Written answers

Thursday, 14 May 2026

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Asylum Seekers
      11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that all asylum seekers in State-contracted accommodation will have appropriate, safe, secure, and...
    • Crime Prevention
      13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries reported in County Mayo in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Service
      16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given that the prison estate is currently operating at 120% to 125% capacity, the work he is doing to reduce overcrowding within...
    • An Garda Síochána
      17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Clare-Tipperary division in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of reported suspected drink-spiking cases throughout the country; the number that were...
    • Drug Dealing
      19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources that have been allocated to the Cork Garda divisional drug unit, given the increase in drug-related crime and gang...
    • An Garda Síochána
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the recent roll-out of high-visibility policing in south and west Dublin, if he will consider a further roll-out of...
    • Legislative Programme
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress of the national cyber security Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35774/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department or An Garda Síochána has examined the feasibility of modernising the current physical firearms...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific measures within the zero tolerance strategy that experienced 'major delivery issues', including the research and...
    • Prison Service
      24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in detail the number of prisons that have a medical consultant who attends the prison on a weekly or monthly basis to...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the finalised code of practice on public CCTV, currently being developed by An Garda Síochána, will be published;...
    • International Protection
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has an estimated projected savings for the State under the new TARA system for IPAS applicant sorting; and if...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which refuges will open in both Cavan and Monaghan. [35788/26]
    • Prison Service
      28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on plans to construct a new prison at Thornton Hall, including the timeline for delivery, in light of...
    • Family Law Cases
      29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the implementation plan for the Family Courts Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35773/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Meath; if he is aware that County Meath has, for years, had the lowest number of gardaí...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department captures data on the outcomes of domestic violence cases in terms of which party remains in the family...
    • Departmental Schemes
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the accommodation recognition payment is to be cut to €400 in September 2026; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of a community safety partnership for Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has assessed gaps in support services for victims of gender-based violence in Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a review of the Garda vetting procedure to reduce the timelines and administrative burden placed on...
    • Prison Service
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the current overcrowding, if he will expand on the proposals for the use of the old prison site at Rathmore Road, Cork...
    • An Garda Síochána
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána in the Clare-Tipperary division, by each county, in whole numbers and as a...
    • International Protection
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the new TARA system for IPAS applicant sorting will work; and how long an applicant's process will take under the new...
    • Family Law Cases
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for when legislation will be introduced to bring transparency, accountability and fairness into the family courts,...
    • International Protection
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the impact on the international protection system of withdrawing temporary protection from Ukrainians...
    • An Garda Síochána
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the programme for Government commitment to consider allowing Garda trainees to undergo part of their training...
    • Deportation Orders
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the deportation process; and to provide an update on the number of deportations carried out so far in 2026 to date....
    • EU Presidency
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is fully confident that an Garda Síochána and his Department are fully and properly prepared to respond to any...
    • Crime Prevention
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken to combat rural crime, including theft and burglary targeting farms and rural businesses; and if he will...
    • Victim Support Services
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he intends to make to protect the right of victims and survivors of sexual offences to access therapy with...
    • Departmental Functions
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his work to date in the area of home affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/26]
    • Legal Aid
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether any assessment has been made of the risk that the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid scheme could result in...
    • Family Law Cases
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he would consider changes to protect the rights of non-verbal children in the legal process such as the automatic appointment...
    • Immigration Policy
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned that the recent International Protection Act’s two-year waiting period, and financial restrictions for...
    • Legislative Process
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to commence Part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the issues discussed at the most recent cross-Border police conference on organised and serious crime; and if...
    • Substance Misuse
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an updateon future funding of the CAST pilot in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Service
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm that each of the prisons have a system in place which provides a full health check to a prisoner when admitted...
    • An Garda Síochána
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans there are to expand the Garda presence in Blessington, County Wicklow, given the large population growth; and if he...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the local community safety plan for County Kildare is expected to be developed and adopted; and if he will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí who have graduated to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35610/26]
    • Immigration Policy
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by his Department or An Garda Síochána relating to alleged immigration-related...
    • An Garda Síochána
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there is scope for a member of the uniformed services to apply for an extension of their service beyond the mandatory...
    • International Protection
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the practice of his Department purchasing residential units for the purpose of accommodating...
