Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Community Development Projects
      6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding streams are planned in 2026 to support community facilities, town centre renewal and rural infrastructure in...
    • Irish Language
      11. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has engaged, or plans to engage, with a company (details supplied) regarding the availability of the Irish...
    • Derelict Sites
      12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline his Department's efforts to tackle dereliction in rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Schemes
      14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Cavan and Monaghan county councils for lane improvements works under the local improvement scheme in each...
    • Community Development Projects
      15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the local enhancement programme as recently announced; and if he has plans to expand the scheme. [53133/26]
    • Irish Language
      17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the recently announced investment of over €5.3 million for Gaeltacht initiatives will support the...
    • Social Isolation
      18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department's efforts to deal with rural isolation and loneliness; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Funding
      20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his engagements regarding the LEADER programme under the next EU budgetary cycle. [53300/26]
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le pleanáil teanga agus, go háirithe, leis na Bailte Seirbhíse...
    • Social Isolation
      22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding supports provided at a local level in community centres targeted at addressing social exclusion; if he will...
    • Rural Schemes
      23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is intended that the town and village renewal scheme will open to communities for applications; and if he will make a...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any work ongoing within his Department to support Mná Tí and other accommodation providers to...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist ag an Rialtas tacú leis an bhfeachtas Athghaelú atá á reáchtáil ag Conradh...
    • Rural Schemes
      28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give a detailed progress report in relation the previous call by this Deputy for a taskforce to be set up in south Kerry, to be...
    • Water Safety
      29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current funding allocated by his Department to raise awareness on water safety. [53132/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update into the community centre investment fund; the status of all approved projects not yet drawn down; whether...
    • Seirbhísí Cúram Leanaí
      31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé uasdátú maidir leis an maoiniú atá á chur ar fáil chun áiseanna...
    • Community Development Projects
      32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place in his Department to improve the funding and resourcing of community centres; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he monitors the failure of county councils to spend RRDF funding, in particular the case of Baltinglass, County Wicklow; and if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the progress of the implementation of the revitalised RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has considered establishing a dedicated community project support officer within each local authority whose role...
    • Community Development Projects
      36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional measures being considered to support rural towns and villages experiencing population growth but facing deficits in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on plans to expand Líonra Gaeilge scheme to new towns. [53299/26]
    • Irish Language
      39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the Irish language is being promoted and prioritised in the development of an enterprise hub (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Data
      40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of town and village renewal, rural regeneration and development fund allocations, including applications refused, by...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement he or his Department have had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the provisions...
    • Departmental Funding
      42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available from his Department for communities for new-build community facilities where the area is within the...
    • Housing Policy
      44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports he plans to introduce to tackle vacancy and dereliction in rural towns and villages. [53278/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has undertaken any assessment of whether rapidly growing communities within the administrative area of Fingal...
    • Departmental Policies
      46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider funding a virtual version of men's and women's sheds for farming and isolated rural communities who because of...
    • Rural Schemes
      47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in implementing the Government's Trading for Impact: National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027,...
    • Library Services
      48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline funding for public libraries in DCC and FCC in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53260/26]
    • Community Development Projects
      49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the inadequacy of funding for community centres which forces them to fundraise to make ends meet rather than...
    • Departmental Schemes
      50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the issue of approvals under the acquisition measure of the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Community Development Projects
      51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which local community development committees can contribute to more effective local decision-making and community-led...
    • Departmental Policies
      52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to community wealth building, as a model for retaining public expenditure within our towns and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeline for the publication of details of the new SÍOL Programme and opening of applications for this new...
    • Rural Schemes
      54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement he has had with other Government Departments and State agencies to support hotels in rural communities and small...
    • Community Development Projects
      55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether he will take a role in the failure to deliver community centres and other community services in new housing estates. [52756/26]
    • Housing Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the recently announced draft National Planning Statement to Transform Approach to Rural Housing-Delivering Greater...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Appointments to State Boards
      57. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he may appoint; the rationale behind...
    • Departmental Schemes
      58. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to apply; the purpose of each...
    • Departmental Data
      59. To ask the Taoiseach the work his Department has undertaken on fine-scale spatial demographic studies to inform policy through high-resolution geolocated population data and GIS analysis....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of hosting a dedicated housing summit as part of Ireland's EU Presidency; the budget line from which this will be drawn;...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise the case of an individual (details supplied) at EU level, and demand their immediate release from captivity by Israel; and...
    • Departmental Data
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that her Department spent on providing foreign language training skills to Departmental officials being deployed to Irish...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards she may...
    • Passport Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53079/26]
    • EU Membership
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria and sequencing that will determine which candidate countries make progress on EU accession during Ireland's EU Council...
    • Departmental Schemes
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to...
    • Trade Promotion
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main initiatives taken to support Ireland's trading position since January 2025; her priorities for the rest of 2026; and if she will...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on how Ireland has enhanced its diplomatic capacity January 2025; her priorities for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of infringement procedures currently initiated against Ireland by the EU for failure to transpose EU directives within the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Correspondence
      76. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      77. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any...
    • Offshore Exploration
      79. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has had any engagement regarding exploration interest near the Inishkea Islands in County Mayo; and if he...
    • Data Centres
      81. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in light of his recent statement that no household has not been connected to the network due to a data centre (details...
    • Energy Conservation
      82. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided to participating local authorities under the Local Authority Public Lighting Energy Efficiency Project...
    • Waste Management
      83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assessment his Department has made of the damage caused to waste management facilities by discarded nitrous oxide...
    • Bord na Móna
      85. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total Exchequer support for the Bord na Móna bog rehabilitation scheme; the approximate cost per acre of the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      86. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific pollution source that is suspected in relation to the fish kill on the River Rye in Kildare; whether any...
    • Grant Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community...
    • Environmental Policy
      89. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the key measures taken to enhance environmental protection since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the key measures taken on climate action since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will...
    • Energy Policy
      91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the key measures taken on enhance energy security and production capacity since January 2025; his priorities for same for...
    • Energy Prices
      92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the key measures taken to control energy costs since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Environmental Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 22 January 2025, to provide an update on proposals for a scheme of legal aid...
    • Energy Prices
      94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the energy affordability action plan; the timeframe for the plan to be published; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of external competitions held for external applications to apply for instruments posts within the Defence Forces in each of the years...
