Written answers
Thursday, 7 May 2026
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Facilities
9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the nationwide audit of sports facilities to address shortages in areas underserved including towns with...
- Sports Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available through his Department and bodies under its aegis, such as Sport Ireland, to support darts; and if he...
- Culture Policy
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the work of the Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, specifically...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the value-for-money assessment that was undertaken in evaluating a pay increase for the Director General of RTÉ. [31948/26]
- Sports Facilities
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the development of the national cricket stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32816/26]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to urgently address the extremely poor mobile phone service at numerous locations across County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Sports Funding
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding available to offset the cost of facilitating summer camps in sporting clubs. [31947/26]
- Emergency Planning
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 2 October 2025, to provide an update on the procurement of a cell based public...
- Sports Funding
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the two outstanding Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund applications submitted by Clare County...
- National Broadband Plan
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the up-to-date position on connection timeframes for NBI deployment areas (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Swimming Pools
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to build new public swimming pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31769/26]
- Departmental Strategies
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the manner in which Ireland’s International Sports Diplomacy Strategy supports the work and goals of his Department...
- Arts Funding
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will respond to the call of theatre practitioners for multi-annual funding of theatre companies, to sustain and...
- Departmental Policies
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the way in which his Department is ensuring delivery of the final-phase targets under the National Sports Policy 2018-2027,...
- Sports Funding
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if any section of his Department has received any applications for funding for an ice hockey arena; and if he will make a...
- Swimming Pools
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will if he will devise a plan in conjunction with Galway County Council, to progress a publicly owned swimming pool in...
- Postal Services
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline any plans he and An Post have for a more expansive range of public services available at post offices;...
- Social Media
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on any proposals for a ban on social media for under 16’s; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Swimming Pools
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross; and if he will...
- Sports Events
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress being made on the UK and Ireland bid for the 2028 UEFA European Championships; and if he will make a statement...
- Artists' Remuneration
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will report on the operation of the basic income for the arts scheme. [33294/26]
- Film Industry
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether a report was ever written on the Section 481 Film Tax Credit stakeholder forum for the film industry held in Dublin...
- Swimming Pools
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to make a firm commitment that the necessary funding will be provided from his Department to rebuild a centre (details...
- Sports Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to increase the Sports Capital funding to clubs across County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33221/26]
- Sport and Recreational Development
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport given the Government’s commitment to promote the uptake of sport and physical activity by all citizens, if he will...
- Culture Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to report on the work of the night-time economy advisor for Galway city. [33413/26]
- Sports Funding
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the maximum drawdown of funds from the previous round of the Community Sport Facilities...
- Culture Policy
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to extend the new late-night transport pilot serving rural night-time economy locations to other towns and other...
- Artists' Remuneration
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the deadline is for applying for the new basic income for the arts scheme; the way in which the new scheme differs from...
- Sport and Recreational Development
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he has engaged with the Department of Education and Youth, and with Sport Ireland, to support equitable access to...
- Departmental Strategies
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the implementation of the National Counter Disinformation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Arts Funding
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the progress of a potential arts capital grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Culture Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of a culture card...
- EU Presidency
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to avail of the opportunity of Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union to draw attention to the cultural...
- Artists' Remuneration
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will extend the basic income for artists scheme to all eligible applicants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Events
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to ensure that the two upcoming international events, the Ryder Cup 2027 and UEFA EURO 2028, will have lasting...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on her Department’s policy regarding the deployment of the Defence Forces to intervene in peaceful protest; and if...
- National Security
77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a dedicated subsea infrastructure incident response plan is in place; the way in which such an incident would be managed across her Department...
- Departmental Programmes
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether consideration has been given to re-establishing a State supported national sail training vessel following the loss of the Asgard II; the...
- Military Neutrality
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will commit to a public plebiscite on the question of the removal of the triple lock; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Official Engagements
81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the recent meeting with the chair of the Estonian Parliamentary National Defence Committee. [32726/26]
- Defence Forces
82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will ensure measures are continued to secure investment in accommodation throughout the Defence Forces; and following on from the positive...
- Official Engagements
86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a report on the recent meeting with the French Minister Delegate to the Armed Forces, Alice Rufo. [33111/26]
- Defence Forces
87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she can confirm the Defence Forces are in possession of and can operate under-sea radar equipment and air radar equipment; and if she will...
