Written answers
Thursday, 2 July 2026
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Legislative Measures
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correspondence she has received from representatives of the American Government, whether the Administration or members of Congress, in...
- Ministerial Communications
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on her most recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Secretary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50757/26]
- Departmental Projects
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the progress made to date on the Government commitment of the establishment of the John Hume fund; the timeline for...
- Humanitarian Aid
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has assessed whether existing humanitarian assistance to Cuba is sufficient to meet the growing needs arising from...
- Trade Relations
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will join other European countries that already have well established trade offices in Taiwan and are benefiting substantially from...
- EU Enlargement
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that her Department is taking to support Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession application to the EU, including in the context of the...
- Consular Services
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has recognised the countries or regions with the greatest need for Irish citizen consular assistance where no Irish embassy...
- Departmental Reports
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the discussion at the EU General Affairs Council on 16 June 2026 of national and regional partnership plans under the...
- Passport Services
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average processing times for passport applications in County Mayo over the past 12 months; the steps being taken to reduce delays during...
- EU Presidency
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department will prioritise the promotion of peace-building and diplomacy during Ireland's EU presidency; and if she will make a...
- EU Enlargement
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on the progress made for EU candidate countries, Ukraine, Moldova and Montenegro, with regard to EU accession; and if she...
- Departmental Policies
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Russian government has made her aware at any point of the number of politicians who have been blacklisted from entering Russia since...
- Passport Services
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to urgently reform the approach to verifying the Garda witness on passport applications (details supplied) [50103/26]
- Departmental Policies
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current war on Lebanon; the need to ensure respect for Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity; the need for Israel...
- Departmental Meetings
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the most recent meeting of the Government Trade Forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50021/26]
- International Bodies
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support being provided to the International Fund for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50031/26]
- Diplomatic Representation
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her proposals to expand the Irish diplomatic footprint in areas with a growing diaspora community. [50267/26]
- Passport Services
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department is taking to improve access to passport services, particularly in cases involving urgent travel or delays reported...
- Departmental Reports
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the discussion on the West Bank at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 15 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will push for EU wide statute blocking the US sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court; and if she will make a...
- United Nations
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update about the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon given recent remarks by UN high representative (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- EU Membership
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is supporting Moldovan membership of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50100/26]
- Foreign Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's role in the rebuilding of Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50297/26]
- British-Irish Co-operation
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her engagement with the UK government to ensure that the measures announced in the Legacy of the Troubles: A Joint Framework...
- Foreign Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will end the arrangement that allows US military overflights without prior notification; and if she will make a statement on the...
- EU Presidency
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities in the forthcoming negotiations on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028–2034, in view of recent discussions at...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Shared Island Civic Society Fund; the way in which the fund it is supporting new cross-Border links; and if she will...
- Ukraine War
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current situation in Ukraine in relation to Russia’s war of aggression; the need for a ceasefire; and if she will make a statement...
- EU Presidency
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's priorities during it's term of Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ukraine War
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking to support the work of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children; and if she will make a...
- Trade Agreements
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the interactions she has had with the European Commission in respect of the decision to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement....
- Illegal Israeli Imports
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which she plans to use Ireland's EU Presidency to advance a ban on the sale or offer of services from occupied Palestinian...
- Ukraine War
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the first disbursement to Ukraine from the €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027 has been made; and if she will make a statement on...
- Passport Services
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons there have been significant issues with passport card printing recently; if the printing of passport books has been affected; and...
- Foreign Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland will be joining the United States of America in celebrating the 250th anniversary of achieving independence; and if...
- Departmental Reports
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the discussion on Ukraine at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 15 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Foreign Policy
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she supports further restrictive measures against those responsible in the Iranian regime for the violence and repression against the...
- Trade Agreements
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the opportunities that forthcoming EU trade agreements will present for Irish businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Diplomatic Representation
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to establishing full diplomatic relations between Ireland and Palestine, when an ambassador of Ireland to the State of Palestine...