    • Naval Service
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of ensuring that all modern vessels be double crewed to ensure each vessel spends an absolute minimum of 220 days at sea per...
    • Defence Forces
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of completing the latest steps in full primary radar picture as per the CODF; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Corps
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of enhancement of the Air Corps' fleet with the addition of two additional medium lift rotary wing aircraft for enhanced Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of a further 100 additional specialist personnel as part of a Joint Cyber Defence Command managing cyber defence, defence IT...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that she may...
    • Ukraine War
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of the armoured vehicles that were offered to Ukraine according to a media report; if the vehicles were to come equipped with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to...
    • United Nations
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she intends to take steps in order that a vote of the UN General Assembly would allow for the deployment of Irish troops on overseas...
    • Departmental Projects
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the defence infrastructure projects that have been completed since 2020; and the funding provided for each project, by county, in tabular form....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit and driving licence applications affected by the recent NDLS printing disruption; the average delay...
    • Public Transport
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand late-night transport services across the State. [52633/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will install Leap vending machines in both the arrivals hall of Dublin Airport and arrivals hall of Dublin Port; and if so,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is satisfied that the voluntary dwelling purchase scheme achieves its objective of enabling affected homeowners to relocate...
    • National Transport Authority
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the NTA collected via advertisement on the sides of bus shelters within the Dublin region in 2025 and to date in 2026 in...
    • Transport of Animals
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct public transport operators to allow dogs on all scheduled bus, rail and light rail services; the steps his Department...
    • Departmental Funding
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the issue of traffic congestion at a roundabout (details supplied); to examine the availability of funding to progress plans...
    • Bus Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has seen reports confirming that a bus route (details supplied) is the most cancelled bus service in Dublin; the measures he will...
    • Air Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of diverted flights into Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Dublin Airport in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the number...
    • Road Safety
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional measures his Department is considering to reduce serious injuries among children and teenagers arising from the use of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he may...
    • Bus Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position of advancing improvement project works at Macroom bus station/depot, Macroom, County Cork; to provide full...
    • Departmental Funding
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule, by local authority in respect of the amount of funding he allocated for local, national road improvement...
    • National Transport Authority
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department has had with the National Transport Authority regarding the reliability and capacity of rail services...
    • Rail Network
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is putting in place to ensure that Irish Rail deliver an adequate service to rail users in Counties Wicklow and Wexford...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if his Department have been made aware of these concerns; and if he...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has assessed concerns raised by importers and freight operators regarding delays in cargo handling and collection times at Dublin...
    • Departmental Consultations
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether further consultation will be carried out for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52987/26]
    • Insurance Industry
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultation had with the insurance industry before introducing the recent legislative changes to the local area hackney licence...
    • Driver Test
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for a driving test at the Ennis, Kilrush and Shannon driving test centres in each of the past three years; the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road traffic collisions resulting in fatalities and serious injuries in County Clare during each of the past five years,...
    • Road Safety
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being undertaken by his Department to prevent road traffic collisions across Ireland. [53027/26]
    • Bus Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual passenger numbers on each Local Link route serving County Clare since the launch of the services. [53029/26]
    • Road Network
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on winter road maintenance in County Clare in each of the past five years. [53030/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently provide the necessary funding to deliver significant new connectivity between east Kerry, north Cork and Mallow (details...
    • Bus Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently provide the necessary funding to deliver an additional service on route 276 (details supplied). [53041/26]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the DAA regarding concerns raised by importers and freight operators on congestion, access and cargo handling...
    • Rail Network
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the bottled water that has been distributed by Irish Rail on Dublin to Rosslare trains freely to passengers to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any mechanism exists to allow a late application to the road transport support scheme to be considered in exceptional circumstances...
    • Disability Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed progress report on the introduction of a limousine wheelchair accessible grant to cater for disabled clients who...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if minimum welfare facilities, including public toilet facilities, are available for drivers collecting cargo from Dublin Airport;...
    • Disability Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to ensure that all public transport is fully accessible for people with disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any engagement he has had with Irish Rail in relation to improving accessibility on all train and DART services...
    • Road Safety
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade or make safer the R725 between Gorey, County Wexford and Tullow, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Projects
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on expanding the Southern part of the M50 to three lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53206/26]
    • Road Safety
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Department collects or maintains a national dataset on e-scooter-related injuries and hospitalisations, disaggregated by age; if...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Department has assessed the adequacy of current type-approval and battery safety standards for e-scooters sold in the State,...
    • Rail Network
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the commitment given by TII during the MetroLink railway order process, to provide an independent engineering...
    • Departmental Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of any data held on the number of premium flights that travel through Irish airports (details supplied); and the amount of...
    • Air Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the data held on the number of private jet flights through Irish airspace and Irish airports. [53376/26]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department retains statistics on the number of collisions involving drivers holding category W learner permits from the past year;...
    • Environmental Investigations
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to two fuel leaks into the river Liffey (details supplied); whether his Department and the Environmental...
    • Road Projects
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to increase national road capacity since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Road Network
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to support the local and regional road network since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026;...
    • Active Travel
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to develop active travel since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to support and develop bus services since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to support and develop rail services since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Air Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to support and develop aviation service since January 2026; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if...
    • Public Transport
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key measures taken to support affordability in public transport since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and...
    • Bus Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to developing Local Link bus service in west Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53315/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated by his Department to each local authority under the regional and local road maintenance and restoration...
    • Public Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to detail to reasoning behind the fare differences; and if he will...
    • Greenways Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a greenway sustainability payment A to all landowners impacted by the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe to implement the European Union directive regarding the increase in weight that campervans can be driven, with a standard...
    • Road Safety Authority
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reforms he intends to enact regarding the structure, responsibility and staffing of the Road Safety Authority; the timeline for when...
    • Departmental Schemes
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of a vehicle adaptation scheme; the eligibility criteria being considered as part of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to independently oversee and monitor the privacy use of cameras (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people currently availing of the rent-a-room relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53537/26]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought EU funding to cover the cost of purchasing additional backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. [52650/26]
    • Tax Collection
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline if tax is payable on wedding gifts received, in terms of cash or non-cash gifts, in respect of income tax, capital gains tax, gift tax or other...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue staff assigned to compliance and enforcement activities relating to the e-liquid products tax as of 30 June 2026; the number that was...
    • Tax Exemptions
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for allowing exemptions to the dividend withholding tax that lead to complexity in the tax code and increase administrative burden on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he may appoint; the...
