Written answers
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Contracts
1. To ask the Taoiseach if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Presidency
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities the Government has identified for Ireland's upcoming EU presidency; and which of these measures will be aimed specifically at...
- International Agreements
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to seek the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement during Ireland's EU Presidency, considering Israel's ongoing crimes against...
- Departmental Contracts
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a schedule of contracts will be provided that her Department and bodies under her aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied)...
- Passport Services
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40433/26]
- Departmental Communications
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement she has had with American officials on the possibility of Donald Trump attending the Irish Open this year; and if she will make...
- Departmental Data
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of engagements she has had with American officials in 2026; the number of times the topic of sanctioning the state of Israel was...
- Passport Services
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40666/26]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Contracts
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation...
- Defence Forces
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her plans to improve the working and living conditions of cadets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40486/26]
- Departmental Data
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether any equipment, software, avionics, communications systems, sensor systems, mission systems, cybersecurity systems, electronic warfare...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number and proportion of public transport trips taken in Dublin which are subject to the 90-minute flat fare. [40405/26]
- Departmental Contracts
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details...
- Road Traffic Accidents
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a record of all reported accidents, collisions, or safety incidents that have occurred at or in the vicinity of the unmarked traffic...
- Air Services
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work of the National Working Group on Geographical Zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40458/26]
- Bus Services
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to extended late-night or night-time services on the 120 Bus Éireann route, in light of demonstrated...
- Rail Network
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial commitment and timeline of drawdown for the delivery of the recently announced Navan rail line. [40207/26]
- Parking Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider amending the criteria for the disabled person’s parking card to allow for drivers with ADHD or anxiety to apply for the...
- Pension Provisions
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update and a timeline for the payment of the pension increase for CIÉ pensioners; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress in rolling-out electric bike schemes in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; to provide a breakdown of the...
- Departmental Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next call will come for funding for new bus shelters at bus stopping locations; if there will be a call in 2026; and if he will...
- Bus Services
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the bus services operating between County Mayo and the urban centres of Galway, Limerick and Dublin that are wheelchair...
- Disability Services
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how accessibility compliance is monitored on both PSO and privately-operated bus routes serving County Mayo; the enforcement mechanisms in...
- Driver Licences
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time it takes for a foreign driving licence to be exchanged from a recognised state; his views on whether a waiting time of...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount total raised via the vacant homes tax in each of the years since it has been operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40721/26]
- Cost of Living Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration being given to the impact of ongoing cost-of-living pressures, including increases in energy, fuel and food costs, on retired public servants...
- Oireachtas Committees
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the perspectives shared at recent hearings held by the Oireachtas Committee on Finance regarding the need to adopt a...
- Enterprise Support Services
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a recent report from an organisation (details supplied); and if his Department will assess the reports' recommendations for an accelerated...
- Legislative Reviews
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the need to amend Section 626B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to align the substantial shareholding exemption more closely with the...
- Departmental Data
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its...
- Medicinal Products
57. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the distinction in the VAT rate between oral and injectable medications; if there are plans to include injectable medicines under annex III of the...
- Tax Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a pensioner in County Kildare (details supplied) is paying a high level of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40475/26]
- Tobacco Control Measures
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the findings of the recent survey (details supplied) which found the associated notional tax loss to the Exchequer stands at approximately...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- EU Presidency
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to urgently intervene to ensure that the events in Dublin Castle linked to the upcoming Irish EU Presidency do not result in the closure...
- Museum Projects
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Natural History Museum; the date on which it is now expected to reopen; the cost expended on the project to...
- Pension Provisions
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government's position regarding the maintenance of pension parity between retired teachers and serving teachers in the context of...
- Office of Public Works
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Office of Public Works is reviewing the environmental and ecological impacts of ongoing maintenance under the...
- Departmental Contracts
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details...
- Heritage Projects
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the team within the Office of Public Works currently assigned to the Turoe Stone project; the roles and responsibilities...
- Flood Relief Schemes
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flooding prevention (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40467/26]
- National Development Plan
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any circumstances where consideration will be given to the addition of a new project in the National Development Plan 2030;...
- Pension Provisions
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue a final determination in respect of An Post pensioners’ IDRP submissions before his Department; the reason for...
- Departmental Budgets
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 19 May 2026, to provide a breakdown of the expected spending cuts as a result of recent...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Policies
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department has considered the impact of the timing of Employment Regulation Order increases on businesses; if...
- Departmental Contracts
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details...
- Departmental Strategies
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment e steps being taken to develop a national battery strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of available places in special schools for 13-15 year-olds within the Lucan school planning area; the schools in which these places are...