- International Relations
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on protecting the rights of the Tibetan people, including the right to select the next Dalai Lama. [49863/26]
- Foreign Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is supporting the Council of Europe's engagement with members of the Russian opposition; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action being taken with regard to the mistreatment of detainees, including European citizens, following the interception of the Global...
- International Relations
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on her engagement with the UK government regarding the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if she will make a statement on...
- Ukraine War
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is supporting Ukrainian membership of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/26]
- Gender Equality
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland has raised concerns with countries that continue to have the death penalty for any person believed to be or who...
- Trade Agreements
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the progress made to date in relation to the ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade...
- Immigration Support Services
70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on her Department's engagements regarding facilitating easier return to Ireland for emigrants. [50266/26]
- Ukraine War
71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is working to support the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine; and if she will make a...
- Passport Services
72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a digital strategy that works towards digital passports for those who want to avail of them in the future, as part of better...
- Airport Policy
74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will end the use of Shannon Airport by the US military; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50247/26]
- Ukraine War
75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the increasingly aggressive, reckless and irresponsible Russian behaviour towards EU Member States, including foreign...
- Departmental Correspondence
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when she plans to issue a response to correspondence from persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50272/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Disability Services
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether all universities providing courses for students with intellectual disabilities and autism have access to job coaching services aimed at...
- Student Accommodation
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase delivery of student accommodation in Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50245/26]
- Departmental Data
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has sought or received reports or analysis regarding the numbers of international students attending high-demand courses in...
- Education and Training Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the State of training students in key public service professions such as nursing and teaching; and whether his Department...
- Departmental Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the investment being made into further education in County Louth. [50088/26]
- Departmental Correspondence
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on engagement between his Department, Cork Education and Training Board and employers in Cork North-West regarding skills shortages...
- Planning Issues
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans University of Limerick has to develop the Clare side of its campus. [49821/26]
- Student Accommodation
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if University of Limerick has acquired floors at a location (details supplied) for the purposes of developing student accommodation and-or...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to expand the provision of apprenticeships through Irish; the supports being considered for Irish-medium delivery; and if he...
- Employment Schemes
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to improve retention of graduates in sectors such as nursing and teaching, particularly in light of ongoing workforce...
- Departmental Communications
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given his comments quoted in a newspaper (details supplied) whether he proposes to introduce any additional regulations or enforcement measures;...
- Third Level Costs
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to alleviate the costs on third level student families in budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50269/26]
- Third Level Fees
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from County Clare who applied for and received SUSI grants in the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years; the average...
- Student Accommodation
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the measures being taken to increase the supply of affordable student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current measures in place through his Department to support training and upskilling in EV technologies; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Accommodation
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the National Student Accommodation Strategy 2026-2035, the number of the 42,000 student accommodation beds projected by 2035 that are...
- Departmental Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he has funded any innovation or research on Meanwhile Use. [49384/26]
- Artificial Intelligence
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcomes and next steps arising from the recent AI workforce readiness national skills roundtable; the way in which these findings will...
- Third Level Admissions
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given student numbers are projected to rise significantly over the next decade increasing by up to 19% from current levels his plans to prepare...
- Third Level Fees
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is planning a reduction in college fees in budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50240/26]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targeted investment that is being provided by his Department to expand further education, apprenticeship, and skills training capacity in...
- Third Level Costs
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has assessed barriers faced by rural students in Mayo in accessing higher education, including transport, accommodation, and...
- Departmental Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of each of college of future FET projects proposed throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Funding
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for a new registration system in TU Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48309/26]
- Third Level Fees
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to reduce college fees for the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48949/26]
- Disability Services
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether all universities providing courses for students with intellectual disabilities and autism have access to job coaching services aimed at...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices registered in County Clare in each of the past three years; the trades and programmes most represented among Clare...
- Third Level Education
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the passage of the necessary legislation to facilitate the Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s Belfast strategic...
