Written answers
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
1. To ask the Taoiseach to list all the Cabinet committees currently in operation. [38150/26]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the passport application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
- Legislative Programme
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Israeli settlements (prohibition of importation of goods) Bill 2025; if there is a timeline for this Bill to...
- Ukraine War
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on her engagement with EU colleagues in relation to the situation in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Presidency
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations ongoing in relation to Ireland's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a...
- Diplomatic Representation
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the establishment of an embassy in Armenia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38027/26]
- Departmental Staff
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she...
- European Union
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps or initiatives being put in place by her Department to encourage Irish people to take up employment opportunities in the EU; and if...
- Air Corps
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 6 May 2026, to elaborate on the difference between “Air Corps” and...
- Passport Services
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given or will be given to a once-off verification process so that in the case where one parent of a child dies,...
- EU Membership
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Ukraine's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38195/26]
- EU Programmes
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Irish and EU humanitarian and development funding for the Sahel; the steps Ireland is taking at EU level to advocate...
- Departmental Reviews
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the passport application could be expedited given the imminent travel date;...
- Passport Services
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to change the current photograph acceptance process for online passport applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Driver Licences
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to establish a one-stop shop to assist returning Irish citizens in addressing practical issues such as driver's licence changes, Revenue...
- EU Programmes
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland is engaging at EU level to secure investment and trade opportunities that benefit rural regions; the steps being...
- United Nations
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position in relation to the UN General Assembly Resolution on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with respect to...
- Middle East
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the kidnapping of Irish citizens in international waters by Israeli forces; and the reason she did not take action to...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Grant Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance available to churches and religious buildings to install solar panels and related facilities on their...
- Renewable Energy Generation
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date on implementing the actions set out in the National Hydrogen Strategy and the subsequent National...
- Energy Infrastructure
40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government will financially support pilot projects testing hydrogen storage, port infrastructure or repurposed gas...
- Renewable Energy Generation
41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to financially de-risk early hydrogen production and export focused pilot projects, following the...
- Business Supports
42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of SMEs that have availed of the business energy upgrade scheme each year since its introduction; the...
- Legislative Measures
43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he intends to provide for heat recovered from waste-to-energy facilities to be recognised as waste heat, excess...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to protect Irish neutrality by preserving the triple lock (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38141/26]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Animal Welfare
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address the misuse of animal-drawn vehicles, including sulkies on public roads and the penalties for misuse...
- Electric Vehicles
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation to ensure those who buy an EV or hybrid car will have the proper charging infrastructure in place so they...
- Public Transport
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the infrastructure investments which are planned or underway to support increased public transport demand arising from population growth...
- Electric Vehicles
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the maintenance arrangements and associated costs for the electric buses delivered for Galway and Dublin; whether maintenance and warranty...
- EU Presidency
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism or fora of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union through which he plans to raise issues of reciprocal...
- Departmental Data
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 6 May 2026, to specify which specific provisions of the Standing Orders of Dáil...
- Road Safety
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide pedestrian crossings in Glenbeigh village as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Transport Authority
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38147/26]
- Bus Services
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on matters raised correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38148/26]
- Departmental Projects
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all capital transport projects under the aegis of his Department that have been completed on time and within budget...
- Road Traffic Accidents
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road fatalities in which alcohol was identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the diesel rebate scheme operates for hauliers the current and projected rebate rates per litre; the basis on which the rebate is calculated,...
- Energy Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial supports, compensation schemes, tax relief measures or emergency assistance available to business owners who have experienced a loss of revenue...
- Air Corps
66. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 6 May 2026, to elaborate on the difference between “Air Corps” and “Air Corps Government...
- Financial Services
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) which is commonly called a vulture fund is a licensed credit servicer, licenced by the Central Bank and is acting as a credit...
