Written answers
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been brough to the case of a person (details supplied); if her Department will commit to observing the trial to ensure...
- European Union
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's position on the accession of Armenia to the European Union following the European Parliament's resolution noting that Armenia...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
4. 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...
- Irish Aid
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline any development aid projects supported by Ireland that assist in building cyber resilience in other territories. [35682/26]
- Passport Services
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue in time for a family's imminent travel date and the additional supporting documentation that was submitted (details...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Data
8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 12 June 2025, if he has discussed this issue with the CRU since the question...
- Renewable Energy Generation
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on progress on the 2025 Programme for Government commitment to 'explore funding models of the...
- Energy Prices
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is aware of the current cost of electricity in Ireland relative to other EU member states; the factors...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
13. 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...
- Climate Change Policy
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to comment on the landslide in Alaska that resulted in one of the largest ever tsunamis globally, the cause and impact on...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the implementation of long-service increment recommendations contained within the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of public EV Charging points in Laois; and to provide a list of locations where additional charging points will be located.;...
- Fuel Prices
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the price of HVO fuel, produced in the EU, including here in Ireland, has been inflated in line with diesel when there...
- Pension Provisions
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the statutory instrument for the CIÉ pension increase will be published in Iris Oifigiúil. [35366/26]
- Driver Licences
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the status of the application, and the expected...
- Bus Services
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the continued delays and cancellations along Dublin Bus routes, particularly the number 15 route; and the actions he...
- Taxi Regulations
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 6 November 2025, to provide an update on the development of legislative changes to the Taxi...
- Departmental Projects
25. 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
- Insurance Coverage
26. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are any supports beyond the primary medical cert for payment of motor tax or insurance. [35530/26]
- EU Regulations
27. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he or his officials participated in discussions with Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal or Austria about calling for an EU-wide windfall tax on energy...
- Exchequer Deficit
28. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the rationale for running an exchequer deficit in the years 2026 to 2030, primarily to finance transfers to the Future Ireland Fund and the...
- Departmental Data
29. To ask the Minister for Finance to break down by recipient the funds scheduled for Strategic Capital Investment in each calendar year 2026 through 2030, as set out in Table 12 of the Annual...
- Tax Yield
30. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the significant increase in corporation tax yield forecast between 2029 and 2030, as set out in Table 12 of the Annual Progress Report 2026; and if...
- Departmental Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the maximum drawdown allowable from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund in 2026 and 2027 respectively; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Yield
35. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the cost to the exchequer of postponing the carbon tax and carbon tax-related increases on solid fuels, natural gas and mineral oil, respectively,...
- Tax Data
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to the exchequer in 2027 of maintaining the reduced VAT rate of 9% on electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
40. To ask the Minister for Finance if financial institutions can legally request biometric ID from existing customers to update their accounts; if a customer refuses can a financial institution...
- Departmental Data
41. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the current value of the national debt; the amount the debt has reduced in the past three years; and how much interest has been paid servicing the...
- Departmental Schemes
42. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work his Department is undertaking to develop a new scheme to replace the disabled drivers scheme; if he can provide a timeline of...
- Revenue Commissioners
43. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners are taking to seek to assess a more accurate cost of the of abolition of the deemed disposal...
- Departmental Reviews
44. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the reason Ireland is the only country in the world to apply a deemed disposal rule to retail investment funds. [35513/26]
- Departmental Policies
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the need for closer alignment of the substantial shareholding exemption with the dividend participation exemption, to ensure...
- Departmental Strategies
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the new Irish for Finance Strategy includes new measures and structures to prioritise the competitiveness of the Irish funds industry. [35516/26]
- Legislative Process
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to bring forward an amendment to sectio45 n 50 of the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015; to facilitate the use of distributed...
- Departmental Projects
49. 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...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Budgets
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the estimated cost of maintaining existing levels of service across the public sector in 2027; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Data
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total sum outstanding from current and former Ministers and officeholders arising from pension under-deductions. [35536/26]
- Departmental Policies
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reinstate the 'half day Christmas shopping' for public servants, which was a bonus each year on top of their annual leave...
- Departmental Projects
56. 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
57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public sector workers on WTE that will benefit from any public sector pay agreement. [35675/26]
- Departmental Projects
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a comprehensive list of major capital projects over the past 20 years on which public funds have been expended but which have...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Liquidations
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the liquidation of a company (details supplied), and the reported financial difficulties experienced by the company...
- Artificial Intelligence
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to prepare for the implementation of the Digital Omnibus on AI, including how national planning is being aligned...
- Patent Applications
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current average waiting time for the examination of a trademark application by the Patents Office; the number of applications...