- Third Level Fees
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of third level fees in the years 2024, 2025, 2026; his plans to reduce fees; and the timeframe in which such will be delivered. [50261/26]
- Health Service Executive
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is engaging with HSE management regarding the critical skills shortages in several key areas of the health system; and if he...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in expanding apprenticeship opportunities to meet current and future skills needs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Education and Training Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for individuals who wish to undertake further remote study in their field, in view of the fact that many may wish to...
- Research Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the €100 million expansion of the Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork, approved by...
- Student Accommodation
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students in relation to student accommodation; the additional measures he is considering putting in place to combat the...
- Third Level Education
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of plans to develop a third-level catering college in Killarney at a site (details supplied); the progress made to date on the...
- Further and Higher Education
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department is examining additional measures to improve progression to higher education for people with intellectual disabilities,...
- Swimming Pools
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the situation regarding the refurbishment of the swimming pool at a location (details supplied). [49823/26]
- Third Level Education
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he will intervene urgently to prevent large scale redundancies and the closure of courses at Carlow College. [50262/26]
- Further and Higher Education
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by his Department to improve the further and higher education experience and supports available for students with...
- Third Level Costs
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the Government’s position on student fees, in light of recent media reports suggesting that fees may not be reduced as...
- Construction Industry
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail his Department’s plans to address construction labour force shortfalls and the impact that will have on housing delivery; if he...
- Further and Higher Education
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that will be made in 2026 and 2027 in delivering upgrades and new accommodation for the Further Education Sector; and if he will...
- Student Accommodation
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of units of student accommodation that are owned by third level colleges and universities now in use; the number owned by each...
- Departmental Data
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the output of the recent national skills roundtable talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50092/26]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work being carried out in his Department to further streamline cross-Border further and higher education anomalies, including the recognition...
- Medical Qualifications
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline on the proposed stakeholder consultation and subsequent publication of the review of specialist training provision, STP; and if he...
- Artificial Intelligence
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the roll out of aiready.ie; and his plans for future development. [49862/26]
- Third Level Education
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he has met representatives of UCC or Munster Technological University about the possibility of a campus on the north side of Cork city....
- Student Accommodation
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student accommodation units that are now under construction and owned by third level institutions; the details of location of each;...
- Third Level Education
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to expand access to third level education places, particularly in light of increasing demand from school leavers in...
- Education and Training Boards
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to open up additional spaces on specialist training courses operated by the...
- Further and Higher Education
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of HEA or SOLAS-funded programmes that incorporate sustainability, green approaches or green skills in their delivery; the way in...
- Third Level Costs
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the cost of attending third level education, including accommodation and student contribution fees; and whether...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Irish Language
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has given consideration to revising policies governing a citizen's ability to de-Anglicise and use the Irish version of their name on...
- Departmental Data
158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the full record of correspondence and engagement between her Department and websites (details supplied) since 2015, including...
- Irish Aid
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to deploy, as a matter of urgency, an Irish-led humanitarian response team to Venezuela, including trained personnel and essential resources...
- Humanitarian Aid
165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by the Government to support women and girls in Afghanistan. [50688/26]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Planning Issues
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether national planning guidelines for anaerobic digestion and biomethane production facilities are being prepared; when...
- Health Services
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place, or being considered, to assist households with the cost of disposing of adult incontinence...
- Departmental Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that was provided to retrofitting, broken down by each programme in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular...
- Departmental Programmes
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of concerns that the Government’s retrofitting programme discriminates against those with solid fuel...
- Departmental Data
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 22 June 2026, the breakdown of the funding that was allocated to district...
- Data Centres
177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of data centres that are currently planned, proposed or awaiting approval in the context of the annual...
- Energy Policy
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to give long duration energy storage a route to market; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sustainable Energy Communities
180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the administrative and support that is available to renewable energy communities; the number of staff that...
- Departmental Data
181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the revenue generated from the Cap on Market Revenues; to provide a breakdown on the revenue that has been...
- Energy Conservation
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated NDP uplift for retrofitting in 2027. [50401/26]
- Departmental Funding
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Irish Environmental Network in each of the years 2020 to date; and...