- Economic Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount committed by ISIF, an organisation (details supplied) and another third party to each of the Activate Capital funds I, II, III, and IV, in tabular...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
72. To ask the Minister for Finance to list all student accommodation projects that have been funded wholly or in part by ISIF or any fund supported by ISIF; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Measures
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progression of the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025 to ensure fair access to insurance services for cancer survivors; and...
- Tax Credits
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount claimed under the research and development tax credit for AI-related advanced manufacturing activity each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if...
- Banking Sector
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the steps his Department is taking towards reform of the deemed disposal rules on ETFs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Data
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of earners in Ireland now paying the higher rate of income tax; the way that figure compared with 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reintroducing indexation for capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/26]
- Departmental Schemes
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the house price ceiling to qualify for the help-to-buy scheme. [38170/26]
- Tax Code
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38171/26]
- Tax Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the total 2025 tax receipts for income tax, VAT and corporation tax, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38172/26]
- Tax Code
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue obtained from VAT on new-build homes; if he will consider a rebate of VAT for those buying their first home and those getting affordable...
- State Savings Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of the relationship that governs An Posts management of the State savings scheme; when the contract is up for renewal; the rationale for a single...
- Fuel Laundering
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken to reduce fuel smuggling and enforce compliance with the Windsor Framework's green lane; and if he will make a statement on...
- Revenue Commissioners
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of the Revenue Commissioners participation in the Joint Agency Task Force (JATF), including staffing, operational...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Data
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of IT projects that the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer has directed be paused, put on...
- Departmental Reviews
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has carried out any analysis or assessment of the difference in projected occupational pension incomes between...
- Departmental Budgets
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 1% or €500 increase, based on whichever is the lower, pay increase across the public sector on a pro rata...
- Departmental Policies
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it remains Government policy that all new entrants to the Civil Service and public service must be appointed at the first point of...
- Departmental Projects
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the types of projects that will be deemed as critical under his new accelerating infrastructure action plan; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Measures
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026 will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38260/26]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State supports in place to support the manufacturing of chocolate in Ireland; the measures to support marketing Irish chocolate;...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department is supporting Irish small and medium enterprises looking to enter international markets; and if he...
- Business Supports
113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports, compensation schemes, tax relief measures, or emergency assistance available to business owners who have...
- Social Welfare Payments
114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of men and women who applied for parent's benefit in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Strategies
116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the national life sciences strategy consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Artificial Intelligence
117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any engagement he has had with industry on the subject of new graduates being unable to obtain entry-level jobs in...
- Departmental Data
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of SMEs who have availed of the Energy Efficiency Grant by County and by sector in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and...
- Business Supports
119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place for businesses and workers in response to a fire (details supplied), including those who lost premises and...
- Job Losses
120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on job losses at a company (details supplied); to provide urgent clarification on the handling of this...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for a second special class at a school (details supplied); if approval will be granted for same;...
- Health and Safety
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures currently in place to provide training for primary and post-primary teachers in the management of epilepsy in students; if any such...
- School Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer per annum of the standard five days of non-teaching time in primary schools; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will identify pressure areas in South Kildare in terms of the demand for special class places; the number of children in the location have...
- School Staff
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the teacher allocation at a school (details supplied) has been reduced, leaving the school with one less mainstream classroom teacher...
- Education Policy
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the determination to introduce a split class is a decision made by her Department or the school itself; the requirements for this to take...
- Special Educational Needs
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide advice regarding options to a parent of a child with additional needs (details supplied) who is being expelled from their special...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with the Teaching Council regarding the delays experienced by teachers in view of the case of a person (details...
- Special Educational Needs
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to expanding the upper age limit and September age cut-off criteria within the admissions policy for the new...
- School Accommodation
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38138/26]
- Schools Refurbishment
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38140/26]
- Schools Building Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38142/26]
- Psychological Assessments
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain the 4% reduction in the allocation for the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) in the Further Revised Estimates...