- Official Engagements
88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on her visit to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn. [32725/26]
- Defence Forces
89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on investment in Aiken Barracks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32716/26]
- Naval Service
90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans for forward operating base for the Naval Service on the east coast; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33114/26]
- Defence Forces
91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the process for the Army to be deployed to aid the Gardaí in operations should take place; her views on whether this...
- Departmental Programmes
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her policy on the provision of a national sail training programme; the level of funding currently provided to an organisation (details supplied)...
- Defence Forces
95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she or other Departments have had any discussions with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding a future use for the...
- Departmental Policies
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding her recent meeting with UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer at the latest UK-Ireland Summit in Cork, in particular in relation...
- Defence Forces
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the improvements planned for Stephens Barracks under the €1.7 billion Defence National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement...
- Naval Service
102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans for a forward operating base on the west coast for the Naval Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33296/26]
- Departmental Policies
103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department has engaged with the United Nations General Assembly to bring forward the criteria for the fulfilment of the Defence Act and...
- Defence Forces
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on her commitment to produce legislation to underpin the appointment of and status of military chaplains including...
- Departmental Policies
107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the planned legislation to abolish the triple lock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32066/26]
- Defence Forces
108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe for legislation to underpin the appointment and status of military chaplains; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naval Service
113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the Naval Service’s current fleet complement; the number of ships that are fully crewed and are regularly at sea;...
- Defence Forces
115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in view of the deterioration in the geopolitical environment, if consideration will be given to the establishment of forward operating bases in...
- Naval Service
118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current capacity of An tSeirbhís Chabhlaigh to ensure the security of the State’s maritime area in the areas of defence, drug...
- Departmental Policies
119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her views on whether sending Irish troops on military missions without the safeguards of the triple lock system would jeopardise...
- Defence Forces
121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 24 March 2026, whether the Strategic Workforce Plan currently under development includes...
- United Nations
125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will report on any discussions had with the UN regarding any missions that Irish peacekeepers may take part in following the cessation of...
- Cybersecurity Policy
126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which her Department is supporting defence-relevant critical entities in meeting the enhanced cyber-resilience obligations set out in...
- Defence Forces
127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the functions formerly performed by the Defence Forces that the Government has outsourced since 2020. [33100/26]
- National Security
130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her key priorities under the new National Maritime Security Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33115/26]
- Defence Forces
131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she is aware of four meetings held between the Defence Forces and public representatives regarding support for homeless and struggling...
- Naval Service
133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans for an expanded Naval Reserve presence in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33297/26]
- National Security
134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans for capability development in support of increased maritime security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33112/26]
- Cybersecurity Policy
135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which her Department is contributing to the national risk assessment of critical entities required under the National Strategy on the...
- Departmental Records
137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department has any records pertaining to a 19th century British Army rifle and musket firing range at Woodcock Hill, Meelick, County...
- Naval Service
138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will provide an update on the staffing shortages in the Naval Service; the progress made with the on-going recruitment campaign within...
- Question Heading
- Defence Forces
140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on any progress made in the investigations into the death of a Defence Forces member who was killed on duty in Lebanon (details...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide an up-to-date progress report on the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (details...
- Defence Forces
144. 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...
- Passport Services
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to previous replies, to provide the average and median processing times for first-time passport applications in each of the past...
- Travel Documents
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review an application and escalate same (details supplied). [33646/26]
- Departmental Contracts
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department or any bodies and agencies under her aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the...
- Defence Forces
157. 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 Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil and public servants employed by her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33952/26]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Energy Infrastructure
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including energy and environmental infrastructure projects, delivered...
- Energy Policy
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the analysis of an organisation (details supplied) of surplus grid energy that has taken place; if there is a proposal to...
- Turf Cutting
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm, following remarks by the Taoiseach (details supplied), that it is the policy of his Department and the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details...
- Energy Policy
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department or any agency under its remit has examined the potential for a State supported bulk procurement or...
- Seirbhísí Dátheangacha
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether or not he is aware that the SEAI online application system does not permit applicants to enter the correct...
- Fisheries Protection
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 18 March 2026, for an update on the engagement regarding the establishment by...