- Departmental Data
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of trademark applications pending registration for more than six months; the measures, including staff...
- Departmental Programmes
72. 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 and...
- Departmental Data
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment that has been carried out as to Ireland's exposure to supply chain disruption as a result of current conflicts in West...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to set out the Government's definition of digital sovereignty and its approach to this issue at national and European level. [35680/26]
- Job Losses
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the layoffs at a company (details supplied); the steps being taken to engage and protect workers from said layoffs;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for an additional ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35379/26]
- School Staff
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board in relation to schools' staffing appeals for 2026/2027 teaching allocation; and...
- Special Educational Needs
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a 'comprehensive assessment of behavioural function' is a mandated requirement in special schools and ASD units when addressing high-risk...
- School Equipment
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary- and post-primary schools that require students to have a digital device for learning instead of traditional textbooks; the...
- Educational Disadvantage
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35457/26]
- School Staff
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the practice of schools terminating teachers contracts just as they are about to become eligible for a contract of indefinite...
- Mental Health Services
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mental health services and supports are provided in secondary schools; if this includes provision of counsellors in schools; how these...
- Schools Administration
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) [35510/26]
- Special Educational Needs
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on an application for assistive technology can be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35511/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the findings from the AI pilot projects (DALI4US, AI4T, FACTaL, ACT AI, AI DL), and the work of the AI External Advisory Taskforce, will be...
- Child Protection
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department have taken to address concerns raised by parents regarding recent reports at (details supplied); if her Department will...
- Education Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether in light of a new report (details supplied), which shows that only 40% of children living in Dublin’s south-west inner city attend...
- Special Educational Needs
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) to ensure her 13-year-old child gets access to a school.; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Transport
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of ongoing concerns about school transport access, to provide a county-by-county breakdown for 2025 of the number of primary and...
- Schools Building Projects
94. 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 Department...
- School Accommodation
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the emergency works grant being provided for a school (details supplied), given the state of the roof there; and if she will make...
- School Enrolments
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to reduce the waiting lists for students in primary and secondary schools in North Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Funding
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the legacy programme being developed in relation to EURO 2028; the specific long-term benefits envisaged for...
- Public Sector Pensions
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the agreed increase to An Post pensions will be approved and paid to members of the scheme; if this will be prioritised...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
100. 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,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Policy
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether representation for the disability service providers is provided for on the disability steering groups within each...
- Housing Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes built in County Mayo in each of the past ten years; the number built by approved housing bodies; the...
- Rental Sector
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a copy of the promised 'An Overview of Local Authorities Differential Rent Schemes and Rent Reviews', which was due...
- Housing Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will raise the income thresholds for the affordable home purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authorities
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for Local Government when he will publish the report from the Local Government Taskforce. [35531/26]
- Departmental Expenditure
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spending, by year, to date on the Dublin Inner City Taskforce including projects funded by the initiative or because of...
- Approved Housing Bodies
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise if approved housing bodies that provide housing for tenants with specific needs, such as people with disabilities...
- Housing Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing allocations for people with disabilities in 2025, broken down by physical, sensory,...
- EU Regulations
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline Ireland's intended position on any forthcoming EU REACH Committee votes concerning restrictions on the manufacture,...
- Departmental Projects
112. 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...
- Rental Sector
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if reform of the Affordable Housing Act 2021 will be considered to provide a cap on cost rental rent prices beyond the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what protections or supports are available to individuals who invested pension savings with a company (details supplied) and...
- School Meals Programme
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hot school meal suppliers are paid in advance for the expected number of school meals they supply in a year to an...
- Social Welfare Payments
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to strongly consider the appeal of a person (details supplied) against a determination of overpayment, noting the extenuating...
- Pensions Reform
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that when the option to defer the State pension until age 70 was introduced in 2024, whereby people could...
- Social Welfare Offices
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on if and when negotiations will take place with branch managers of social protection offices regarding the...
- Ports Policy
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of control checks carried out at ports and airports by officials in his Department each year since 2022; and if he...
- Citizens Information Services
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration was given to providing information about leaving school from Citizens Information services (details...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Cybersecurity Policy
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality which Department or agency has the lead responsibility in terms of progressing cybersecurity policy at a national level; and...
- Citizenship Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) in view that it is over 14 months since the application was first...
- Cyberbullying Issues
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether additional supports or reporting pathways are being developed to assist women in public life who experience AI driven...
- Naturalisation Applications
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the current policy regarding the treatment of time spent in the State under Temporary Protection (EU...
- Prison Service
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans the Government, and his Department have to improve capacity within the country's prisons, and in particular the...