- Schools Building Projects
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no new schools will be opening in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38159/26]
- Departmental Data
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools who have Down's syndrome, in tabular form. [38162/26]
- Special Educational Needs
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for children with Down's syndrome to transition from primary school to secondary school. [38163/26]
- Departmental Surveys
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department's primary school survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38165/26]
- School Facilities
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure every school has a school library. [38181/26]
- School Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school caretakers will receive improved pay and terms and conditions of employment, as promised when they ended strike action; the status of...
- School Management
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role IPB play in providing insurance for ETB schools and how that interacts with State indemnity; the estimated average cost per student; the...
- School Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there is any avenue for funding for a school to recoup costs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38209/26]
- Schools Building Projects
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that are taking place with a landowner in respect of the acquisition of CI zoned land at Ballisk Common, Donabate adjacent to...
- School Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be made available to primary schools listed following the recent Deis Plus announcement; and if she will make...
- Special Educational Needs
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position regarding a new special school (details supplied); the number of places that will be available; the enrolment procedures; and if she...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Funding
162. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the upcoming Community Sports Facilities Fund; the status of the opening of the new OSCAR...
- Sports Organisations
163. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if all national governing bodies have achieved 40% female representation on their boards, management committees and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Grant Payments
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that exist to replace windows in a private dwelling housing a young autistic child (details supplied); and if he...
- Emergency Services
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the processes used by the fire brigade and emergency services to locate addresses; if those processes...
- Renewable Energy Generation
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 689 of 12 May 2026, if he will clarify what is meant by "under the microgeneration...
- Grant Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants approved under the vacant property refurbishment grant since its launch; and if he will make a statement...
- Approved Housing Bodies
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the legislation around the approved housing bodies' ability to sell properties to tenants; and...
- Housing Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the working group established by his Department to review the code of practice for pets in social housing...
- Septic Tanks
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of septic tank inspections carried out in County Louth under the National Inspection Plan 2022-2026, in each of the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) considering they first applied...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a retained part-time firefighter would have to leave the fire service to attain full-time employment in the event of their...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Properties
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residential properties acquired, leased, licensed or otherwise secured by or on behalf of his Department for use...
- Immigration Status
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review an immigration case (details supplied) which is currently being appealed with a view to overturning the...
- Immigration Support Services
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the scheduled expiry date for the existing management contract of a facility (details supplied); if the initial one-year...
- International Protection
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for formally designating a facility (details supplied) as a permanent International Protection Accommodation...
- Naturalisation Applications
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no way to correct or amend minor administration errors on a naturalisation application; the systems that...
- International Protection
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his review into the contract between his Department and a facility (details supplied) for the provision of IPAS...
- Family Reunification
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure an application for a long-stay spousal visa is approved without further delay (details supplied). [38126/26]
- Substance Misuse
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the further roll-out of drug courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38136/26]
- Mental Health Services
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has received the University of Limerick evaluation of the CAST pilot; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if garda e-vetting is conducted for all Section 16 Irish association naturalisation applications; and if he will make a...
- Gambling Sector
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the prevalence of unlicenced gambling in some public houses; the body that is responsible for the enforcement...
- Gangland Crime
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of organised crime groups disrupted, or prosecutions secured as a result of Joint Agency Task Force JATF cooperation...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Greyhound Industry
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the welfare situation of four racing greyhounds in a location (details supplied), believed to be now...
- Departmental Correspondence
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 6 May 2026, if further information will be clarified (details supplied); and if he will...
- Fuel Prices
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the diesel rebate scheme operates for agricultural contractors and farmers; the current and projected rebate rates...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Early Childhood Care and Education
215. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has undertaken costings for additional non-contact time for early years settings under core funding; and if so,...
- Departmental Data
219. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38030/26]
- Childcare Services
220. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a ranking of local electoral areas showing where childcare unmet demand is highest; and if she will make a...
- Disability Services
221. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior social worker posts filled at Cashel Children's Disability Network Team as of 14 May 2026; and if she will...
- Departmental Data
224. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy rates for each of the twelve CORU-regulated health and social care professions in the public health service in each of...