- Sustainable Energy Communities
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional staffing and administrative resources allocated to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to support...
- Climate Change Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the development of Ireland’s Social Climate Plan; whether a draft has been completed; when the...
- Energy Policy
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); the current and future plans to make Ireland more energy...
- Departmental Staff
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33946/26]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
179. 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...
- Public Procurement Contracts
180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department or any bodies and agencies under her aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration...
- Departmental Data
182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Acts for which her Department has responsibility; the number of these that have official texts available in both English and...
- World Bank
183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will publish and or provide this deputy with a report, the EU-funded World Bank country consultation into Ireland's review of the...
- Departmental Projects
184. 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 Staff
185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civil and public servants employed by her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33948/26]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role, if any, his Department plays in the funding, policy development or delivery of rural transport services; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will examine the exclusion of a village in County Leitrim from a rural...
- Driver Licences
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the proposals arising from the Drivers Licence Exchange Committee Report (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Transport Policy
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his Department's role in the planning, funding and expansion of rural transport services; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Network
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current capacity limits of the M50; the frequency with which incidents lead to full or partial gridlock; and the contingency measures...
- Driver Licences
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving licence suspensions in each of the years from 2018 to 2025; the number of suspended driving licences received by...
- Tax Exemptions
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any exemptions from motor tax exist, whether statutory or discretionary, for individuals subject to protection orders who rely on...
- Departmental Contracts
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the...
- Departmental Data
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average carriage capacity on services operating on the Maynooth train line, per day, in each of the years from 2019 to date in 2026,...
- Driver Test
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports currently available to individuals who have literacy difficulties, including those who cannot read or write, when...
- Departmental Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects delivered...
- Fuel Prices
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of State public transport services (details supplied) that hedges its fuel purchases; the amount it spends...
- Departmental Correspondence
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if his Department is aware of these concerns; the engagement his...
- Electric Vehicles
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric buses in the Cork depot; the number of chargers associated with them; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Licences
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will add an organisation (details supplied) to the list of blue light operators to allow them to operate drones without clearance...
- Departmental Data
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to account for the membership of the IAA working group on UAS Geographical Zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33920/26]
- Departmental Projects
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects delivered...
- Departmental Correspondence
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he or his Department have considered reviewing the exam; and if he...
- Departmental Data
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33960/26]
- Departmental Properties
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans for the abandoned theatre (details supplied) in Busáras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34200/26]
- Departmental Projects
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects, delivered...
- Department of Finance
- Emergency Services
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) do not receive the same level of flat rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare...
- Court Sittings
224. To ask the Minister for Finance when he was first made aware of a High Court case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/26]
- Departmental Inquiries
228. To ask the Minister for Finance if compensation mechanisms are in place for the losses incurred for a person (details supplied) as a result of being prevented from working, given that the...
- Services Sector
231. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider correspondence (details supplied) and allow for a reduction in Vat, to 9% for the beauty industry in line with hairdressers and barbers; and if he...
- Revenue Commissioners
232. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any statutory provision within the Vehicle Registration Tax regime provides for exemptions, waivers or reduced liability in respect of vehicles...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
234. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of Vehicle Registration Tax and associated motor taxation requirements on individuals in...
- Revenue Commissioners
235. To ask the Minister for Finance whether responsibility for considering financial or administrative reliefs for individuals subject to protection orders in respect of vehicle importation is...
- Departmental Funding
236. 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...
- State Bodies
238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration and cost of the...
- Trade Data
239. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual Exchequer yield attributable to the deemed disposal regime as it applies to Exchange Traded Funds and other gross roll-up investment...
- Revenue Commissioners
242. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any analysis has been conducted by his Department, the Revenue Commissioners, or any external body on whether the deemed disposal regime influences...
- Tax Data
243. To ask the Minister for Finance to identify any EU or OECD jurisdiction that applies a taxation mechanism equivalent to Ireland’s deemed disposal regime, including the taxation of...
- Cost of Living Issues
251. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of each measure in the March 2026 energy package announcement; the additional costs associated with new measures and extensions contained in the...
- Tax Code
252. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take in light of the AccelerateEU communication where the European Commission confirmed that member states can tax windfall profits of...