    • Universal Social Charge
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider measures to address the USC liability on occupational pensions, given the disparity between the treatment of occupational pensions and the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of efforts to more accurately quantify the cost of abolition of the deemed disposal rule. [53090/26]
    • Insurance Industry
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by insurance companies to injured parties in respect of damage and injuries relating to e-bike, e-scooter and scrambler collisions in 2024,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the monitoring measures that are in place and what assessment has occurred to ensure that where hauliers and others are using the fuel rebate scheme that the...
    • Universal Social Charge
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total cost of reducing the 3% USC Rate to 2%. [53209/26]
    • Banking Sector
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if a commitment given by a bank (details supplied) in Killorglin, County Kerry at the time it was announced that the bank was closing, should be honoured; and...
    • Financial Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman awaiting adjudication; the steps being taken to address cases experiencing lengthy...
    • Tax Exemptions
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the six-year local property tax exemption period for homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks in view of the delays faced in the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners treat airline points as equivalent to income for the recipient of the points, with respect to both points linked to credit...
    • Tax Code
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost based on the valuations underpinning the local property tax and any other taxes on land and property, the total uplift in land value...
    • Departmental Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by stamp duty from the sale of homes or residential zoned land to private citizens, public bodies, approved housing bodies and...
    • Consumer Prices
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to ensure that consumers will feel the benefit of a measure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53408/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to apply; the...
    • Economic Policy
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the key measures his Department has taken to support and sustain the Irish economy since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the key measures taken to support Ireland's tax competitiveness since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Future Ireland Fund since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Unions
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the key measures taken to support the credit union sector since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Insurance Industry
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the key measures taken under the remit of his Department to control insurance costs since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if...
    • Tax Collection
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have paid the domicile levy in each year since 2022; the amount collected through the levy in each year since 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Tax Code
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review benefit-in-kind being charged on staff events and hospitality related spending including working lunches and food deliveries; and if he...
    • Universal Social Charge
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the anomaly whereby people on occupational pensions are subject to USC as opposed to State pensioners who are not (details supplied); if a waiver...
    • Tax Reliefs
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a progress report on the updating of the maps of qualifying areas relevant to the Living City Initiative for Cork city. [53615/26]
    • Company Liquidations
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the 1600 investors affected by the collapse of a company (details supplied), if he will initiate a full investigation into the circumstances...
    • Tax Credits
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a delay for a company (details supplied) in receiving their R&D tax credit claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53656/26]
    • Tax Code
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of tax measures which have been submitted for EU State aid approval in the past five years; the outcomes in respect of each measure; and if...
    • Tax Reliefs
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme will continue to remain in place; whether his Department has plans to cease the scheme if the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department is aware of concerns regarding significant coastal erosion at Rossbeigh Spit, Glenbeigh, County Kerry; whether...
    • An Garda Síochána
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at the Bridewell Garda Station, Dublin in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he...
    • Budget Targets
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department engages with the Department of Health on quantifying the long-term budgetary savings of...
    • Public Appointments Service
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the assessment of anticipated demand that was carried out before the principal officer 2025 recruitment campaign, run by Publicjobs, the...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 1 July 2026, in relation to Circular 16/2023: Civil Service Domestic Violence and Abuse...
    • Public Sector Staff
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify if sanction was given by his Department for a deal balloted in 2025 (details supplied). [53371/26]
    • Departmental Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated total annual costs of private consultancy fees across the public sector over the past five years, for Government...
    • Departmental Schemes
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are...
    • Flood Risk Management
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on phase 2 of the River Wad flood alleviation scheme [53576/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the impact of the public sector single pension scheme on post-2013 fast accrual pension members, including prison...
    • National Monuments
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need to approve a new board for Kilmainham Gaol, or to re-establish the outgoing board so that work with the Gaol can...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Consumer Prices
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that are being taken to address/control overpricing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53593/26]
    • Tourism Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost in 2027 if the budget for the Strategic Air Access Fund was doubled. [52654/26]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the operating costs of each IDA office worldwide, by location in 2025 and for the first six months of 2026, in tabular form. [52718/26]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he...
    • Business Supports
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an assessment has been undertaken of the impact of import delays and regulatory processing times at ports and airports on small...
    • Road Safety
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the reporting requirements for people that die or are seriously injured in road traffic incidents when their...
    • Export Controls
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department's investigation into exports by a company (details supplied) to Russia will be published; the reason no firm date...
    • Departmental Policies
      258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the evidence, including any evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, economic assessment or statistical analysis, underpinning the policy...
    • Departmental Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated total output of CO2 by all companies operating in Ireland in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026 (details...
    • Departmental Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken to support the SME sector since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will...
    • Business Supports
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken to support the retail sector since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will...
    • Tourism Industry
      263. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken to support the tourism and hospitality sector since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of...
    • Consumer Protection
      265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken in the area of consumer affairs and competition since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of...
    • Enterprise Policy
      266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken in the area of company and corporate affairs since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026;...
    • Trade Promotion
      267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken in the area of trade and investment since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if...
    • Enterprise Policy
      268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken in the area of enterprise innovation since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      269. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken in the area of artificial intelligence since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and...
    • Business Regulation
      270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken in the area of business regulation and simplifying administrative burdens since January 2025; his priorities...
    • Insurance Industry
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures taken under the remit of his Department to control insurance costs for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and other relevant bodies have had with retailers...
    • Legislative Measures
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe to submit the general scheme of a Bill to update the 1907 Limited Partnership Legislation to the Oireachtas Committee...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      274. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for preparation of the proposed second Bill on AI regulation; the way in which the industry and other stakeholders will...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the application of the SME test across Government departments; whether it is being implemented as intended;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Home Schooling
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the processes surrounding the Home Tuition Programme, such as the time it takes for families to receive approval, the time it takes for...
    • Education Policy
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Irish-medium post-primary education options currently available to students residing in County Offaly; the number of students from County...
    • School Enrolments
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils currently enrolled in Irish-medium primary education in County Offaly; the number expected to transition to post-primary...
    • School Transport
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport tickets issued under the school transport scheme for each of the academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access education in a school. [52665/26]
    • State Examinations
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a person can submit an FOI request on the way the State Examination Commission writes and stress tests exam papers to ensure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who are meant to be starting in first year in a school (details supplied) but who, due to delays in the construction of the modular...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure assessments of needs are completed as quickly as possible for children (details supplied); that they receive funding for SNA hours and...