    • An Garda Síochána
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made on his commitment to look at using the lands in Dromard, Clonmore, to expand the facilities of the...
    • Youth Services
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to expand youth diversion and early intervention programmes aimed at preventing criminal activity among...
    • Family Law Cases
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for criminal and family law cases in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Policy
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans for managing work and education visas to ensure immigration numbers are sustainable; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Aid
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline measures to improve access to legal aid services for people in rural areas of Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the progress being made to reduce the processing times for international protection applicants; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí recruited to work in Mayo in the past ten years; the total number of gardaí who have left...
    • Domestic Violence
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken to better protect those in domestic violence situations such that renewal of a barring order is not...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he is satisfied that the current regulatory and inspection regime is sufficient to prevent poor welfare standards and illegal...
    • Farm Costs
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of farm fertiliser. [35021/26]
    • Forestry Sector
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering any emergency measures to significantly increase plantation of forests to achieve his own forestation targets and...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prioritise farm succession and young farmers in the negotiations for the Common Agricultural Policy post 2027; and if he...
    • Agriculture Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to improve farm succession and encourage more young people into farming; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the bovine TB incidence rates in 2019 and 2025, and the related new obligations that have been introduced since...
    • Forestry Sector
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact of Sitka spruce plantations on biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/26]
    • Food Security
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to strengthen Ireland's food security and domestic food production capacity; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Diseases
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the roll-out of the TB action plan, if the current compensation arrangements, including the €3,000 cap, are being...
    • Forestry Sector
      102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department officially endorses a publication (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/26]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Cork currently participating in the eco scheme and ACRES; the total value of payments issued to date in the...
    • Legislative Programme
      105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on the proposed native Irish honey bee Bill 2021; the current status of engagement with beekeeping...
    • Greyhound Industry
      106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2023 and that were being tracked on...
    • Forestry Sector
      107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation, felling and road licences issued in Cork in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the current average...
    • Animal Welfare
      108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the interagency arrangements in place between his Department, An Garda Síochána and local authorities to respond to serious...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of TAMS-supported solar PV applications received by his Department to date; the total number of applications...
    • Forestry Sector
      111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the implementation of Ireland's National Forestry Strategy 2023 to 2030. [35408/26]
    • Animal Diseases
      113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine now that the TB action plan has come into effect, if his Department is planning a review of its implementation in light of reports of...
    • Greyhound Industry
      114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2024 and that were being tracked on...
    • Departmental Budgets
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding from the carbon tax allocated to his Department since 2020; and the amount expended. [35756/26]
    • Fisheries Protection
      117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the most recent engagement his Department and its agencies have had with stakeholders on any proposals for...
    • Food Industry
      118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Irish whiskey files will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the work of the wool council; the actions it has undertaken; and if he would consider the creation of a wool payment...
    • Fisheries Protection
      120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, to ensure that the Fisheries Monitoring...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of the Government in relation to proposals emerging at EU level for the next CAP post 2027, particularly concerns...
    • Animal Welfare
      122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are only 33 officers authorised to investigate animal cruelty in Cork. [35673/26]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has the required resources in place in Mayo to process and approve TAMS 3 applications in a timely manner; to...
    • Animal Welfare
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare prosecutions taken by his Department in the past four years; the nature of each prosecution per category...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the fuel funding package is oversubscribed and if subsequent applicants will get a smaller amount; and if he...
    • EU Presidency
      131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his priorities as chair of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2022 and that were being tracked on...
    • Animal Welfare
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sanctions his Department has in place for anyone who is found to be mistreating or abusing animals; and if he will make a...
    • EU Presidency
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if simplification of schemes and a reduction in paper work for farmers will be a key priority policy issue during Ireland’s...
    • Legislative Programme
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021; in particular to confirm when the scientific research...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an extension to the end date for submissions for the fuel support package beyond 22 May 2026 (details supplied)....
    • Land Issues
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the land use strategy from his Department’s perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34342/26]
    • Trade Agreements
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his and his Department’s response to the provisional application of the Mercosur trade agreement. [35745/26]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including fishery harbour, forestry, agrifood and other infrastructure projects,...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out under the fuel income support scheme announced by his Department; and the total number of people who have applied...
    • Wildlife Protection
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the ecological and biodiversity benefits associated with protecting the...