- Legislative Measures
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how his Department intends to manage overlaps between the EU AI Act, GDPR, and the Digital Services Act; whether a formal...
- International Protection
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount paid by the State for IPAS accommodation at the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre for each of the past five...
- Legislative Process
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position regarding delays in the implementation of the Court Proceedings Delays Act 2024; whether the Minister is concerned...
- An Garda Síochána
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines that have been issued by county/Garda division for non-compliance of the Road Traffic (Electric Scooters)...
- Departmental Data
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters that have been confiscated for non-compliance of the Road Traffic (Electric Scooters) Regulations, for...
- Prison Service
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the full circumstances surrounding the death of prisoner (details supplied) while in custody, including the timeline...
- International Protection
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of incidents recorded in IPAS accommodation centres in each of the past five years; and to provide a breakdown...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to establish a formal cross-Border mechanism with the Department of Justice in the North of Ireland to provide...
- Departmental Data
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he receives regular written or statistical reports on the number and status of individuals who have been refused...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
158. 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...
- Legislative Measures
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation under which his Department can acquire residential houses to be used to accommodate persons in need of...
- Immigration Status
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of international protection applicants classified as minors who presented to IPO offices without any or valid...
- Student Visas
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by his Department to reduce delays in the processing of Extension of Student Conditions (ESTC)...
- Prison Service
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the reasons for the near 18-year delay in fully implementing electronic monitoring; to provide an update on its...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Supports
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the end date for submissions for the fuel support package beyond 22 May 2026, given that many farmers and...
- Food Industry
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of agricultural food or beverage products imported into Ireland from each of the Mercosur countries in 2023, 2024 and...
- Agriculture Supports
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the category under which a small scale agricultural contractor who is not VAT registered as his annual turnover does not meet the...
- Livestock Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current position regarding restrictions affecting the export of Irish livestock to mainland Britain; and to provide a...
- Live Exports
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment that has been carried out regarding the economic impact of restrictions to the export of Irish livestock to mainland...
- Fishing Industry
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether FLAG funding for the North West has been paused; whether funding will be made available for Fanad lighthouse; and if he will...
- Beef Sector
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regards to all beef imported from the United Kingdom in 2024, if the country of origin for all imports is known to the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money paid from CAP programmes in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to Teagasc, Bord Bia and ICBF; and if he...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
179. 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...
- Land Issues
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any assessment has been carried out as to the percentage of land in Ireland owned by non-Irish and non-EU member states; if he...
- Aquaculture Industry
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications are awaiting appropriate assessments at the Marine Institute; if there is an update on...
- Departmental Schemes
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when will the sustainable aquaculture scheme be open for applications in 2026; will the eligibility criteria be revised given the...
- Departmental Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the European Commission has now triggered Article 26 of the EMFAF Regulation allowing for compensation for fisheries and...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Childcare Services
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a new plan will be provided for children with additional needs in areas where the afterschool and weekend supports have been...
- Disability Services
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the funding and delivery of residential places for adults with intellectual disability; and if she will make...
- Departmental Data
189. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding provided for childcare in each Budget between 2016 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality based on current numbers, the estimated full year cost of increasing the universal hourly subsidy of €2.14 available under...
- Childcare Services
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of consultation she has had with childcare providers in relation to the Government's commitment to reduce childcare fees;...
- Disability Services
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the 12 planned residential places announced by the Minister; the percentage prescribed to Section 39A providers;...
- Care Services
199. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a breakdown of moneys spent on child and adult residential services over the past three years; and if she will make a statement...
- Childcare Services
201. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is aware of a potential available community space at a location (details supplied) for after school childcare;...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Galway waiting for assessment for PMC; the number in Galway waiting 4 weeks or less, 4-12 weeks, 12-24 weeks and over 24 weeks, in...
- Healthcare Policy
203. To ask the Minister for Health the interim national guidance that applies where a person is clinically discharged from hospital but does not consent to admission to a nursing home or other...
- Patient Transfers
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were discharged from acute hospitals to nursing homes in each of the past five years where the person did not consent, objected to...
- Healthcare Policy
207. To ask the Minister for Health whether guidance has issued to hospitals, community healthcare organisations, nursing homes and discharge teams on the legal position where an adult objects to...
- Patient Transfers
208. To ask the Minister for Health whether any national protocol requires that a person’s will and preference, capacity, decision-support arrangements, advance healthcare directive,...
- Patient Safety
212. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance that has issued to hospitals, nursing homes and HSE discharge teams on the legal status of 'next-of-kin'; whether she accepts that next-of-kin...