- Energy Prices
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to estimate the cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months for €150 per month in tabular...
- Departmental Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to support climate action regional offices, LA CAPS and EU...
- Departmental Bodies
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on progress of the national DMAP; the funding allocated to delivering it since its inception; when it will be...
- Wind Energy Generation
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the dates on which each subgroup of the wind delivery taskforce met offshore in each of the years since the...
- Energy Prices
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dates on which the NEAT taskforce and each subgroup met in each of the years since the taskforce's inception, in...
- Renewable Energy Generation
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dates on which the accelerating renewable energy taskforce and each subgroup met ,in tabular form, in each of the...
- Local Authorities
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to hire one additional FTE climate action officer in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he...
- Water Services
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the work his Department is doing to expand the roll-out of free public water refill stations across Dublin; and...
- Energy Production
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will assist with a community solar farm project in South Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with representatives of limousine and other SPSVs regarding restrictions on using bus lanes including being unable to...
- Public Transport
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the timeline for the extension of the Luas line to Bray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50324/26]
- Public Service Obligation
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the PSO funding provided by government to the NTA in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; if Budget 2027...
- Departmental Schemes
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the road transport support scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/26]
- Rail Network
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to meet with the west Cork rail alliance to discuss the proposal to extend the rail line from Midleton to Youghal. [50374/26]
- Ports Policy
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding available to Ireland's ports to deliver ORE broken down by port, in tabular form. [50411/26]
- Regional Airports
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an annual breakdown of the funding received by regional airports as part of the regional airports programme, by airport, for...
- Rail Network
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50566/26]
- Road Projects
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of the Galway city ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50568/26]
- Rail Network
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for clarity on the provision of additional rail carriages for train services to and from Galway city; and if he will make a statement on...
- Parking Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider changes to clamping rules to allow a statutory grace period before a vehicle may be clamped. [50693/26]
- National Transport Authority
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the NTA is required to issue an annual publication of enforcement and appeals statistics regarding vehicle clamping. [50697/26]
- Public Transport
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of maintaining the 20% fare reduction on public transport. [50698/26]
- Driver Test
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of hiring an additional FTE driver tester. [50700/26]
- Public Transport
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided to connecting Ireland rural bus scheme broken down by capex and opex funding in each of the years 2020...
- Aviation Industry
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether a company (details supplied) have been consulted or have been engaged with to provide support with existing...
- Public Transport
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detailed breakdown of the number of bus drivers hired on public transport in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50717/26]
- Dublin Bus
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the number of Dublin Bus drivers by 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% respectively, in tabular form....
- Rail Network
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected first- and full-year cost of the Finglas Luas, broken down by cap ex and op ex, in tabular form. [50722/26]
- Public Transport
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to delivering new public transport services; and to provide a detailed breakdown of the...
- Bus Services
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can confirm availability of funding through his Department for the A spine under the BusConnects redesign; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Licences
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the black market for the rental and sale of taxi licence plates; if so, the measures that will be...
- Transport Costs
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to extend the 20% fare reduction to all commercial operators. [50745/26]
- Rail Network
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding spent to transform single tracking into double tracking in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50746/26]
- Public Transport
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to make public transport more accessible in each of the years 2020 to date,...
- Rail Network
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to make train stations accessible, broken down by programme, service and-or action, showing cap ex and opex...
- Road Safety
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding, in tabular...
- Departmental Expenditure
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the first- and full-year cost of all the task forces under his remit, broken down by task force and cap ex and op ex funding, in each of...
- Road Network
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the cap ex and op ex funding, respectively, allocated to the roads budget in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and...
- Rail Network
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of the cap ex and opex funding allocated to expanding rail services broken down by project / rail line in...
- Electric Vehicles
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to Ireland’s EV charging infrastructure in each of the years 2020 to...
- Department of Finance
- Transport Costs
271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the taxsaver commuter ticket scheme, to take account of workers who work less than five days a week, and for whom the scheme is therefore...