- School Staff
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has assessed the number of teachers who remain in fixed-term employment contracts for five years or more; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for the school transport scheme for the 2026-2027 school year for a school (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Patronage
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent survey conducted by her Department, the percentage of parents of preschool children that stated they would prefer a...
- School Facilities
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider and respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding their request for consideration for a standalone secondary...
- School Accommodation
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; the timeline for same; if it can be...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is committed to ensuring low student-teacher ratios for DEIS and DEIS Plus schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Public Sector Pensions
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if representations have been made by retired teachers’ organisations regarding the importance of maintaining parity between pension...
- Departmental Contracts
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a schedule of contracts will be provided that her Department and bodies under her aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or...
- School Textbooks
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the cost on many families of purchasing tablets and notebooks outside of the free book scheme; the reason many...
- Educational Disadvantage
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remediate the reduction in teaching resources allocated to a DEIS plus school (details supplied) given the significant need in the...
- Special Educational Needs
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of general learning disability special classes in the school system; the plans to expand the number; and her views on whether the lack...
- School Equipment
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mechanisms in place for schools to seek funding for a large scale communication board (details supplied) to support...
- Educational Disadvantage
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns regarding the DEIS plus appeals process in which the process established has no facility for schools that were...
- School Staff
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be permitted to recruit for additional SNA posts allocated following the recent reviews, including in the case of a school...
- School Enrolments
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns of a school (details supplied) regarding their teaching allocation for the 2026-2027 school year; if her...
- Educational Disadvantage
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school (details supplied) has not been designated DEIS given the school is a feeder school to the DEIS post primary in the...
- School Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently increase capitation funding for primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40655/26]
- Special Educational Needs
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an educational placement along with the level of consistent therapeutic and medical...
- Schools Building Projects
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 20 May 2026, the property management division’s reasoning behind retaining this land (details...
- Special Educational Needs
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) at the earliest opportunity for the provision of much needed SEN...
- School Funding
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the climate action summer works scheme is being extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40709/26]
- School Accommodation
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- EU Presidency
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the events in development as part of the presidency cultural programme associated with Ireland's presidency of the Council...
- Departmental Projects
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation...
- Broadcasting Sector
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline all additional powers and functions being given to Coimisiún na Meán under the provisions of...
- Media Sector
122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will confirm if his engagements with media commissioners in Coimisiún na Meán were minuted; and...
- Sports Funding
126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of clubs and organisations in Mayo that have yet to draw down on sports capital and equipment grants; to provide...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow micro-companies to apply for the vacant above-the-shop grant scheme; the timeline for the potential...
- Departmental Contracts
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation...
- Housing Policy
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to that the assistant chief executive of Dublin City Council informed the Oireachtas Committee...
- Emergency Accommodation
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand emergency accommodation in Kildare given persistent shortages in beds in the county; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop social and affordable homes in Kildare county over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vacant Properties
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units owned by Kildare County Council currently not in use; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a software system (details supplied) for management of CAS, CALF and so on; the total cost of same; and...
- Housing Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a comprehensive list of all upcoming cost rental and affordable purchase homes in the greater Dublin area; and if...
- Defective Building Materials
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the recent confirmation that homes in Dublin Fingal are now to be included in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme...
- Water Quality
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department requested any formal review from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding repeated manganese...
- Housing Schemes
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount allocated to each local authority for tenant-in-situ in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Insurance
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of PRSI will be carried out in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their application for partial capacity benefit; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Payments
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the change from half to full carer's allowance payment will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation...
- Social Welfare Offices
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of engagement with social welfare branch managers following the recent refusal by representative groups to accept...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has paid a D class stamp all their working lives, will qualify for any State payments including the State...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if section 16 naturalisation via Irish associations is a route intended for people who have no other pathway to citizenship and...
- Control of Firearms
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that concerns expressed by shotgun owners relating to inconsistencies in the interpretation and...
- Departmental Data
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 12 May 2026, if the data in the question is now available, that is, statistics on...
- Departmental Contracts
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation...
- Legislative Reviews
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the operation of the Private Securities Act 2004; to examine the operation of the provisions of the Act...
- Citizenship Applications
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by Irish citizens residing abroad in obtaining official...
- An Garda Síochána
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reserves recruited in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the areas that they have been allocated to; and if he...
- Departmental Communications
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/26]
- International Protection
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/26]
- Residency Permits
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the delays in the processing of Irish residence permit renewals; the cause of the average processing time having...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State funding in place to support permaculture farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40483/26]
- Departmental Contracts
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details...
- Agriculture Schemes
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40538/26]
- Tree Remediation
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give urgent consideration to the introduction of grant aid for landowners to remove roadside trees that have ash dieback...