- Disability Services
225. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the current Children's Disability Network Team staffing ratio per 1,000 children in each area across...
- Departmental Data
228. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm the specific plans that are in place to address the HSE Roadmap for Service Improvement Q2 2025 projection that...
- Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the number of senior health and social care professional whole-time equivalent posts allocated to...
- Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether the Service Improvement Function of the National Children's Disability Services Team, which was...
- Disabilities Assessments
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the number of the up to 6,500 clinical assessments funded through the Assessment of Need Targeted...
- Homeless Persons Supports
232. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children living in emergency accommodation or in homeless families' accommodation who are currently awaiting their...
- Health Services Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers recruited by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each of the past five years; if she is aware that...
- Health Service Executive
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the Health Service Executive is addressing the clear gap in service provision for adults with severe autism who...
- Child and Family Agency
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which the last organisational capability review was carried out in respect of Tusla; if she will provide a schedule...
- Disability Issues
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. [38121/26]
- Disability Services
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the staffing of Trim CDNT; the number of positions; the number that are filled; and the number that are being actively...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Waiting Lists
241. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details on the number of children currently waiting for a psychology assessment through primary care and Children's Disability Network...
- Disability Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on Action 13 of the HSE Position Paper on FASD Prevention, published in September 2022 (details supplied); the specific measures...
- Medicinal Products
243. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been engagement by the corporate pharmaceutical unit in the HSE with the manufacturers of miglustat with regard to juvenile Batten disease; if...
- Hospital Admissions
244. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will receive a bed in a Dublin hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37968/26]
- Care Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency respite care will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37984/26]
- Health Services Staff
246. To ask the Minister for Health the current position with regard to the recruitment of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary, given the ongoing failures to recruit the urgent...
- Healthcare Policy
247. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); the reason this surgery has been cancelled on three occasions; and if...
- Legislative Measures
249. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently enact section 12 of the Assisted Human Reproductive Act 2024. [38039/26]
- Dental Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children's dental care; the steps her Department is taking to address resourcing and capacity issues in the HSE Dental Service...
- Medicinal Products
251. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider purchasing from source, medication for people who are subsequently reimbursed by the State for the medication when they buy it in any...
- Primary Care Centres
252. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres and health centres within Tipperary that currently provide smoking cessation services; and the referral process for same. [38063/26]
- Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health when works will commence on the Killarney minor injuries unit; when works will be completed; when this important facility for Killarney, east, mid and south...
- Health Services Staff
254. To ask the Minister for Health whether the workforce projection model published in December 2025, which projects a shortfall across all modelled professions including nurses, midwives, and...
- Departmental Expenditure
256. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff for her Department's funded activities in each of the past five years; whether expenditure has reduced from the...
- Health Services Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographers and radiation therapists registered with CORU and employed in the public health service in each of the past five years; the vacancy...
- Home Care Packages
258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants and home support workers employed across the public health service in each of the past five years; the number of people...
- Health Services Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of whole-time equivalents employed across mental health services in the HSE in each of the past five years; the number of unfilled consultant...
- Healthcare Policy
260. To ask the Minister for Health when the next iteration of the Ireland's Future Health and Social Care Workforce planning model will be published; whether supply and demand projections will...
- Medical Cards
261. To ask the Minister for Health if a person undergoing cancer treatment qualifies for a full medical card; if there are specific criteria for such qualification; and if she will make a...
- Mental Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency or exceptional funding mechanisms available within the HSE or her Department to support community-based mental health organisations at immediate...
- Departmental Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that Galway City Council has indicated a commitment of €10,000 in match funding to support an organisation (details supplied), subject...
- Health Services Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates registered with the Medical Council, the number of medical graduates and the number and proportion currently employed in the...
- Nursing Education
270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing graduates registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the number of nursing graduates and the number and proportion...
- Dental Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental graduates registered with the Dental Council, the number of dental graduates, and the number and proportion currently employed in the...
- Health Services Staff
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwifery graduates registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the number of midwifery graduates, and the number and proportion...