- Rental Sector
272. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of continuing trends of landlords exiting the private rental sector and the increase in notices of termination recorded by the Residential...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
273. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has had engagement with the Central Bank on how the recently introduced changes to the mortgage measures relating to bridging finance are being...
- Tax Credits
274. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that a tax credit scheme which does not reduce, rebate or offset excise duty would be distinct from the operation of the EU Alcohol Structures...
- Tax Reliefs
275. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 25 June 2026, whether the proposed Savings and Investment Account will impose an annual tax liability on...
- Banking Sector
276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banks on the possibility of applying a waiver for banks fees for certain non-profit organisations such as community groups, parents...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Semi-State Bodies
277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if new era advised that commercial semi state chief executive officers receive enhanced remuneration and related benefit packages; and...
- Civil Service
278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 4 November 2025, the numbers appointed on the panel to date; if the panel has been further...
- Office of Public Works
279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with the Office of Public Works regarding the opening of Rattoo Round Tower, Ballyduff, County Kerry for National...
- Road Signage
281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider a measure at Ashtown gate junction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50684/26]
- EU Directives
283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the findings of a report (details supplied); the steps being taken to move Ireland from ‘limited redress’ to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
284. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider adding poultry farms to the eligible list for general work permits due to the shortage of available workers in...
- Employment Data
285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment his Department has made of the contribution of pubs to employment throughout the State; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
288. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Workplace Relations Commission funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50502/26]
- Health and Safety
289. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Health and Safety Authority funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50503/26]
- Corporate Governance
290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Corporate Enforcement Authority funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50504/26]
- Departmental Funding
291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide funding to celebrate a significant event in Portmagee, County Kerry, the 100th Anniversary of the Spirit of St. Louis,...
- Enterprise Support Services
293. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to enterprises in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50520/26]
- Enterprise Policy
294. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans in place for the development of new enterprise hubs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/26]
- Departmental Policies
295. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to previous requests, to give favourable consideration to introducing paid miscarriage leave in line with Northern Ireland...
- Departmental Correspondence
296. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Ireland’s role in the importation of goods...
- Consumer Protection
297. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether under consumer law a hotel is obliged to indicate all taxes or services fees in the overall price when a customer is making a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Refurbishment
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Climate Action Summer Works Scheme 2026 application (details supplied) submitted in 2025 under the climate action works...
- School Admissions
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the need for primary and secondary school places with the expansion of the Shankill and surrounding areas,...
- Schools Building Projects
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the evaluation of tenders for the new building project at school (details supplied) is expected to conclude; the anticipated date for the...
- Departmental Correspondence
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will investigate a case (details supplied) and engage with the family. [50343/26]
- Social Welfare Payments
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address an issue of an overpayment claim on a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50363/26]
- Special Educational Needs
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the capacity and availability of places in special schools, particularly in County Mayo; and the steps being taken to increase the...
- Irish Language
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department tracks the number of pupils progressing through Irish-medium primary schools in the Fingal area; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Policies
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the future plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50468/26]
- Education and Training Boards
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an urgent update on a vacancy in a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50476/26]
- Special Educational Needs
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to engage with the families affected. [50480/26]
- Departmental Data
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the emergency works applications received by her Department in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 for a school (details supplied)....
- Disadvantaged Status
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the assessment of DEIS Plus status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50564/26]
- Special Educational Needs
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact number of children in Cork currently on the National Council for Special Education's database awaiting a special education placement as...
- Schools Building Projects
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Stage 2B report for the development of a new school (details supplied) has been submitted by Patron Body to her Department’s...
- International Protection
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the obligation under Section 78 of the International Protection Act 2026 to provide children seeking international protection with...
- Teaching Qualifications
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the status of a person’s application (details supplied) to the teaching council for post primary qualifications assessment; if...
- Irish Language
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the establishment of a new Gaelcholáiste in west Cork to meet the growing need outlined by the community (details...