- Animal Welfare
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired greyhounds cared for in Ireland that have not been formally rehomed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Forestry Sector
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding scheduled forestry maintenance (details supplied); when the work will be carried out; and if he will make a...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Flexible Work Practices
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work undertaken by her Department in regard to the possibility of the introduction of menstrual leave for workers; if her...
- Disabilities Assessments
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps taken by the HSE to identify, assess and engage potential private providers in relation to the proposed outsourcing of...
- Disability Services
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of residential respite beds available for adults with disabilities in the HSE South-West region; the projected...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting times for adults with complex progressive or acquired neurological conditions seeking access to the Community...
- Disability Services
173. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether a formal reallocation policy exists within HSE South West whereby residential respite places for...
- Disabilities Assessments
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the number of assessment of need reports overdue for completion in Cork increased by approximately 600 cases from 1,193...
- Departmental Contracts
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a schedule of contracts will be provided that her Department and bodies under her aegis have had with an organisation (details...
- Childcare Services
179. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 974 of 12 May 2026, the engagement there has been with the management of a childcare centre...
- Health Services Staff
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of currently vacant posts within Kildare CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40485/26]
- Special Educational Needs
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an educational placement along with the level of consistent therapeutic...
- Children in Care
185. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria under which a child is placed into special emergency arrangements; the extent foster parent’s concerns are...
- Guardians Ad Litem
186. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the circumstances in which a child is assigned a guardian-ad-litem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40668/26]
- Child and Family Agency
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the circumstances in which Tusla would decide to appeal a full care order passed down by a judge; and if she will make a statement...
- Childcare Services
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 May 2025, the estimated average cost, per month, of full-day childcare, broken down...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
189. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1971 of 29 April 2025, the estimated cost of bringing early years graduates only NFQ Level 7,...
- Disabilities Assessments
190. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for assessment of need for children in Cork north-west; the measures being taken to reduce delays; and if...
- Disability Services
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional funding is being provided to expand disability day services in rural communities experiencing increased demand; and if...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Waiting Lists
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting access to primary care psychology and speech and language therapy services in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Promotion
194. To ask the Minister for Health whether any national public awareness campaign relating to tick-borne illnesses and lyme disease has been undertaken since 2020; the associated annual...
- Departmental Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains data on waiting times for infectious disease consultations relating to suspected lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Research and Training
196. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department funds or supports any Irish research projects relating to lyme disease, tick-borne illnesses, or long-term post-infectious...
- Departmental Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions annually associated with lyme disease, neurological lyme disease, lyme carditis or lyme arthritis from 2020 to 2026, in...
- Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dignity at work complaints made by HSE staff in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by Health Region; the number...
- Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery on behalf of a person (details supplied). [40361/26]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health the infrastructure being planned and developed for the increase in population from circa 2,000 to circa 8,000 within the next one to three years in the Donore...
- Health Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made for healthcare needs for the additional population in the Donore Avenue-South Circular Road area. [40364/26]
- General Practitioner Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment has taken place of capacity within existing GP and dental practices of the Donore Avenue-South Circular Road area; the measures being taken to...
- Health Service Executive
207. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is not providing standard planning and environmental warranties and assurances to Louth County Council in respect of the proposed handover...
- Hospital Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is no longer a paediatric dermatology service available in University Hospital Kerry, that paediatric patients with dermatology...
- Ministerial Communications
209. To ask the Minister for Health if she will list the dates upon which she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of the HSE since she took office. [40376/26]
- Medicinal Products
212. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case (details supplied); the scrutiny HPRA applied to the necessity and proportionality of the numbers; the alternatives...
- Mental Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to reports that an organisation (details supplied) may be forced to cease operations due to funding difficulties; if her...
- Departmental Contracts
215. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of contracts will be provided that her Department and bodies under her aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its...
- Departmental Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care and bed days lost from Cork University Hospital, Mercy University Hospital and Bon Secours Hospital in Cork, in each...
- Departmental Funding
217. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department funds the services provided by an organisation (details supplied); if there have been changes to the level of funding her Department provides...
- Hospital Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialists in the area of Ehlers Danlos syndrome currently accepting patients through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting list for diagnostic services in relation to suspected Ehlers Danlos syndrome; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have availed of the cross-Border directive for treatment abroad in relation to symptoms or complications of Ehlers Danlos syndrome....
- Disease Management
223. To ask the Minister for Health if genetic testing targeting diagnosis of those types of Ehlers Danlos syndrome identifiable by such tests will become available to the general population...
- Hospital Staff
224. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of posts unfilled at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, across all departments, including the accident and emergency department; how long...