    • Food Prices
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken to reduce food prices for ordinary consumers. [35674/26]
    • Control of Dogs
      146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will enact legislation to strengthen dog control measures in regard to the worrying of sheep; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Quality
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the strict deadlines for slurry spreading in view of changing weather patterns and increasing rainfall;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that payments to farmers and agricultural contractors under the fuel support scheme will be quick and swift and...
    • Fishing Industry
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide information on the fuel support scheme that will be made available to fishermen. [35070/26]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Relations
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views in relation to Taiwan's participation in the 79th World Health Assembly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35944/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company (details...
    • Passport Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current average processing times for passports applications; if these times are being met in practise and if there are any delays or...
    • Tax Collection
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 6 May 2026, for an update on negotiations; if tariffs are to be introduced; the rate and the...
    • Departmental Projects
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to a project awarded funding under the Shared Island Civic Society Fund (details supplied); the mechanisms...
    • Passport Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the median processing time for first-time passport applications; and if so, to provide the median...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform...
    • Departmental Advertising
      173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising that was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to innovations in the solar industry with the emergence of plug-in solar kits; and, if so,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and-or products from...
    • Building Energy Rating
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a grant will be available to support homeowners (details supplied) to bring their home to a BER B2 rating, as per the...
    • Electricity Generation
      177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Management
      178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the public consultation on the feasibility of transitioning the waste collection market from its current...
    • Electricity Generation
      179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a timeline on the delivery of the Celtic Interconnector; if he will set out the delivery timeline; when construction...
    • Climate Action Plan
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €100 million surplus transferred by the National Oil Reserves Agency, NORA....
    • Energy Infrastructure
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the Committee of Public Accounts discussion on 7 May 2026, whether he has examined the security implications of...
    • Energy Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will state the current level of Ireland's oil reserves in days of consumption; the estimated cost of replenishment...
    • Energy Prices
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projected decline in NORA levy income over the next five-ten years as fossil fuel consumption falls in line with...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the latest assessment of Ireland's gas supply security given that NORA holds no strategic gas reserves;...
    • Energy Prices
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 7 May 2026 that storage costs account for 90% of NORA's...
    • Fuel Prices
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Government reduced the NORA levy to 0.1 cent per litre in recent years for price relief yet continues to...
    • National Oil Reserves Agency
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional administration costs to NORA of implementing the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation and ReFuelEU Aviation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan...
    • Departmental Advertising
      192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising that was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts
      193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and-or products from a company (details...
    • Defence Forces
      194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retired Defence Force personnel who currently have their pension entitlement abated due to being employed in other sectors of the...
    • Air Corps
      212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether the Government has conducted a legal or regulatory assessment concerning Ireland's international civil aviation obligations in relation...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      213. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      214. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising that was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking to address the rise in anti-social behaviour on public transport, noting that Iarnród...
    • Greenways Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of agricultural land that has been the subject of compulsory purchase orders for greenways; and at what cost; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for spending €3 million on a temporary train station for the 2027 tournament (details supplied); where the funds are...
    • Departmental Contracts
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company...
    • Bus Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend to date on contactless payments for buses; and when these will be available in Cork. [35883/26]
    • Aviation Industry
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to concerns raised about Ireland's aviation safety (details supplied); and if Ireland's aviation safety meets the full EU and...
    • Departmental Communications
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any public representatives, Oireachtas offices, constituency offices or public bodies were previously provided with or directed...
    • Transport Policy
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of transport-related financial burdens affecting victims of domestic abuse subject...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and...
    • Rail Network
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to restore rail freight services on the Ballina and Westport rail lines, having regard to the fact that this line was...
    • Departmental Advertising
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising that was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in...
    • Road Safety
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being undertaken by the National Transport Authority under Phase 2 of the Road Safety Action Plan to expand in a sustainable...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the relief caps under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme have not been index-linked; whether there are plans to introduce...
    • Tax Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the Taxes Consolidation Act to allow traditional heritage crafts such as thatching to qualify for an exemption similar to the...
    • Fuel Prices
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 28 April 2026, if he sought flexibility from the EU in relation to the ETD provision to ensure the private jet...
    • Tax Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount, by total value of household deposits covered by the deposit guarantee scheme, held in financial institutions in Ireland; and if he will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and-or products from a company (details supplied); the...