- Teaching Qualifications
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for registration through the Teaching Council will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Funding
326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a significant increase in funding to coastal rowing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Environmental Policy
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding provided for nature restoration. [50403/26]
- Rental Sector
330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted an assessment of the extent to which recent tenancy law reforms have contributed to landlords...
- Energy Conservation
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding that was provided to retrofitting of local authority homes; the average cost to retrofit a local...
- Turf Cutting
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants who have availed of the €1,500 annual payment under the cessation of turf cutting...
- Planning Issues
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views that the absence of national planning guidelines for anaerobic digestion and biomethane facilities risks producing...
- Housing Schemes
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to introduce a grant incentive scheme for social housing tenants to purchase private housing (details supplied). [50507/26]
- Local Authorities
337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the full staffing allocation, according to grade provided to Galway City Council; the additional staffing positions...
- Fire Stations
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the development of a new fire station in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50572/26]
- Housing Policy
340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the publication and commencement of the proposed National Planning Statement on rural housing will require planning...
- Housing Schemes
342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the vacant above the shop grant since the scheme opened; the number of grants approved; the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Birth Certificates
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible for a mother to change the name on her child’s birth certificate from her married name to her maiden...
- Departmental Data
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department holds or compiles data on the number of persons aged 65 years and over living alone in the State,...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the eligibility rules whereby domiciliary care allowance (DCA) automatically ceases when a child turns 16,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently intervene and assist a Kerry resident (details supplied) with a jobseekers benefit application; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Rates
350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated of the first year and full year cost of a €10 increase to payments (details supplied); and if he will...
- Social Welfare Payments
351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [50469/26]
- State Pensions
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the State Pension Contributory, by county, in tabular form. [50712/26]
- Social Welfare Payments
353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the carer’s allowance, by county, in tabular format. [50713/26]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Data
354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list and/or the number of people affected by Ireland’s imposed travel ban and sanctions on Israeli...
- An Garda Síochána
355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to ensure that the current Garda vetting system remains fit for purpose; the steps he is taking to reduce the administrative...
- Road Traffic Offences
356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of reported cases of fraudulent use of disabled parking permits, by year from 2016 to 2025 and the latest data...
- Residency Permits
357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will urgently examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for more than eight months for an...
- Naturalisation Applications
358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) which was submitted three years ago and has...
- Departmental Schemes
359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the changes to the temporary protection scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant civilian staff positions in Nenagh Garda Station; the length of time each of these positions have been...
- Residency Permits
362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider updating the published guidance and the notice to employers in relation to the processing of Irish...
- Prison Service
364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details on the total cost of phase one of the development at The Grove, Castlerea Prison, including all...
- International Protection
369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the provisions of the updated IPAS house rules of June 2026 concerning the re-entry to reception and accommodation...
- An Garda Síochána
372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of consideration being given to the development of a new Garda station at Saggart as part of the Citywest campus now...
- Naturalisation Applications
376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address the high demand under TAMS 3 under the solar capital investment scheme; his plans to allocate...
- Poultry Sector
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the ten largest egg production operations here; the number of birds that went through the system in...
- Agriculture Schemes
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received their 2024 national protein incentive scheme (NPIS) payment; the reason...
- Harbours and Piers
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to perform urgent improvement works to Kilkeveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes
384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intention within his Department to review the criteria of the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50599/26]
- Agriculture Industry
385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to take into consideration the mitigating circumstances in relation to the registration of ten calves in County Kerry (details...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disability Services
386. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns regarding the lack of continuity and coordination of services for children with additional needs, particularly...
- Childcare Services
387. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the short-term or interim funding options available for an early education centre (details supplied) while it is awaiting the...
- Disability Services
398. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently intervene and assist a family with respite and services in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Question Heading for question(s) 399
399. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the case of a child in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50467/26]
- Disability Services
400. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will assist in outlining a detailed pathway to residential accommodation for an adult with severe and complex...