- Tax Rebates
260. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will consider expanding the eligibility to claim tax back on gluten free food items to include all those with inflammatory or autoimmune...
- Tax Exemptions
261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering raising the income tax exemption limit for people over the age of 65 years, which currently stands at €18,000 for an individual...
- Departmental Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33951/26]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Development Plan
264. 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...
- Information and Communications Technology
266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the...
- Departmental Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil and public servants employed in his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33781/26]
- Departmental Properties
268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a proposal will be accommodated regarding the re-opening of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Development Plan
269. 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...
- Office of Public Works
270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Strategic Review being led by the Office of Public Works in relation to the consolidation of State agency facilities at Dublin...
- National Development Plan
272. 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...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Bodies
273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of all capital projects and programmes including those delivered through IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland...
- Departmental Contracts
277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the...
- Rental Sector
278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the most up-to-date position on short-term lets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33759/26]
- Departmental Data
280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that the State has invested in that are also subject to State regulation by a body or agency for each of the...
- Departmental Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33950/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her...
- School Accommodation
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an urgent case (details supplied); if her Department will contact the school and update them on their application for additional...
- Schools Building Projects
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process for identifying suitable sites for an secondary Gaelscoil. [33562/26]
- School Patronage
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of parents of preschool children who indicated a preference for a multi-denominational primary school option in the...
- Departmental Data
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her...
- Special Educational Needs
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the shortage of special school and special class places, particularly at post-primary level in County Louth; the...
- Irish Language
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to reform the teaching of the Irish language at post-primary level to prioritise oral fluency, everyday communication, and...
- Education Policy
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific, measurable actions being taken to address rising levels of racism, xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia in post-primary schools;...
- Departmental Correspondence
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a response to correspondence will issue; and if she will make...
- Departmental Data
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or any bodies and agencies under her aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration and...
- Departmental Correspondence
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to give urgent consideration to correspondence received from a school (details supplied), particularly in view of the long delay of this...
- Departmental Data
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her...
- School Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that exists regarding the use and deployment of Croke Park hours; the way schools are expected to utilise these hours; the way the...
- School Accommodation
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin; whether consideration is being given to the provision of a...
- Schools Building Projects
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that a school (details supplied) will progress from Stage 2A to Stage 2B of the Department’s School Building and...
- Departmental Policies
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the confirmation of English as an additional language (EAL) hours for the 2026/2027 school year; the reason the new...
- Programme for Government
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress update on the Programme for Government’s commitment to reducing primary school class sizes towards an average of 19:1; if...
- School Admissions
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classes projected to have 30 or more students for the upcoming 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a Stage 2a meeting for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33895/26]
- Departmental Data
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of primary classes of 30+ pupils for 2026/2027, by class level, with specific reference to infant classes; and if she will...
- Disadvantaged Status
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to exclude many Limerick primary schools situated in disadvantaged areas from DEIS Plus status; and if she will...
- Departmental Data
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil and public servants employed by her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33949/26]
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Organisations
314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight that exists to ensure that complaints relating to governance failures or misconduct at local committee level...
- Departmental Funding
315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including sports, cultural and communications infrastructure projects...
- Online Safety
319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that young people have a meaningful and structured voice in decision making on social media...
- Information and Communications Technology
320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details...
- Sports Funding
321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether a sports club or school can spend a portion of the Sports Capital Grant on consultants for the purpose of...
- Departmental Funding
323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of funding provided in 2026 by his Department for mental health and wellbeing support...
- Arts Council
324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he is satisfied that the Arts Council has expanded eligibility for funding to all sectors of the arts; whether he...
- Sport and Recreational Development
325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the Community Sports Fund will be opened; whether the amounts available will allow for increased costs; and if he will...
- Departmental Data
326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of civil and public servants employed by his/her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form....
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Disability Issues
327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any direct financial supports are available to individual families of children with additional and high sensory needs...
- State Bodies
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) employed by Tailte Éireann will receive the agreed salary outlined in their employment...
- Departmental Funding
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all capital projects including social and affordable housing, water services, heritage and local...
- Local Government Reform
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the Local Democracy Taskforce, which was presented to him on 4 March 2026, will be published; whether he...
- Rental Sector
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update of progress on the recommendations contained within the 2024 DHLGH report "A review of the future...