- Hospital Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant radiologists registered on the specialist division of the Medical Council, the number newly registered, and the number and proportion...
- Health Services Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of staff employed in community services delivering care to mothers and babies, by role; and if she will make a statement on...
- Healthcare Policy
279. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the estimated cost to provide midwives, paediatric nurses, healthcare assistants and other relevant front-line staff to undertake the...
- Dental Services
280. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for the schools dental programme in south Tipperary; if the dental programmes are running up to date; the number of dental clinic...
- Health and Safety
281. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review into HIQA's inspection process (details supplied); the timeline for completion of this review; if the review will be published; and if...
- Healthcare Policy
282. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has assessed the economic impact of untreated glaucoma and other vision problems across the population; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CDNTs in CHO 9 in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38192/26]
- Vaccination Programme
285. To ask the Minister for Health she will provide an individual (details supplied) with State recognition of a medical exemption to vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
286. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) (details...
- Departmental Budgets
287. To ask the Minister for Health if any dedicated capital funding from the €1.6 billion budget 2026 mental health allocation has been ring-fenced for CAST expansion; and if she will...
- Medicinal Products
288. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of Risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); and if she...
- Cancer Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE Dublin and North East; to provide a comparison with the...
- Hospital Staff
295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses registered as competent to deliver chemotherapy in each hospital delivering chemotherapy in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular...
- Cancer Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details on the strategic infrastructure programme; to plan for replacement and expansion at public radiation oncology services (details...
- Food Safety
297. To ask the Minister for Health if she or the Food Safety Authority have concerns regarding Brazilian beef being sold and consumed in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a hip operation in the State; the number of operations undertaken weekly; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home help in each healthcare office in Kerry; the number receiving home help care; and the number waiting for additional home...
- Medicinal Products
301. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will...
- Hospital Procedures
304. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of guidance on mixed-gender wards and accommodation in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38290/26]
- Healthcare Policy
305. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a patient with a history of osteoporosis who is faced with a wait of over a year for a publicly funded DEXA scan while being offered immediate...
- Hospice Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health the expected completion date for the new hospice facility in Drogheda; whether an interim community palliative care model will be funded and operational in the...
- Health Services Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against healthcare workers, by incident category in each of the years from 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, by region, in...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for braces through or funded by HSE dental services, by region and by waiting time; the number waiting at the start of 2021; and...
- Disabilities Assessments
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for ADHD assessments through or funded by the HSE, by region and by waiting time; the number waiting at the start of 2021; and the...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for counselling appointments through or funded by the HSE, by region and by waiting time; the number waiting at the start of 2021;...
- Hospital Charges
323. To ask the Minister for Health the level of income raised by each HSE and section 38 acute hospital through private practice-related income in each year 2021 to 2025; and the level of...
- State Claims Agency
324. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure, by expenditure category, on medical negligence claims including awards and fees and other expenditure types, for each year 2021-2025...
- Health Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on private hospital services, by region in each year 2021 to 2025 and in 2026 to date, in tabular form. [38435/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to extend the SUSI grant to graduate medicine students who already possess a level 8 QQI and subsequently enter a level 8...
- Education Schemes
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for a person (details supplied) to continue their studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38123/26]
- Grant Payments
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision to refuse a SUSI grant to a student (details supplied) who is a member of the Reserve Defence Force but is not employed...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Rural Schemes
329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including those delivered under LEADER, the Rural Regeneration and Development...
- Local Authorities
334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider providing funding for the local improvement scheme on a multi annual basis; to ensure local authorities who...
- Local Area Plans
336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether the Community Recognition Fund should support local areas where hotels have been converted to IPAS centres...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le cén ról lárnach a bheidh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain atá sé i gceist aige na caighdeáin maidir le seirbhísí Gaeilge na ranna rialtais, agus na...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an dáta faoina ndéanfar comhlachtaí poiblí a fhorordú de réir Alt 9A d’Acht na...