    • Tax Code
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the application of 23% VAT on injectable prescription medicines, including Tirzepatide, having regard to price disparities with Northern...
    • Exchequer Returns
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Exchequer cash reserves, and other liquid assets, were reduced by approximately €10 billion over the four months from the end of...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the total payment from the Central Bank to the Irish Banking sector in the form of interest payments on reserves from 2011 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he accepts that the Revenue Commissioners cannot currently identify the specific Exchequer yield attributable solely to the eight-year deemed disposal...
    • Departmental Reviews
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department intends to commission any independent empirical analysis or behavioural modelling on the impact of the deemed disposal regime on retail...
    • Tax Collection
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the forthcoming roadmap on the taxation of retail investment will include specific proposals relating to the reform, amendment, deferral, or abolition...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to his...
    • Departmental Advertising
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Contracts
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost to date on the former customs post at Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, to include acquisition, construction and...
    • Grant Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has assessed the extent to which Circular 13/2014 is being applied consistently across Departments and Offices in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and...
    • Departmental Properties
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update in respect of the use of a premises (details supplied); if any public body has requested use of it in past five years to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Contracts
      286. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company...
    • EU Meetings
      287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline Ireland's position at recent meetings of the EU REACH Committee regarding restrictions on use of lead ammunition;...
    • Legislative Process
      288. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      289. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to urgently consider a waiver in respect of planning permission for short-term lets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and...
    • Departmental Communications
      291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an application for designation of a venue or an event under the Sale of Tickets Act 2021 has been received from either the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      293. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its aegis,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Dublin South West that are currently without a special class place; the way this shortage is influencing the...
    • Gender Equality
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current Department policy and design guidance relating to the provision of unisex or gender-neutral toilet facilities in primary...
    • School Costs
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated average cost for insurance per pupil in both primary and post-primary schools excluding community and comprehensive schools; and if...
    • School Management
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when immediate interim safety measures will be implemented at a school (details supplied) given the deteriorating roof structure and the risks...
    • Departmental Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain comprehensively the rationale of the decision to omit one school out of a cluster of eight local schools, from the extension of HSCL...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company (details...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a proposal can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35891/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the inconsistency between schools regarding autism class access and placement; if her Department intends to provide...
    • Schools Building Projects
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the tender stage for a new building for a school (details supplied) has been completed, as a delay in proceeding to construction may mean...
    • Special Educational Needs
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two SNAs whose primary school is closing down (details supplied) will be redeployed to another school; when she expects this to happen; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department is satisfied that there are sufficient numbers of teachers trained to support children with dyslexia and other...
    • School Curriculum
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department is exploring the introduction of structured literacy approaches across primary schools; the current status of any such...
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the building project at a school (details supplied); the stage it is at within her Department’s planning and...
    • School Staff
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy regarding assault leave for special needs assistants and teachers; whether her Department is satisfied that existing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that all sanctioned additional special needs assistant (SNA) posts are being filled in a timely manner, including those...
    • Public Sector Pay
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the payment of local bargaining monies agreed under the most recent public service pay agreement, which were due to...
    • Departmental Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in the most recent allocation of DEIS Plus status; the criteria applied in assessing the...
    • Home Schooling
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the allocation of Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) coordinators announced alongside recent DEIS Plus designations; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm when the next tranche of the Climate Action Summer Works Scheme will open for applications; to outline the eligibility criteria for...
    • School Management
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can give clarity around the rules and regulations of flying of flags/bunting in schools; and if she can outline what flags and on what...
    • Education Policy
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.513 of 4 February 2026, if she will supply an update on the initial high-level summary results focusing on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the climate action summer works scheme will open for applications again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36479/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she aware that the ongoing crisis relating to defective concrete blocks continues to have a profound impact on students and staff across...
    • Schools Building Projects
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the major extension project at a school (details supplied); and her Department’s response to the proposal from...
    • School Staff
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the way in which her Department can assist Donegal ETB with the serious staffing challenges that they face and have...
    • School Curriculum
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her predecessors received legal advice on the implications for her Department of the decision in a case (details supplied); the...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Departmental Consultations
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport given that Eir is not a designated body under NewERA, the reason he has ‘sought the advice of the New Economy and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a...
    • Departmental Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan...
    • Arts Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding available to support aspiring creative writers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/26]
    • Departmental Advertising
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Vacant Properties
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority owned houses currently lying vacant in County Mayo; the reasons these properties remain idle;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a...