- Housing Policy
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assessment has taken place on the additional infrastructure required for the population within a site in Dublin...
- Planning Issues
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the research that was carried out by his Department prior to the recent changes to planning regulations for modular homes,...
- Housing Schemes
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households on the social housing waiting list, broken down by household type and by length of time on the...
- Housing Policy
340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review a case (details supplied); his views on whether this is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all capital projects including social and affordable housing, water services, heritage and local...
- Departmental Data
343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied);...
- Departmental Funding
344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all capital projects including social and affordable housing, water services, heritage and local...
- Housing Schemes
345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 28 April 2026, to clarify details in respect of the criteria ( details supplied);...
- Housing Policy
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assessment has taken place on the additional infrastructure required for the population within a 27 acre site (details...
- Fire Service
348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered extending the mandatory retirement age to 62 years for members of the Retained Fire Service;...
- Postal Voting
350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the deadline for postal vote and special vote applications for the two by- elections was set only one...
- Public Sector Staff
351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33955/26]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to carry out a review of the disallowance of fuel allowance for a person (details supplied). [33552/26]
- Social Welfare Payments
353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total expenditure to date on the accommodation recognition payment scheme; the number of recipients currently in receipt...
- Departmental Contracts
358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether it is intended that individuals who contribute to pay full PRSI contributions after age 66, while deferring their...
- Social Welfare Payments
360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for urgent needs payments in each county in the first three months of each of the years 2019, 2025...
- Social Welfare Schemes
363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are categories for family composition and circumstances beyond the categories of single, couple and dependent child;...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance, particularly in cases where an applicant is an adult in...
- Departmental Staff
372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33958/26]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Expenditure
373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total Exchequer expenditure incurred to date, by year since 2022, in respect of accommodation, income supports and...
- International Protection
374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy rationale for maintaining temporary protection supports, including accommodation supports, until March 2027; whether...
- Coroners Service
380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Coroner Report for 2025 will be published by his Department; the reason it has not been published to date; and if he...
- An Garda Síochána
381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the High Visibility Policing Plan for Dublin city will be expanded into northside communities such as Cabra; and if he will...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all capital projects including Garda stations, courthouses, prison and immigration-related...
- Driver Licences
384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of driving licence suspensions in each of the years from 2018 to 2025; the number of suspended driving licences...
- Departmental Contracts
388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied);...
- Legislative Measures
389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the provision to extend the limitation period for clinical negligence from two to three years, as set out in the Legal...
- Gender Recognition
390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 846 of 28 April 2026, given the procedures around naturalisation are not informed by the...
- Visa Applications
391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a join family visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33766/26]
- Common Travel Area
392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the organisations currently represented in the Common Travel Area Forum; whether there are any human rights organisations...
- An Garda Síochána
394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of expected attestations of new Gardaí in 2026; the date for each of them; and if he will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) in view that it is over seven months since...
- Naturalisation Applications
396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for an Irish passport (naturalisation) will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Staff
397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33956/26]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Diseases
398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give favourable consideration to a TB valuation appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Coillte Teoranta
399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total annual revenue generated by Coillte in each of the years 2020 to 2025, broken down by timber production, land transactions,...
- Forestry Sector
401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any binding or enforceable targets have been set by his Department in respect of biodiversity outcomes, native woodland...
- Coillte Teoranta
402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any independent audit, review, or evaluation has been conducted since 2020 in respect of environmental, biodiversity, or...
- Forestry Sector
406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of the public bodies participating in the Planting on Public Lands initiative; the total hectares identified for...
- Departmental Data
409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all capital projects including fishery harbour, forestry, agri-food and other infrastructure projects...
- Animal Welfare
411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare complaints received by his Department, the number investigated, the number resulting in enforcement...
- Departmental Data
417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all capital projects including fishery harbour, forestry, agri-food and other infrastructure projects...
- Departmental Expenditure
418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the...
- Departmental Data
419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all capital projects including fishery harbour, forestry, agri-food and other infrastructure projects...
- Departmental Staff
420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33944/26]
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Family Resource Centres
421. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to assist family resource centres (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33587/26]
- Departmental Data
422. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any review has been undertaken by her Department regarding the application of the Equal Status Acts in the context of...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
423. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update in relation to a Naíonra (details supplied). [33765/26]
- Equality Issues
424. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); if she has engaged with same; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
426. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects,...