    • Departmental Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52773/26]
    • Child Protection
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 30 June 2026, if she is satisfied that school policies and procedures are sufficient to ensure...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that she may...
    • School Enrolments
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any agency operating under its remit, maintains records identifying the reasons students who entered first year in Cork...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the outcome of the DEIS Connect initiative in a school (details supplied); if this scheme has been rolled out to other...
    • School Staff
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the shortage of teachers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52963/26]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a change in policy that would allow work spent in a secondary school abroad, public or private, be recognised for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied); and the date on which the addendum report sent to her Department for...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the decision to remove the preferential teacher-to-pupil ratio for Gaelscoileanna. [53018/26]
    • School Equipment
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 331 and 332 of 30 June 2026, her Department's policy on the use of laptops and chromebooks in post-primary...
    • Residential Institutions
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will negotiate with her counterparts in Britain to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse to include all schemes...
    • School Enrolments
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the enrolment for a school (details supplied) in Monaghan is capped at the 18 pupils currently being educated in the school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) is awarded a place in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53103/26]
    • Residential Institutions
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will modify the formal education and training support payment for survivors of institutional abuse such that unaffordable up-front...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 860 of 18 March 2026, if correspondence will be forwarded to the personnel in her Department dealing with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the proposed new school extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53123/26]
    • School Management
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent attention to correspondence from a school (details supplied) where serious concerns exist regarding the board of...
    • School Transport
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53156/26]
    • School Staff
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has seen a reduction in its staffing allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53175/26]
    • Youth Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline all capital grant or support programmes available from her Department or known to her Department that are available to local youth...
    • School Enrolments
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that Wexford County Council has projected that at least 2,300 new homes will be constructed in Gorey, County Wexford in the period...
    • School Management
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total sums of money recovered from schools in fraud or suspected fraud cases, and the total number of schools in the years 2016 to 2025; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53227/26]
    • Education Policy
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place for reporting of historical physical and mental abuse at schools in Ireland; the mechanisms used to address these cases;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that the change of date for the NCSE Parents Notify Portal deadline to 1 September 2026 is directly and...
    • School Facilities
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently, on health and safety grounds, send a team from the planning and building unit of her Department to inspect the extremely...
    • Schools Building Projects
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed update on plans to build a new school in County Clare (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on emergency works, summer works, additional accommodation scheme, and any other capital works programme on schools (details...
    • Education Schemes
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the DEIS Plus appeal by a school (details supplied); when this school can expect to be notified of the outcome; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 25 June 2026, the reason a general purpose hall was omitted from the build at a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for the National Council for Special Education to process applications received through the Parents Notify portal for the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to...
    • Education Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve education and awareness around women's health issues, including menstruation, endometriosis, polycystic ovary...
    • Home Schooling
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for financing books for children who are home schooled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53512/26]
    • Education Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently examine an application for the Summer Programme formerly July Provision for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to continue using a site in County Meath (details supplied) after a permanent school is built; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project can be prioritised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53558/26]
    • State Examinations
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether, having regard to the approach adopted by the State Examinations Commission following concerns raised in relation to the 2023 Leaving...
    • Schools Building Projects
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the tender process for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53574/26]
    • School Admissions
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to take action to ensure that these...
    • Special Educational Needs
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal or contractual basis her Department decided to withdraw the agreed local bargaining measures for SNAs (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will publish the correspondence or agreement upon which a decision has been based (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given further consideration to establishing a secondary school on Inishbofin, County Galway; if she will provide an update in relation...
    • School Enrolments
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has assessed the availability of second-level school places in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf areas in view of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the unacceptable delays in issuing sanction letters for the Home Based Summer Provision Programme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the additional school accommodation project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve education and awareness around men's health issues within the primary and secondary school curriculum;...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Culture Policy
      359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will, through the nighttime economy unit, commission a comprehensive assessment of the economic impact and value of...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when fibre broadband will be available to the residents of lower Kerrymount Rise, Kerrymount Close and Kerrymount Mall,...
    • Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
      361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport cén dáta faoina bhfuil sé i gceist aige na forálacha in ailt 128A go 128E den Acht Craolacháin,...
    • Ceisteanna Craolacháin
      362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport an bhfuil aon phlé déanta aige nó an bhfuil sé i gceist aige plé a dhéanamh lena...
    • Sports Funding
      363. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will examine the case of a club (details supplied); if he will assist the club in accessing the grant awarded to it;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      364. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any...
    • Telecommunications Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the actions his Department is taking to ensure that ComReg has adequate powers in relation to redress for consumers,...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects the approval process for the agreed increase in pensions under the An Post pension scheme to be completed;...
    • Sports Organisations
      369. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to outline all programmes available for sporting organisations to engage in North, South and east exchange on this island....
    • Culture Policy
      370. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to outline all programmes available for artistic and cultural organisations to engage in North, South, East exchange or...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the pension increases to come into effect for retired An Post workers; and if he will...
    • Culture Policy
      372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to support the night-time economy; the progress made to date; the timeline for implementations of all such...
    • Departmental Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community...
    • Online Safety
      374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to enhance online safety since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Culture Policy
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support arts and culture since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if...
    • Postal Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support postal services since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if...
    • National Broadband Plan
      377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support universal access to high-speed broadband since January 2025; his priorities for same for...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support broadcasting and media since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the funding for the Creative Ireland Programme is winding down; if so, if a new funding stream will become available;...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he supports the designation of chess as a sport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53616/26]
    • EU Presidency
      381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason a EU Presidency programme (details supplied) does not feature any Irish-based events; and if he will make a...
    • EU Agreements
      382. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason Ireland has not signed the Council of Europe Convention for the Audiovisual Production of TV Series (details...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Invasive Species Policy
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the structure of the new Invasive Species Bureau; whether it will be an agency or a unit within his Department; whether it...
    • Vacant Properties
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the vacant homes grant to facilitate applications through small companies; and if he will make a...
    • Heritage Sites
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has made an expression of interest in taking ownership of Dunguaire Castle in Kinvara, County Galway; and if...
    • Housing Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of supported housing units delivered for persons with intellectual disabilities in each local authority area in...