- State Legal Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs incurred by the State in each year since 26 April 2023 in High Court proceedings concerning the care, treatment, placement, detention or...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35367/26]
- Industrial Disputes
220. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that workers from an organisation (details supplied) are continuing with their strike action; her views on their status as section 39 workers;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
221. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with Temple Street Hospital can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35370/26]
- Health Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a speech and language therapy application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35371/26]
- Health Service Executive
224. To ask the Minister for Health if disability services, including Children’s Disability Network Teams, are exempt from the recruitment restrictions recently communicated to Regional...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
226. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting seven-years on an appointment; if this case can be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Cancer Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health to include high intensity focused ultrasound in the public healthcare system for those suffering with prostate cancer; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health the national implementation status of the single point of access for children's disability and mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
231. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the availability and funding of givinostat for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that a survey conducted by the Psychosis Education Network of psychiatrists' views identified an ongoing lack of a national programme of...
- Healthcare Policy
233. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns regarding the impact of the discontinuation of the Peer Payment Register in 2019 on the involvement of service users and family...
- Dental Services
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the school dentist scheme in primary level in Laois, that are still waiting on their first physical exam in each school year, in...
- Disability Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health for assistance in relation to appropriate supports for a child (details supplied). [35459/26]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
239. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) with type 2 diabetes can be considered for the glucose monitor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35460/26]
- Health Services Staff
240. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to recruit and employ a midwife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35466/26]
- Education and Training Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE to develop and run a CPD training module specifically looking at addressing bias in healthcare; the cost to develop a HSE module on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
243. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Beaumont Hospital; if they are on the routine or urgent waiting list; and...
- Dental Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for HSE orthodontic treatment in County Kerry; and the number of years they have been waiting, in tabular form; and...
- General Practitioner Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health when free GP care will be made available for all children under 12 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35490/26]
- Hospital Appointments Status
246. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on surgery for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35491/26]
- Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter regarding a carer (details supplied); to allow for a second carer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35535/26]
- Health Services
248. To ask the Minister for Health the date at which she expects the 24/7 cardiac care service at University Hospital Waterford to be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
249. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding the long-term illness scheme to include asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35631/26]
- Healthcare Policy
250. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1017 of 20 January 2026, to provide an update on the strategic review of the eligibility framework; if phase 1 has been...
- Ambulance Service
251. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to avert the planned strike action in the National Ambulance Service; if she will commit to implementing the independent review of...
- Healthcare Policy
252. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to prioritise HIV prevention during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU; if she plans to establish a renewed declaration following on from the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
253. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to provide funding in the upcoming budget to fund the provision of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System to people with diabetes...
- Wind Energy Generation
254. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive, and specifically the relevant Public Health Unit, has been notified of the planning appeal (details supplied) relating to...
- Health Services
255. 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...
- Vaccination Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the retention of the free RSV vaccination programme for newborns, in view of the demonstrated benefits of the scheme for infant health and...
- Health Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the inclusion of the medical condition asthma in the long term illness scheme, given that it is a chronic condition requiring...
- Ambulance Service
258. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently meet with and meaningfully engage with, the National Ambulance Services on issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
259. To ask the Minister for Health whether she intends to expand the use of robotic exoskeletons in the national healthcare system and fund the expansion of wearable robotics for neuromotor...
- Hospital Facilities
260. To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals in which new car parking facilities were constructed or installed in the past ten years; the number of new parking spaces provided and...
- Pharmacy Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of pharmacies unable to fulfil prescriptions to patients due to external factors such as supply chain issues; if her Department...
- Special Educational Needs
263. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new portal system regarding the summer education programme for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for Freestyle Libre were submitted by individual hospitals for people with diabetes over 21 years-of-age; the number that were...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student who remained registered as a full-time student until the end of February 2026, following an official extension of their...
- Artificial Intelligence
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether universities have been asked to report on the prevalence of generative AI use among students and staff; the risks have been identified...
- Third Level Education
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he will consider exempting applicants for a Professional Master of Education from SUSI eligibility criteria that require applicants to be...
- Artificial Intelligence
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for publication of the new national strategy on artificial intelligence skills and workforce development; and the measures being...
- Third Level Education
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to increase the number of training places in key professions experiencing workforce shortages, including healthcare,...
- Further and Higher Education
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in expanding tertiary education pathways between further education and higher education institutions; and how these...
- Research and Development
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has to strengthen Ireland's research and innovation capacity in response to increasing international competition for...
- Further and Higher Education
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered to ensure that rapidly growing regional populations are matched by adequate higher and further education...
- Departmental Projects
274. 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
- Departmental Contracts
275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the awarding of the management of the Seniors Alert programme to the Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service if he can...
- Departmental Projects
282. 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...