- Disabilities Assessments
428. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the date an assessment of needs will be carried out for a child (details supplied). [33480/26]
- Childcare Services
429. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to introducing greater flexibility within the national childcare scheme for families with...
- Departmental Data
433. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects,...
- EU Presidency
435. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 917 of 28 April 2026, the specific diplomatic and policy actions planned to progress the...
- Departmental Bodies
436. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out the policy basis on which reports of the National Review Panel are selected for publication or non-publication; the...
- Departmental Data
439. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the absence of a national dataset tracking reopened child protection cases; whether this gap has...
- Legislative Measures
441. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify whether her Department retains any policy, oversight, or reporting role in relation to follow-up actions arising from...
- Departmental Bodies
444. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether all deaths of children known to Tusla are subject to review by the National Review Panel; and if not, the criteria used to...
- Departmental Contracts
446. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department or any bodies and agencies under her aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the...
- Parental Leave
447. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the potential extension of paternity leave beyond the two weeks currently legislated for; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
448. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the median and average length of time from a child’s entry into State care to the achievement of a permanency outcome,...
- Child Protection
449. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who do not have an identified permanency pathway recorded in their care plan; and if...
- Departmental Projects
458. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects,...
- Mother and Baby Homes
459. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether St. Clare’s Baby Home, Stamullen, County Meath, is included in the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the...
- Departmental Funding
460. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding streams or grant schemes that are currently available through her Department or Tusla to support registered charities...
- Departmental Staff
461. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of civil and public servants employed by her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33945/26]
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
462. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [33462/26]
- Hospital Staff
463. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to appoint a new orthopaedic surgeon in University Hospital Limerick following the retirement of a surgeon (details supplied) in order that patients...
- Dental Services
464. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a referral to the HSE special care dental service for a person (details supplied) who is a medical card holder with complex health needs; the...
- Healthcare Policy
466. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that a national Integrated Model of Care for Acute and Chronic Pain Services can be developed and implemented effectively where the...
- Health Services
470. To ask the Minister for Health whether the absence of specific cost centres for pain medicine and interventional pain procedures has been identified as a barrier to planning, funding or...
- Healthcare Policy
472. To ask the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming Integrated Model of Care for Acute and Chronic Pain Services will include minimum staffing standards for each Health Region, including...
- Health Service Executive
475. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will require the HSE to publish an updated national map of publicly funded chronic pain services, given that the most recent national survey cited...
- Medicinal Products
476. To ask the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) in relation to a series of matters regarding the policy, clinical and financial rationale for restricting access to...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
477. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including hospital, primary care centre and other health infrastructure works delivered by her Department...
- Healthcare Policy
479. To ask the Minister for Health if she or her Department have given consideration to targeted financial supports for parents who must rely on feeding formula for babies due medical or other...
- Health Services
480. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review early intervention services, such as tongue tie treatment and other early services for those who might have difficulty in breastfeeding as a...
- Healthcare Policy
481. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she and her Department have taken to advocate at an EU level for flexibility in the regulation of breastfeeding and the use and sale of baby...
- Health Service Executive
482. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that zero referrals to the National Independent Review Panel (NIRP) in 2025 accurately reflects the number of serious incidents...
- Independent Review Mechanism
489. To ask the Minister for Health whether the governance and administrative relationship between the NIRP and the Office of the Chief Social Worker has been independently reviewed since the...
- Health Service Executive
491. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to ensure systemic learning from NIRP reports is disseminated across community health and social care services. [33541/26]
- Medicinal Products
493. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1964 of 18 March 2026, relating to omaveloxolone skyclarys®, whether any interim arrangements are available or under...
- Emergency Services
494. To ask the Minister for Health whether the dispatch-time KPIs relating to allocation within 60 seconds (PURPLE) and 180 seconds (RED) are subject to any mandatory compliance thresholds,...
- Ambulance Service
500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedic vacancies that currently exist within the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33588/26]
- Vaccination Programme
503. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the shingles vaccine being made available for a cohort of immunocompromised individuals; to outline when a decision will be made on...