    • Meteorological Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to request Met Éireann to urgently deal with a matter in south Kerry that has delayed the development of a walk on...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessment that has been made of the cumulative impacts of the proposed Eastern and Midlands Water Supply Project on...
    • Archaeological Sites
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a site (details supplied); whether any decisions, directions or determinations have issued since the meeting; if...
    • Development Contributions
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a waiver scheme for development contribution fees for first-time planning applicants seeking permission...
    • Housing Policy
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the operation of the cost-rental scheme for tenants who suffer catastrophic, life-changing injuries...
    • Weather Events
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that the European Space Agency has confirmed that their satellite measurements are showing a sharp surge in sea-surface...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards...
    • Defective Building Materials
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the independent panel to review the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, following the publication of IS 465, has been...
    • Departmental Policies
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Local Government Reform Act 2014 removed the status of Kilkenny as a city, and that it continued to have the special...
    • Illegal Dumping
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended by the NPWS in respect of clearing and disposing of illegally dumped materials on sites it manages in...
    • Housing Schemes
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update in relation to the standardisation of the differential rent scheme. [52994/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes available that will allow a group of houses to connect to main sewerage schemes; the grants available; and if he...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is in contact with local authorities in relation to the implementation of the national Guide to Fire Safety...
    • Water Quality
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Department, agency, body or authority responsible for the publication of SI 79/2008 - Bathing Water Quality Regulations...
    • Housing Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units commenced and completed in County Carlow and in County Kilkenny between 1 January 2026 and...
    • Grant Payments
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups...
    • Waterways Ireland
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Waterways Ireland has issued encroachment licences on the River Shannon or its lakes in the past two years; and if he will...
    • Urban Development
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether Galway City Council has drawn-down funding provided through call two of the urban regeneration and development fund...
    • Regeneration Projects
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has details on the proportion of the allocated €39.44 million spent on each individual project; and...
    • Housing Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to expand social housing provision since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026;...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to tackle homelessness since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will...
    • Vacant Properties
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to tackle vacancy and dereliction since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and...
    • Housing Provision
      423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to expand cost-rental provision since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and...
    • Water Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to enhance water services since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to support right-sizing since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key measures taken to boost overall housing supply since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and...
    • Housing Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the work of the Housing Activation Office since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026;...
    • Defective Building Materials
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government will consider restoring grants for the recommended demolition and rebuild (Option 1) for homeowners who...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific pathways that exist for people with intellectual disabilities who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a review option and compensation scheme for homeowners who proceeded with an option 1 demolition and...
    • Housing Schemes
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to introduce a major low-cost sites scheme in County Kerry and across the country as part of the solution to the housing...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reviewed documentation supplied in correspondence (details supplied); his response; if he will meaningfully engage...
    • Defective Building Materials
      436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to expand the eligibility criteria for the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include non-primary...
    • Departmental Schemes
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the roll-out of the fuel income support scheme for the construction industry; when applications will open;...
    • Rental Sector
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of active cost-rental tenancies in operation and to provide a breakdown of the number of cost-rental...
    • Legislative Measures
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding recent proposed legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been penalised by the rules adopted; and if he will consider amending current...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a disability allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2027 if the household benefits package increased to €50 per month. [52715/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he recommends for a carer's allowance applicant who meets all eligibility criteria but currently works over the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance, respectively, in each of the past five...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's payments who have been continuously in receipt of such payments for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total expenditure incurred on jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance in each of the past five years, in tabular...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual Exchequer cost of jobseeker's payments made to non-Irish nationals in each of the past five years, in...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has examined the introduction of a graduated or phased reduction in jobseeker's payments based on...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's payments who have received a jobseeker-related payment for ten...
    • State Pensions
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of the concerns of some members of an organisation (details supplied), who do not qualify for the State...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exact number of recipients of carer's allowance who are currently in receipt of a reduced rate of payment rather than the...
    • Social Insurance
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons who paid category K PRSI in 2025; and the total sum of money collected in this category. [53231/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has had an application and appeals for disability allowance...
    • Social Welfare Code
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is considering any changes to the six month backdate rule that exists within applications for domiciliary...
    • Departmental Schemes
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a couple (details supplied) do not qualify for full time carer's allowance despite being pensioners earning a...
    • Departmental Policies
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the key measures taken to tackle poverty since January 2025; his priorities for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has given consideration to removing employer PRSI on customer tips and gratuities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will give consideration to excluding the carer's allowance from the back to school clothing and footwear...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to increase the household benefits package. [53591/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was not provided with an explanation as to the reason legitimate...
    • Paternity Leave
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending paid paternity leave from two weeks to eight weeks;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will introduce a disregard for income derived from carer's allowance when assessing other social welfare payments...
    • Social Welfare Code
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to change the current arrangements which stops domiciliary care once a child turns 16 years-of-age; if he will...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional cost of introducing a double payment for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance for qualifying...
    • Departmental Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees now enrolled under MyFutureFund, the automatic enrolment retirement savings system, by county, in...
    • Visa Applications
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the grace period for a stamp 4 renewal can be extended to cover the processing period; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the progress of plans to reform licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52629/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the role the Public Dance Halls Act 1935 continues to fulfil in the regulation of night-life; and his plans to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 16 June 2026, if the relevant information has been provided to him from the Garda...
    • Family Reunification
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will review the net income thresholds required for non-EEA family reunification, specifically for category C...
    • Visa Applications
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for join-family visa applications sponsored by general employment permit holders; the steps...
    • An Garda Síochána
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters, e-bikes and scramblers seized by an Garda Síochána in the Kildare, Wicklow and Meath/ Louth...
    • Family Reunification
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification applications received from holders of general employment permits by country (details...
    • Departmental Reviews
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will undertake a review of the legislation governing the role and functions of peace commissioners, with particular...
    • Citizenship Applications
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of a case (details supplied) involving a citizenship applicant who paid the €950 certification fee...
    • Crime Prevention
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to address organised immigration crime along the eastern and southern seaboard; and if he...
    • Common Travel Area
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in establishing enhanced data sharing arrangements with UK authorities under the common travel area to...
    • International Protection
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to strengthen identity verification processes during the international protection screening procedure;...
    • Housing Provision
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 1 July 2026, if the property in County Meath (details supplied) is one of the three...
    • Court Orders
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person who is subject to the vexatious use of protection orders; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the Turkish Association Agreement; if the provisions of this apply to all Turkish citizens in the State; if a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 582 of 30 June 2026, if he considers the proposed temporary protection transition scheme...