    • Departmental Policies
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding with an organisation (details supplied) and his Department, in...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has engaged with representative countryside, conservation and rural stakeholder organisations, farming...
    • Housing Policy
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authorities are no longer accepting properties under long-term leasing arrangements (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35936/26]
    • Departmental Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final turnout for Vote 34, including capital and current expenditure and all subheads and programme level outturns, for...
    • Housing Policy
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government which councils accept self-declarations in terms of owning properties abroad when a person from abroad applies for local...
    • Turf Cutting
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a case involving a family in County Kildare (details supplied ) whose applications under the cessation of...
    • Housing Policy
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently consider a waiver in respect of planning permission for short-term lets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the monthly breakdown, on a national basis, of adults in emergency accommodation categorised as Irish citizens, EEA/UK...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the National Homeless Action Committee has discussed the impact of migration-related demand on homelessness services;...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any guidance has been issued to local authorities regarding prioritisation, assessment or placement of persons...
    • Housing Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has examined international models for integrating migration and homelessness forecasting into housing...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any formal risk assessment has been carried out regarding the sustainability of emergency accommodation capacity under...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the ecological survey undertaken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in Glennamought Valley in 2004 remains the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the National Parks and Wildlife Service has considered conducting updated ecological or geological surveys in the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any national audit has been conducted examining variation between local authorities in homelessness eligibility...
    • Local Authorities
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any formal benchmarking framework exists comparing homelessness service delivery standards across local authorities or...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of emergency accommodation capacity nationally currently comprised of hotels, bed-and-breakfast accommodation,...
    • National Planning Framework
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any modelling has been carried out estimating the proportion of projected housing demand to 2040 attributable to net...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan...
    • Planning Issues
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed planning exemptions relating to attic conversions; whether standardised provisions will apply in...
    • Departmental Policies
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm, following remarks by the Taoiseach (details supplied), that it is the policy of his Department and the...
    • Heritage Schemes
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce targeted supports for practising thatchers, including grant schemes or heritage-craft stipends, to ensure...
    • Departmental Advertising
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its...
    • Departmental Strategies
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on when responsibility for property services and estate agents will be transferred to his...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently grant Carers Allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) as it has been processing for a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); if the family concerned qualify for the grant in...
    • School Meals Programme
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the Schools Procurement Unit has issued any guidance, circular, advisory note, or compliance communication to schools...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan...
    • Departmental Advertising
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Peace Commissioners
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he acknowledges the practical difficulties currently faced by Peace Commissioners in verifying their official status,...
    • Alcohol Sales
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Special Exemption Orders (SEOs) secured by licensed premises per year for 2025, on a county by county...
    • Departmental Contracts
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm that an applicant for Irish citizenship can leave to an EU country to study abroad while their Irish citizenship...
    • Departmental Communications
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether all recognised national firearms user representative organisations were invited to participate in the Firearms Forum...
    • Road Safety
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorists caught exceeding the speed limit on a static camera at a location (details supplied), since May 2025,...
    • Departmental Data
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people from Ukraine who have travelled back and forth to the Ukraine in each of the last five years. [35971/26]
    • Immigration Support Services
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to give a detailed up to date progress report on an application by the Kerry County Board for significant funding under the IIP...
    • International Protection
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons subject to deportation orders currently residing in IPAS accommodation, broken down by year in which the...
    • Deportation Orders
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has a formal protocol with An Garda Síochána for prioritising the removal of persons subject...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for public expenditure to his Department referred to in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the evidence presented to the Justice Committee that over 60,000 coercive control complaints were made to Gardaí...
    • Policing Co-operation
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the sharp rise in antisocial behaviour complaints across Dublin city, with Dublin City Council receiving more...
    • Departmental Strategies
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Government's strategy to address public concerns regarding migration at EU level, noting that the recent European Movement...
    • Departmental Data
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its...
    • Residency Permits
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the next steps a person (details supplied) should take to access an IRP; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department monitors the cost of farm fertiliser; if he will share statistics outlining the percentage increase in the cost of...
    • Export Controls
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of export health certificates that were issued by his Department for horses exported to Great Britain for slaughter in...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to instruct Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator) to provide the true composite value of beef offal, commonly referred...
