with his Department in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the nature of services...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of the capital and current funding allocated to the Department that has been spent in the first four months of...
    • Departmental Data
      1266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential...

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