    • International Protection
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Numbers 369, 370 and 371 of 2 July 2026 (details supplied), whether residents of the Citywest...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards...
    • Asylum Applications
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact number of asylum applications that have been assessed as inadmissible on the basis of the UK safe third country...
    • An Garda Síochána
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware it is taking over four weeks for Garda vetting decisions to be provided to applicants in some cases; the steps...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure incurred by the State on security services associated with the rapid-build modular accommodation...
    • Departmental Properties
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of submissions received on the proposed demolition of the old Cork prison site. [52962/26]
    • International Protection
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applications determined at first instance in each year from 2020 to date in 2026; and...
    • Immigration Policy
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who availed of assisted voluntary return programmes in each year from 2020 to date in 2026; and the total...
    • Deportation Orders
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the 2,272 cases processed under the accelerated border procedure to date, the number of deportation orders...
    • Legal Aid
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors who have formally resigned or withdrawn from the criminal legal aid panel since 1 July 2026, broken...
    • Departmental Properties
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a site (details supplied) is currently in use by the State; if so, the purposes of which and the details of the agreement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Garda vetting review recommendations; when reforms will be implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the community-based CCTV grant aid scheme is still open for applications; if sports clubs can apply for support through this...
    • Private Security Authority
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of the number of PSA licences refused, revoked or not renewed by the Private Security Authority...
    • Immigration Policy
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Department has conducted a formal cost-benefit analysis of Ireland opting into EU return hub arrangements; if such an...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the Department has had any engagement with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of enforcement actions taken in relation to e-scooters in each of the years 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; and...
    • Visa Applications
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a visa application (details supplied); the current status of the application; the reason for the delay in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants from the trainee Garda intake of 2024 still in the Garda vetting process; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of summonses issued for driving without insurance, driving without a driving licence and driving an untaxed vehicle...
    • Drug Dealing
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department is taking to address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Court Judgments
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and convictions under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 in each of the years...
    • Legislative Measures
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has examined the approach taken in the United Kingdom, where nitrous oxide was made a class C controlled drug in...
    • Courts Service
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the cost of establishing an integrated information-sharing system between...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the bail supervision service since its transfer from the Garda to the probation service; the yearly cost for...
    • Substance Misuse
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been convicted under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 from 2019 to date...
    • Visa Applications
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to give favourable consideration to a tourist visa appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups...
    • Visa Applications
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of queries received via the customer service portal on the immigration portal per month in 2026, in tabular form;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of arrests made, prosecutions mounted and convictions secured under the Health (Regulation of Termination of...
    • Residency Permits
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to ensure that non-EEA PhD researchers can lawfully remain in the State during the period between the...
    • EU Presidency
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the list of events and engagements that he or his Department will be attending as part of Ireland's Presidency of the European...
    • Immigration Policy
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is almost 26 months since the...
    • Legal Aid
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid in criminal legal aid fees in the District Court in each year from 2015 to 2025; the number of cases handled in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters seized or detained in 2024, 2025 and in 2026 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Control of Firearms
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update and the timeframe for his Department's engagements with national organisations representing licensed...
    • Sentencing Policy
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were convicted of a criminal offence in the State, who received a custodial sentence, were deported...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Appointments to State Boards
      593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in ACRES that applied for afforestation approval under the forestry programme since ACRES was launched;...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body representing the forestry sector on the CAP Consultative Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Customs and Excise
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal basis for the continued requirement for original hard-copy phytosanitary certificates for imported plant products entering...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53008/26]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy his Department has for the equestrian sector given the importance of the sector to the economy as well as its sport and...
    • Customs and Excise
      609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department operates a dedicated point of contact for importers experiencing difficulties in obtaining sanitary or...
    • Wildlife Protection
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on measures to protect the native Irish honeybee. [53182/26]
    • Departmental Projects
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the progress on PeatFor; if this research project has any initial findings to detail; if there will...
    • Animal Diseases
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role the Food Safety Authority of Ireland plays in advising his Department before compliance notices, prohibition notices,...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a guarantee that no potential reduction in tillage environmental payment will occur (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are...
    • Animal Breeding
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the marketing grant of €16,000 awarded to an organisation (details supplied), the specific marketing activities...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine concerns raised in relation to an aquaculture licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Care Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53121/26]
    • EU Directives
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive into Irish law; when the relevant legislation is...
    • Paternity Leave
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out whether her Department has conducted or intends to conduct any review of the current two-week paid paternity leave...
    • Disability Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologist posts, by grade filled, at Clontarf CDNT as of 30 June 2026, in tabular form. [52638/26]
    • Child and Family Agency
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE qualified social workers that joined TUSLA in 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number of qualified social...
    • Disability Issues
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered the introduction of a national transition framework for young people with intellectual disabilities...
    • Departmental Budgets
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of capital funding allocated in each of the past five years, and planned for the coming three years, to support the...
    • Disability Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a formal cross departmental structure is in place between her Department, the Department of Health and the Department of Housing,...
    • Departmental Reviews
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any review of the Assisted Decision Making Capacity legislation and the policy on congregated settings is currently...
    • Legislative Measures
      652. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Department’s efforts to enshrine discrimination on the basis of socio-economic status as a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      653. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 892 of 4 February 2026, if she considers it acceptable that this child must wait 8 to 12...
    • Departmental Funding
      654. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 30 June 2026, if she is satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced and capable of...
    • Disability Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an interim physiotherapy service is being provided or is planned in Cashel CDNT, whilst the current physiotherapist is on leave;...
    • Child Protection
      656. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has itself sought confirmation from Tusla as to whether any of any specific gaps are in fact recorded on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      659. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 2 July 2026, in which it was stated that reports from the two commissioned studies on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      660. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that...
    • Child Protection
      662. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1606 and 1614 of 9 June 2026, (details supplied), to confirm whether a defined threshold or...
    • Childcare Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the shortage of childcare places across Waterford city and county; if she will consider Tramore as a pilot area...
    • Legislative Measures
      669. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the operation of the statutory domestic violence leave provisions, particularly the type of information or...
    • Health Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the provision of services and equipment in Tipperary for a child (details supplied) given current...
    • Departmental Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of any early learning and childcare providers leaving core funding since the most recent price cap reduction from...