    • Agriculture Industry
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when will a herd number issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35857/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company...
    • Departmental Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare officers working within his Department; to provide a breakdown of which local authorities have dedicated...
    • Departmental Strategies
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being put in place to save Ireland's native honey bee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35967/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and...
    • Legislative Measures
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the enactment of the Irish Honeybee Bill 2021 to ensure the protection of native species; and if he will make a...
    • Food Prices
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department to address continued food price inflation and to ensure primary producers receive fair share...
    • Agriculture Industry
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional measures he intends to introduce to support generational renewal in the farming sector, particularly in relation to...
    • Energy Prices
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being implemented to support the agricultural sector in managing energy costs and ensuring energy security, given that...
    • Agriculture Industry
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to evaluate the impact of the EU's trade performance on the Irish agricultural sector, noting that 39% of respondents in Ireland view...
    • Departmental Data
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its aegis,...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Departmental Contracts
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company...
    • EU Directives
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Ireland has developed proposed responses or solutions to the concerns raised by Member States maintaining reservations on...
    • Maternity Leave
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department plans on introducing additional flexible supports for parents returning to work after having a child; and if she...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the policy for the refund of deposits for ECCE places in childcare facilities; if these deposits should be refunded if a...
    • Care Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria applicable for access to respite services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35937/26]
    • Child and Family Agency
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has any concerns that the new Revised Case Allocation Framework being operated by Tusla permits non-social workers to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports in place for new service providers of early years education and after school provision; and if she will make a...
    • Children in Care
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the body, office, or accountable person that holds ultimate responsibility at national level for monitoring systemic delays in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Tusla Board receives regular reports, dashboards, or governance updates relating to time-to-permanency for children in...
    • Child Protection
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the absence of a national dataset tracking formally reopened child protection cases has ever been discussed within the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla’s Audit and Risk Committee has considered risks associated with the absence of nationally standardised data on...
    • Departmental Functions
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal risk assessment has been conducted regarding the absence of a single national statutory child death review...
    • Child and Family Agency
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child deaths involving children known to Tusla were reviewed by the National Review Panel in each year since its...
    • Departmental Bodies
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any recommendations made by the National Review Panel since its establishment remain outstanding or unimplemented; and if...
    • Children in Care
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any external or independent review has assessed the effectiveness of the National Review Panel operational guidance last...
    • Departmental Bodies
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the proposed statutory powers for the National Review Panel under the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2025 will include powers...
    • Children in Care
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any estimated costings or staffing models have been prepared for the establishment of a national statutory child death...
    • International Protection
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality of the 293 international protection applicants that were 'deemed ineligible' for Tusla's services between 2022 and 2025, the number...
    • Departmental Funding
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has calculated the cumulative estimated inflation-adjusted funding shortfall affecting Section 38 and Section...
    • Health Service Executive
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any section 38 or 39 disability provider has notified the HSE or her Department of financial sustainability concerns,...
    • Child and Family Agency
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any national framework exists to assess consistency in the application of emergency child removal powers under sections 12...
    • Disability Issues
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any national workload-modelling framework for Children’s Disability Network Teams is currently being developed...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and...
    • Childcare Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of recipients of the national childcare scheme and the early childhood care and education programme, broken down by...
    • Departmental Advertising
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its...
    • Hospital Procedures
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that required repeat surgery due to retained surgical items left in their bodies, for each of the last ten years; and to detail the...
    • Health Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Health whether any children suffered permanent injury or complications as a result of items left inside their bodies during operations; and whether any deaths occur...
    • Ambulance Service
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with unions to address a dispute and implement the recommendations of the McHugh/Crabtree report for paramedics (details supplied); and if...
    • Agriculture Supports
      513. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 6 May 2026, to provide clarity and further information (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if the currently used RSV vaccination will continue to be administered going forward for children born during the winter months of September to February; and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP practices that have been identified to receive the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant for GMS for the 2025-2027 term; to list the name...
    • Medicinal Products
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin and magnesium preparations are currently covered under the long-term illness scheme; if they were previously included; if so, the date and basis...
    • Pharmacy Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland’s plan to increase fees by 42% when inflation is forecast at significantly...