- Departmental Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the funding investment provided to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda from 2020 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40460/26]
- Hospital Facilities
226. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding future expansion plans at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital which will assist to in addressing challenges in the emergency department; and if...
- Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made by HSE south-west on creating new residential respite services for Cork; when she anticipates these additional services will be...
- Death Certificates
228. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the issuing of a death certificate for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
229. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure compliance by the HSE with the statutory requirement (details supplied) under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods)...
- Vaccination Programme
230. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a cost benefit analysis of continued rollout of the RSV immunisation programme for young children; and if she will make a...
- Health Services Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Health if all clinical leads have now been appointed across IHA Louth, hospital services, community services and all health and social care services [40488/26]
- Ambulance Service
232. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a new ambulance station in Drogheda; the engagement she has had with the National Ambulance Service, HSE Estates and...
- Medicinal Products
235. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of treatment to adults with SMA, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, that is available to under-18s; and if she will make a...
- Disability Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE decided not to proceed with the proposed outsourcing of occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services for the...
- Disabilities Assessments
237. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to an assessment of needs request (details supplied). [40540/26]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full update on the status of the new dementia-specific residential care unit currently awaiting HIQA registration in the Cork region; the...
- Nursing Homes
239. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for processing fair deal scheme applications through the HSE South West Nursing Homes Support Office, given that approximately 558...
- Disability Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with disabilities in the HSE South-West region who are currently on waiting lists for residential respite placements; the average waiting...
- Health Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) operates four nights per week rather than seven nights per week in line with other residential respite providers in...
- Health Services Staff
242. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the current status of the Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team established in the HSE South West region; the number of posts allocated and...
- Health Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full update on a respite project in Cork (details supplied); if she will confirm that the design team tender was lodged in May 2026 as...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
244. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the current waiting list for the CUMH Complex Menopause Clinic at the Kinsale Road Clinic in Cork; if she will confirm whether the...
- Health Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of the Regional Fertility Hub at the Lee Clinic in Cork given that referrals increased from 710 in 2023 to 1,144 in 2024 before reducing...
- Water Quality
246. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any analysis of cumulative exposure patterns arising from repeated manganese exceedances in drinking water supplies serving Cork...
- Health Service Executive
251. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by the HSE on consultant recruitment advertising in each year since 2021, broken down by publication, online platform and...
- Health Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme in each year since 2020; the number of approved patients in each year; and the average approved...
- Hospital Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the high number of urgent day case breaches recorded at Cork University Maternity Hospital as reflected in the Sláintecare KPI data...
- Disabilities Assessments
272. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for autism assessment across Cork, given that HSE South-West data confirms a combined total of 2,174 children waiting...
- Dental Services
274. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the orthodontic assessment and treatment waiting list at St. Finbarr's Hospital Cork, given that HSE...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
276. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE South-West region remains on target to address all community audiology clients waiting over 52 weeks by the June 2026 deadline as stated in the...
- Health Services Staff
277. To ask the Minister for Health the reason new psychology vacancies arising in HSE South-West after March 2026 have been submitted for approval pending REMT approval due to regional...
- Mental Health Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients on the primary care psychology waiting list in the HSE South-West region; if she will confirm whether the ten additional primary...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
279. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for Irish cancer patients to access newly approved medicines; if she will confirm whether the average waiting time of 644...
- Medicinal Products
280. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of innovative oncology medicines approved at European level that are currently available and reimbursed in Ireland; the reason this proportion...
- Patient Files
283. To ask the Minister for Health the current timeline for the procurement and full implementation of the national One Health Record electronic health system; if she will confirm whether...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
286. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures being taken to reduce waiting times for cancer patients to receive scan and blood test results, given that 92% of cancer patients...
- Disease Management
287. To ask the Minister for Health if harm in rare disease pathways has been known at ministerial, departmental, and HSE service level for years; the reason the State has still not fully...
- Disability Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health the reason binding national and international obligations under both the UNCRPD and the UNCRC has failed to translate into front-line practice, when people...
- Health Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health to examine issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40674/26]
- Medicinal Products
291. To ask the Minister for Health the current state of Ireland’s preparedness for utilising the EU’s Joint Clinical Assessments, JCA, on clinical trial data in evaluations by the...
- Dental Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) referred for a dental operation has been refused by a number of hospitals for a number of different reasons; and if she...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Job Losses
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the reasons behind the layoffs in an education centre (details supplied). [40319/26]
- Departmental Contracts
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied)...
- Third Level Education
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by his Department to broaden access to graduate entry medicine programmes across the State; and if he will make a statement...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a minor works capital application (details supplied) which has been with his Department since 2022; the expected timeline...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Contracts
304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details...