    • Childcare Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the number of childminders registered with Tusla to date since the implementation of the new...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      677. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will negotiate with her counterparts in Britain to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse to include all...
    • Special Educational Needs
      678. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that Tusla has instructed a service provider (details supplied) that children with special educational needs who...
    • Care Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on increased respite for the parents of a person (details supplied), with a view to securing a supported...
    • Disability Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality that given reports that the Gorey CDNT has been without a dietitian since 2021, the interim arrangements that have been put in place...
    • Departmental Funding
      684. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of the maximum pay uplift proposed by trade unions and Section 39 providers through the KOSI Section 39 process;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      685. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will investigate and address a delay in assessments of need for a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      686. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are...
    • Departmental Consultations
      688. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the steering committee for the national data equality strategy will commence its work; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to support families in County Kerry and across the country by implementing the HSE Disability Action Plan (2024-2026), including a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      690. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any review that is being carried out into the parental leave system to ensure that it is as beneficial as...
    • Parental Leave
      691. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the merits of amending the parental leave system to allow for greater time for parents of twins or other multiple...
    • Care Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action that is being taken to address the urgent need for respite facilities in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      693. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the nature and term of the lease/rental arrangement Tusla has in place on a property (details supplied); when the arrangement will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      694. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration is being given to the reopening or replacement of the motorised transport grant scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologist posts, by grade, filled at Clontarf CDNT as of 30 June 2026, in tabular form. [53735/26]
    • Child and Family Agency
      697. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE qualified social workers that joined TUSLA in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number...
  • Department of Health
    • Health and Safety
      698. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to roll out the Safer Nightlife Harm Reduction Programme to nightclubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52631/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm that Skyclarys will be on the agenda for the upcoming HSE Drugs Group meeting in July; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses posts filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 30 June 2026; and if the same figures will be provided as of 30 June 2022, in tabular...
    • Dental Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2027 of a 7.5% increase on spending under school dental scheme. [52646/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurologist registrars based at Naas General Hospital as of 3 July 2026, in tabular form. [52647/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2027 of a 7.5% uplift in medical interns, GP, basic specialist and higher specialist training places; and the number of additional places...
    • Hospital Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were admitted to the national burns unit at St. James's Hospital in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the average length of stay within...
    • Ambulance Service
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of ambulance response times in County Wicklow in 2025 and to date in 2026, by municipal district, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being made to ensure that mental health will be a priority during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether Ireland...
    • Dental Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can have treatment under the HSE dental services, the treatment pathway for the HSE and every possible avenue;...
    • Mental Health Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologist posts filled at Grove Court primary care centre as of 6 July 2026, in tabular form. [52716/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse managers two and one posts that have been filled within accident and emergency department of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      712. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure assessments of needs are completed as quickly as possible for children (details supplied); that they receive funding for SNA hours and home tuition...
    • Health Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of conditions (details supplied) per annum from 2015 to 2019 and 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if the head of service of the HSE mid-west disability services (details supplied) has resigned, and that they have not yet been replaced; when they will be...
    • Dental Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who has yet to receive a primary school pre-dental screening and is now entering first year of secondary...
    • Hospital Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE have agreed to put in place a tendering process for teledermatology; the date when tenders were invited; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) was injured in a healthcare setting; the details of the injuries sustained; to confirm that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who having been referred to the orthodontic waiting list at St. Camillus Hospital Limerick, has been...
    • Dental Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for private orthodontic treatment for long waiters has been stopped (details supplied); the level of sanctioned funding for this for each region; if...
    • Health Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 28 May 2026, whether the Department or the HSE can confirm definitively whether any minutes, file notes, or...
    • National Children's Hospital
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the specific readiness criteria, metrics and pass/fail thresholds contained within the Go-Live Readiness Assessment (GLRA) and Hospital Commissioning Readiness...
    • Health Services Staff
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in Cashel CDNT; the length of time each of these posts has been vacant; the efforts taken to fill each of these vacant posts to...
    • Health Services
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements and protocols in place for medical emergencies on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52818/26]
    • Hospital Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the stroke service in Naas General Hospital ended a few years ago; if replacement services are available to patients in the hospital since its...
    • Health Services Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if the €11.62 million direct pay surplus recorded in primary care within CHO 4 in 2024 reflects unfilled permanent posts; the primary care vacancy rate...
    • Cancer Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no mechanism in place for funding access to cancer therapies which are available at the North West Cancer Centre in Altnagelvin but which...
    • Obesity Levels
      744. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1011 of 16 June 2026, in which the HSE confirmed that full costing of the National Model of Care for Obesity is dependent...
    • Health Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 19 May 2026, in which her Department confirmed that no HSE national guidance currently exists on appropriate...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that she may appoint; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not accessible in Ireland to cancer patients despite approval by the European Medicines Agency and its accessibility in...
    • Hospital Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of locations where hospital sessions are available for special needs patients under general anaesthetic nationwide; the relevant waiting...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list numbers and waiting times for all specialist services in Dublin and Cork Dental Schools in each of the past four years and to date in 2026;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of any assessment undertaken by her Department on extending publicly funded access to the shingles vaccine for cancer patients and...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      766. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1085, 1086, 1089, 1092 and 1094 of 19 May 2026, which confirmed there is no separate governance structure overseeing...
    • Mental Health Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the detailed referral submitted to the HSE Safeguarding and Protection Team by a person (details supplied); the reason no substantive update has...
    • Health Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of midwifes to births in each maternity hospital and unit (details supplied), in tabular form; to identify the sites classified as large units and...
    • Medicinal Products
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the reason tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is authorised for the treatment of type 2 diabetes but not covered by the medical card, long-term illness scheme or drugs...
    • Health Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the introduction of new tests as approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in Britain (details...
    • Research and Development
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding that has been allocated to research on adenomyosis in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve data collection on adenomyosis, including the number of women diagnosed with the condition annually; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      782. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE intends to develop clinical guidance or educational resources specifically relating to adenomyosis for primary care practitioners; and if she...
    • Medicinal Products
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider bringing trial adenomyosis drugs under the drug payment scheme or offering compensation for women who avail of these trial drugs; and if...
    • Health Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will expedite the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53010/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for an orthopaedic consultation in County Galway; the steps her Department is taking to reduce this waiting...
    • Mental Health Services
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults from County Clare currently awaiting an appointment with primary care psychology and CAMHS services, broken down by waiting...