- Childcare Services
401. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of ECCE-only services nationally and by county in the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive. [50509/26]
- Home Care Packages
402. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will urgently assist a family in south Kerry with a home care package (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Children in Care
403. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1613 of 9 June 2026, the reason the average number of placement changes experienced by...
- Traveller Community
411. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the full expenditure within her Department in 2025 to tackle inequalities suffered by members of the travelling community; and if...
- Child and Family Agency
412. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1728 of 9 June 2026, of the 50 recommendations made by the National Review Panel between 2020...
- Children in Care
414. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 921 of 12 May 2026, to confirm that no cap, limit or oversight mechanism currently applies to...
- Child and Family Agency
417. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the absence, to date, of a completed centralised system for tracking the implementation of National Review Panel...
- Health Service Executive
418. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1082 of 12 May 2026, whether any independent value-for-money audit, as distinct from the...
- Children in Care
419. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1587 of 9 June 2026, given the confirmation that Tusla maintains no key performance indicator...
- Child and Family Agency
434. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 28 May 2026, whether Tusla will commence collation of the number of children taken to...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
442. To ask the Minister for Health to issue a public apology (details supplied) [50553/26]
- Departmental Reviews
443. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all reviews, audits, and reports commissioned or conducted in relation to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) over the past 10 years;...
- Medical Inquiries
445. To ask the Minister for Health whether the planned statutory inquiry into CHI will include all matters previously examined in internal or external reviews; and to provide copies of those...
- Medical Cards
448. To ask the Minister for Health if there are guidelines governing the amount a GP can charge a medical card patient for completing a form (details supplied) [50337/26]
- Health Services
450. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently assist a family with care needs (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50417/26]
- Healthcare Policy
451. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken an assessment of providing free access to the shingles vaccine to those with a medical card; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the extension of the free contraceptive scheme to all ages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50433/26]
- Departmental Schemes
453. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); her views on a compensation scheme for long-Covid patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Care Packages
454. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department can take to assist a person (details supplied) who is on dialysis and ready to be stepped down from a hospital; and if she will make...
- Hospital Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Maternity Hospital does not have a dedicated haematologist providing care for pregnant women (details supplied); if there are plans...
- Health Services
456. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the closure of a clinic (details supplied) where many individuals were receiving care for ADHD; the response of the HSE to this closure to...
- Nursing Homes
457. To ask the Minister for Health if the independent review of the effectiveness of the regulatory and legislative framework for inspecting nursing homes has been completed and submitted to the...
- Health Services
458. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to extend the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP) to include epilepsy; the assessments under way by the HSE to add epilepsy to the CDMP; and...
- Hospital Services
462. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for private eye clinics in University Hospital Galway (details supplied); if these are being run exclusively by consultants on...
- Health Services
463. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and opening of a National Mother and Baby Unit for perinatal mental health care; the current status of the project; the...
- Health Services Staff
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons based at Tallaght University Hospital as of 24 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as...
- Health Service Executive
469. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE can, through its National Environmental Health Service, make health-based submissions to An Coimisiún Pleanála on wind farm...
- Healthcare Policy
483. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the inclusion of endometriosis and related care within the eligibility criteria for the HSE critical illness protocol; and whether she is...
- Hospital Facilities
488. To ask the Minister for Health further to multiple previous requests, to consider developing a Lyme disease specific department in University Hospital Kerry, for the detection, treatment and...
- Health Service Executive
489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1278 of 26 May 2026 which states cost considerations do not form part of the eligibility assessment for the treatment...
- Departmental Schemes
490. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 26 May 2026 if the national treatment abroad office in Kilkenny is the sole point of approval for all treatment...
- Hospital Services
493. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progression of the implementation of masterplan for University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50565/26]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
494. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at An Spidéal, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50567/26]
- Home Care Packages
496. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether the HSE holds, or can produce, a national aggregate figure for the total number of compliance inspections, audits and reviews conducted...
- Healthcare Policy
503. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm directly whether the Health Service Executive has ever conducted an analysis of referral concentration, repeat provider usage, or high-cost...