- Gender Recognition
504. To ask the Minister for Health in light of confirmation that no structured national data collection system currently exists in respect of gender-related healthcare services, whether her...
- Healthcare Policy
507. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has issued any interim policy direction, guidance, or governance framework to the HSE in respect of gender-related healthcare services...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
514. To ask the Minister for Health if the modular building being erected outside LUH ED for boarding patients waiting to be admitted to the hospital will be used permanently instead of the...
- Healthcare Policy
516. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has issued any written policy, circular, guidance, or directive since 2018 concerning the reporting,...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
518. To ask the Minister for Health she will provide a list of all capital projects, including hospital, primary care centre and other health infrastructure works delivered by her Department or...
- Health Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 887 of 21 April 2026, if the external expert panel will aim to establish certain matters (details supplied); and if she...
- Home Care Packages
521. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of home care provision is being allocated to private home care agencies; and the percentage of home care provision that is being provided by HSE...
- Vaccination Programme
523. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the shingles vaccine for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33735/26]
- Gender Recognition
524. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has established, or intends to establish, a specific national clinical governance framework governing referrals by multidisciplinary...
- Departmental Data
534. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains any central record, oversight mechanism, or reporting framework in respect of reimbursement applications for high-cost or rare...
- Medicinal Products
540. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current operational status of any early access or compassionate access schemes for rare disease medicines; and to confirm whether any such...
- Healthcare Policy
541. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline, governance structure, and eligibility criteria for the proposed “sandboxed early access programme” for rare diseases referenced in...
- Health Services
543. 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); the actions planned...
- Legislative Reviews
544. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 3 March 2026, if the Alcohol Act Technical Evaluation Group submitted an interim report; if so, the date; if not,...
- Legislative Programme
545. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the publication of the general scheme of the health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; whether a timeline with target...
- Health Services
546. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department and the HSE to improve access to multidisciplinary neurological services, including physiotherapy, speech and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
548. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on current waiting times for neurology services; the current number of persons on neurology outpatient waiting lists by hospital group; the...
- Disability Services
550. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the funding and delivery of residential places for adults with intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Capital Expenditure Programme
552. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including hospitals, primary care centres and other health infrastructure works delivered by her Department...
- Irish Language
553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Acts for which her Department has responsibility; the number of these that have official texts available in both English and Irish; the number...
- Departmental Funding
554. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify which Department, agency or statutory body has responsibility for the provision of funding to community-based counselling and psychotherapy...
- Departmental Appointments
563. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure orthodontal surgery is expedited for a person (details supplied). [33878/26]
- Hospital Transfers
564. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred to St. Vincents Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Policies
565. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) antibody injection for newborn babies, amidst news that it is at risk of being...
- Departmental Staff
566. To ask the Minister for Health the annual bill for agency staff in each acute hospital, per staff type, doctor, nursing, support grades and administration for 2026, in tabular form; and if...
- National Children's Hospital
568. To ask the Minister for Health the total professional fees paid to date to architects and design consultants involved in the National Children’s Hospital project; the basis on which...
- Departmental Schemes
570. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria for the critical illness protocol; if there is a defined list of medical conditions that qualify under this scheme; if those who...
- Departmental Data
571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications submitted under the critical illness protocol in each of the years 2021 to date; the number approved; the number refused; the number...
- Legislative Process
572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of amendments tabled to the Mental Health Bill 2024 at all stages, broken down by Government and opposition; the number of the amendments that were...
- Departmental Data
573. To ask the Minister for Health to list all mixed-sex and single-sex acute psychiatric wards across all hospitals here; and the plans towards the future development of single-sex acute...
- Departmental Staff
575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil and public servants employed by her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Projects
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including further and higher education campus, ETB and research infrastructure projects,...
- Departmental Data
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which ongoing compliance of the English language sector will be monitored under Trust Ed Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration and...
- Departmental Data
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including further and higher education campus, ETB and research infrastructure projects,...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Library Projects
588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/26]
- Departmental Data
589. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all capital projects including those delivered under LEADER, the Rural Regeneration and Development...
- Departmental Contracts
592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
594. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that are currently available through his Department to support registered charities delivering essential...
- Departmental Funding
597. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all capital projects including those delivered under LEADER, the Rural Regeneration and Development...
- Departmental Staff
601. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33957/26]