    • Departmental Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company (details supplied); the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts filled, at each primary care centre within the Dublin North County healthcare area, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Hospital Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in nephrology based at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35889/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled, at each primary care centre within the Dublin North County healthcare, in tabular...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department could review Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland processing timelines and introduce enforceable service standards; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the pathway available for access to the medication Miglustat for a child diagnosed with Juvenile Batten Disease (CLN3), where the...
    • Health Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has considered the use of compassionate access, exceptional reimbursement mechanisms, or off-label prescribing supports in cases involving...
    • Ambulance Service
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the need for increased ambulance services in County Galway; whether her Department currently has proposals to...
    • Medicinal Products
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including fibromyalgia in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35908/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the matter; if the appointment will be expedited given...
    • Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35924/26]
    • Pharmacy Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a change in the law regarding prescription collection after hours; and whether patients can provide evidence that they have...
    • Hospital Facilities
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which they intend to have an MRI scanner operational within Monaghan Hospital. [35934/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to make the drug Givinostat available to children who need it, given that parents of a child that suffers from Duchenne muscular...
    • Health Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the processing times for cross border/Northern Ireland planned healthcare re-imbursement applications; if she is aware that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the medical treatment she urgently requires; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a serious complaint concerning the treatment of a child (details supplied) within CAMHS-ID, involving the discontinuation and withholding of...
    • Medical Records
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a request for full medical records from University Hospital Limerick, submitted in October 2025, has not yet been fulfilled; the statutory timeframe...
    • Mental Health Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms in place within CAMHS-ID to ensure clinical decisions, particularly those involving the withdrawal of psychiatric medication in...
    • Medical Records
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place where concerns are raised that a clinician has recorded or shared inaccurate clinical information; whether such cases are automatically...
    • Mental Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a clinician is referred to the relevant regulatory body following a complaint; whether any referrals have arisen from CAMHS-ID...
    • Hospital Staff
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps that are taken when credible concerns are raised that a clinician may pose a risk to patient safety; whether such clinicians are subject to...
    • Mental Health Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if she considers it acceptable that serious allegations concerning patient safety within CAMHS-ID can remain unaddressed for several months; and the actions...
    • Medicinal Products
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE in each of the years on the reimbursement of medicines prescribed for erectile dysfunction, including sildenafil and...
    • Health Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether service provision for early pregnancy loss is standardised across HSE hospital groups; and if she will provide any available...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      567. To ask the Minister for Health whether any monetary approval thresholds exist within the treatment abroad scheme requiring additional sign-off for high-cost procedures; the officials or...
    • Suicide Prevention
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of SCAN referrals assessed within the 72-hour target in each month of 2025 and 2026 to date. [36078/26]
    • Obesity Levels
      612. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department will commission national projections of overweight and obesity prevalence to 2030 and 2040 as part of the next Obesity Policy and Action...
    • Suicide Prevention
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP referrals made to SCAN services in each county in 2024 and to date in 2026. [36139/26]
    • Health Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health why a national SCAN dataset was not operational during 2023 and 2024 despite the national model of care having been launched in 2022 [36184/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      676. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE intends to introduce mandatory recording of referrals not accepted for SCAN assessment, including reasons for non-acceptance and onward...
    • Suicide Prevention
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of repeat presentations recorded within the SCAN service in 2025; and whether the HSE has analysed repeat presentation patterns as a marker of...
    • Health Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any centralised assessment of variation in operational or clinical decision-making between the six Health Regions since their...
    • Health Service Executive
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time each currently vacant residential property owned or managed by the Health Service Executive has remained vacant, categorised by (i) less...
    • Departmental Properties
      709. To ask the Minister for Health whether any service-level agreements, performance targets, or governance frameworks exist between the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive...
    • Departmental Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting orthopaedic outpatient consultations for possible knee replacement surgery for more than , six months, twelve months...
    • Health Service Executive
      721. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive maintains any central register, log, database or reporting mechanism recording instances where concerns have been raised...
    • Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health whether any key performance indicators currently used within the Health Regions framework specifically measure consistency of decision-making, policy...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      723. To ask the Minister for Health whether any regional variance analysis has been undertaken in respect of waiting times, service access criteria, funding approvals, or operational...
    • Health Service Executive
      724. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE Performance and Accountability Framework contains defined escalation thresholds for intervention where material regional disparities emerge;...
    • Health Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health number of formal escalations, interventions, corrective actions, or performance management measures initiated under the Performance and Accountability...