- Health Service Executive
511. To ask the Minister for Health further to the confirmation that no structured national data collection system exists for gender healthcare services for children and young people, whether...
- Hospital Staff
513. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultant post at UHL’s long-Covid clinic became vacant; the interim arrangements that exist for new patients in the Midwest; and the timeline...
- Hospital Appointments Status
514. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time from referral to first appointment at each of the six long-Covid clinics in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [50608/26]
- Health Services
515. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an explanation for the year-on-year decline in long-Covid clinic attendances nationally; and whether this reflects reduced referral activity,...
- Health Service Executive
516. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has ever sought or received cumulative manganese exposure data from water suppliers broken down by age group or vulnerability category; the...
- Medicinal Products
517. To ask the Minister for Health further to the HSE's confirmation that no national dataset on returned medicines currently exists, whether the national medicines disposal service under CPA25...
- Patient Safety
522. To ask the Minister for Health whether the National Incident Management System or any other HSE data system contains a category, field or tag that identifies an incident, complaint or...
- Health Service Executive
523. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any audit or assurance check confirming that privately contracted home support providers actually report complaints, missed...
- Departmental Data
525. To ask the Minister for Health given the HSE's confirmation that there is no central logging system for contract breaches by staffing agencies on national framework agreements or supplier...
- Health Service Executive
527. To ask the Minister for Health whether the absence of a central logging system for staffing agency contract breaches is recorded on any HSE risk register, internal audit plan or corporate...
- Medicinal Products
528. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the approval of the drug skyclarys in the reimbursement scheme; if all of the information and costings have been submitted by...
- Health Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of European Health Insurance cards issued by the HSE in the past seven years to date in 2026; the median time in 2026 to dispatch cards from time of...
- Appointments to State Boards
530. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied with the veracity of the credentials and qualifications of all her seven appointees to the Board of Dublin Dental Hospital, as...
- Health Service Executive
534. To ask the Minister for Health whether any single national system enables the HSE to identify, across all HSE-funded sites, whether a healthcare worker is directly employed, agency or locum...
- Health Services Staff
538. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will direct the HSE to disaggregate its existing quarterly administrative leave reporting to identify all cases arising from a criminal...
- Hospital Appointments Status
539. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if it can be prioritised. [50687/26]
- Dental Services
540. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list, including direct contact details, of all the local HSE principal dental surgeons nationally. [50689/26]
- Medical Qualifications
545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed EU Common Training Framework (CTF) for physiotherapists; if her Department or CORU has taken a formal position on its potential...
- Health Service Executive
546. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that an urgent diagnostic CT scan for cancer is provided for a person (details supplied); her views on whether it is acceptable...
- Disabilities Assessments
547. 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 supports available to the child concerned; if she...
- Medicinal Products
548. To ask the Minister for Health if belzutifan will be made available to people with Von Hippel-Lindau disease; the steps being taken to make this therapy available; and if she will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite a SUSI application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50357/26]
- Third Level Education
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure capacity across the further and higher education sector for the 19% increase of students he is projecting by 2034. [50686/26]
- Departmental Bodies
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider locating the proposed physical national skills training hub for offshore wind in Cahersiveen, south Kerry (details supplied);...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the delays affecting apprentices in the refrigeration and air conditioning apprenticeship; and the reasons for those delays. [50531/26]
- Third Level Education
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the development of the new college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50596/26]
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the intention within his Department to implement the recommendation of the higher education authority advisory working group established under...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tidy Towns
563. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether there is a grant available for the purchase of equipment that could be shared between a number of tidy town organisations...
- Departmental Funding
564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available for community centres/halls; the grants that may be availed of later in the year; and if he will make a...
- Community Development Projects
565. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made in the development of a new programme to tackle urban disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cuanta agus Céanna
566. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an scéal is déanaí maidir le hobair feabhsúcháin agus sábháilteachta ar Ché an...
- Departmental Schemes
567. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the cap ex and op ex funding drawn down for LIS schemes in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down...