    • Healthcare Policy
      731. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any centralised audit mechanism to assess whether local decisions regarding agency staffing comply with national policy restrictions;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which Health Regions exceeded their agency spend reduction targets since the introduction of the current controls, broken down by...
    • Health Services Staff
      734. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed the governance risks associated with the absence of a central reporting system for monitoring compliance with agency staffing...
    • Departmental Data
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend for each Health Region for 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, together with the reduction targets assigned to each region during...
    • Health Services Staff
      739. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the number of unfilled posts or vacancies arising from restrictions on agency staff recruitment; and if so, to provide the figures by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      741. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health has carried out any national analysis of the relationship between agency staffing expenditure and reductions in hospital...
    • Departmental Data
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staffing associated with scheduled care, elective activity and Waiting List Action Plan delivery for each year from 2021 to...
    • Health Services Staff
      744. To ask the Minister for Health whether any specialty-specific analysis has been undertaken regarding reliance on agency staffing for Waiting List Action Plan delivery, including in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      745. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or HSE has identified any risks to the sustainability of waiting-list reductions arising from long-term dependence on agency staffing....
    • Health Services Staff
      746. To ask the Minister for Health whether any national benchmark or target exists regarding acceptable levels of agency staffing expenditure linked to elective and scheduled care services....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      747. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE tracks waiting-list reductions achieved through agency-supported clinics, theatres, diagnostics or additional sessions; and if so, the metrics...
    • Health Services Staff
      748. To ask the Minister for Health whether any regional variation analysis has been carried out regarding dependency on agency staffing to support Waiting List Action Plan targets. [36323/26]
    • Care Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department has examined the long-term fiscal implications of sustained agency staffing usage within scheduled care services. [36324/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      750. To ask the Minister for Health whether any independent audit or review has been undertaken regarding the effectiveness of agency staffing expenditure in supporting Waiting List Action Plan...
    • Ambulance Service
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance responses in each year since 2020 where the response time exceeded (i) 60 minutes, (ii) 90 minutes and (iii) 120 minutes, broken down...
    • Gender Recognition
      756. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has set any target date for the establishment of a national data collection system relating to gender-related healthcare services for...
    • Departmental Budgets
      766. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for public expenditure to her Department, as referred to in media reports (details...
    • Hospital Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the number and names of hospitals and healthcare facilities within the public health system that are currently using SMS messaging services for outpatient...
    • Health Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health whether the SMS reminder systems in use across hospitals are configured as one-way reminder services or include two-way communication functionality allowing...
    • Medicinal Products
      773. To ask the Minister for Health whether dispensing trends for salbutamol nebules are monitored as part of winter preparedness or respiratory surveillance planning. [36448/26]
    • Departmental Data
      776. To ask the Minister for Health whether PCRS reimbursement prescribing data is integrated with any national respiratory disease monitoring or forecasting systems. [36451/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      777. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the extent to which high-frequency salbutamol dispensing may indicate gaps in preventative asthma or COPD management in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      779. To ask the Minister for Health her assessment of the reasons for the increase in outpatient waiting times in most hospitals since the start of 2025; the main factors contributing to the...
    • Ambulance Service
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will implement to ensure there are no disruptions to the National Ambulance Service throughout the country; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the "time-critical" nature of Friederichs Ataxia during the current price negotiations for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past...
    • Health Service Executive
      783. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 October 2025, to provide a breakdown of vacant posts in the HSE, by staff category (details supplied); the...
    • Disease Management
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made under the Programme for Government in the area of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36878/26]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of undergraduate places available in each university medical school for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places...
    • Third Level Admissions
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of undergraduate places available in each university dental school for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places...
    • Departmental Data
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of undergraduate places available in each physiotherapy programme for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places...
    • Third Level Admissions
      791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has assessed the cumulative impact of non-EU student intake across undergraduate medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, veterinary...
    • Departmental Contracts
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the status of payments between his Department and an investment account (details supplied); if he supports providing the...
    • Education Costs
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students undertaking a university degree (details supplied) that is fully delivered online are not receiving the €500 reduction...
    • Ministerial Communications
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a national apprenticeship or traineeship programme for thatching, given the urgent need to preserve this endangered heritage...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Grant Payments
      799. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on a grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35896/26]
    • Departmental Contracts
      800. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a...
    • Ministerial Communications
      801. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      802. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its...

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