    • General Practitioner Services
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP vacancies in County Clare at the end of June 2025 and the end of June 2026; the number of GMS patients currently without an assigned GP; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the status and details of the new ambulance base in Waterford; the next steps for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53057/26]
    • Medical Cards
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that survivors of industrial schools who hold enhanced medical cards are being charged for the preparation of blister packs for their...
    • Departmental Funding
      791. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the funding to a service (details supplied). [53061/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a primary care centre (details supplied). [53063/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a site (details supplied). [53064/26]
    • Health Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Health when the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting will take place between CUH, UHL and CAMHS Limerick under the new autism rules and the National Autism Innovation...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the proposed opening of a facility (details supplied) to patients local to the area; if patients from other facilities are...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      800. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an operation for a person (details supplied) [53111/26]
    • Health Services
      801. To ask the Minister for Health if a full review will be initiated into the clinical assessment and management of a patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Policy
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was assessed solely by a trainee GP; whether this practice aligns with national clinical governance standards for acute...
    • Mental Health Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the training, supervision and senior clinical oversight structures in place at Portlaoise psychiatric unit on a date (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      806. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a social worker for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53119/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians working in each supra regional specialist centre; and their specialty areas in each case; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women being seen in each supra regional specialist centre; the number on waiting lists for these centres; and the average waiting list time; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians working in each regional specialist centre (the Coombe, the Rotunda and Limerick); and each of their specialty areas; and if she will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women being seen in each regional specialist centre (the Coombe, the Rotunda and Limerick); the number on waiting lists for these centres; the...
    • Health Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health when the Galway and the National Maternity Hospital regional specialist centres will be up and running; the services that will be provided for in each; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 65 whole-time-equivalent healthcare professionals that have been prioritised through the HSE National Service Plan 2026 to expand and fully...
    • Departmental Schemes
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the list of approved centres under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme, by county; the centres in which women are required to cover the upfront...
    • Departmental Funding
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for erectile dysfunction research on an annual basis between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      818. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the process for the review of the National Cancer Strategy which is due this year; and to confirm that the Cancer Patient Advisory Committee will be...
    • Departmental Schemes
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants who have travelled abroad for endometriosis treatment under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme since it was launched in...
    • Departmental Funding
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for endometriosis services between 2021 and 2025 on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53167/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an occupational therapy assessment at the Kilbarrack Health Centre, Dublin; the number of people currently on the waiting list;...
    • Health Services Staff
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent physiotherapists employed in the HSE in Dublin; the number of vacancies in such posts; if she is satisfied there is a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for patients who have been referred for physiotherapy services in Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      838. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1035 of 28 April 2026, to provide an update on the matter. [53195/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any measures to exclude cancer patients or those transporting cancer patients from car parking charges at public hospitals; if any supports are...
    • Hospital Equipment
      840. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of MRI machines nationally. [53202/26]
    • Road Safety
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to hospital, including to intensive care or on life support, with injuries sustained from e-scooter use in each of the years...
    • Mental Health Services
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the specific mechanisms in place for the treatment of the complex mental health condition of dissociative identity disorder in Mayo University Hospital and in...
    • Home Help Service
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons assessed as requiring home support are being refused or delayed due to funding being exhausted; the steps she will take to ensure that no...
    • Disability Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has plans for people living with dementia to be assessed for disability services based on their individual needs rather than, or in addition...
    • Medicinal Products
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of the GMS medicines optimisation support service since its commencement on 1 June 2026; the number of patients previously in...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      862. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will bring forward proposals to control nitrous oxide under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, in view of the hospital discharge data for 2020 to 2024...
    • Disease Management
      866. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's engagement with parents of children who they suspect suffer from PANS-PANDAS; the measures her Department is taking to...
    • Health Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health to review a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53365/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that were employed through the general medical services scheme in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts per medical discipline in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of posts that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total spend on the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address the waiting lists in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the total healthcare budget that is outsourced to provide healthcare through independent bodies, private providers or agencies in each of the...
    • Health Services Staff
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average wage of Section 38 and Section 39 workers separately; the number of workers in each section in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to urgently prioritise funding for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53392/26]
    • National Children's Hospital
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that will be employed onsite at the new National Children's Hospital; the number of parking spaces that will be available at the new...
    • Grant Payments
      876. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to apply; the purpose...
    • Home Care Packages
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that people living with dementia can access the home care they have been assessed as needing; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private house calls that HSE pest control services attended within the Dublin region in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the average time it take for...
    • Home Help Service
      879. To ask the Minister for Health when the statutory home support scheme will be commenced; the barriers that now prevent its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the reason neither hospitals (details supplied) in Drogheda or Dundalk provides faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients; when it is...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      882. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of the absence of faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) services in County Louth on waiting times for suspected...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      884. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 18 June 2026, if she will provide an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of the national unused medicines return and disposal scheme; the details of the contract awarded to the appointed waste disposal provider...
    • Health Service Executive
      886. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE can assess the needs of a person (details supplied) and ensure that suitable ongoing suitable accommodation and care in a HSE...
    • Health Services
      887. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to incident data collected by SATUs and collated at national level for annual service reports, the number of incidents that occurred in Tipperary,...
    • Hospital Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which an individual may be referred to or seen at the national ataxia clinic and combined ataxia clinic in Tallaght University Hospital; and if she...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to ensure patients with Friedrich's ataxia are not left on neurology service waiting lists for extended periods, given the...
    • Hospital Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 of 28 April 2026, if HSE Mid West has yet received information from An Garda Síochána regarding the number...
    • Hospital Staff
      897. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 23 June 2026, the level of private practice which is occurring in each public hospital by specialty, and not the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      898. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to consider GLP1 drugs to be included under the drugs payments scheme for persons prescribed it for medical conditions other than diabetes for...
    • Civil Registration Service
      899. To ask the Minister for Health to supply the travel and subsistence claimed, by all ranks of Registrars from the Civil Registration Service north-east for each of the months from 1 May 2025...
    • Mental Health Services
      900. To ask the Minister for Health to support the mental health reform pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53586/26]
    • Health Services
      901. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the digitalisation of the health service in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53595/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      902. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the clinical director role, commissioned by the HSE's Chief Clinical Officer in 2025; the timeline for publication; and if she will...
    • Health Services Staff
      903. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a breach of public pay scales identified at a hospital (details supplied); the steps taken to date to ensure that the hospital complies...
    • Medical Consent
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to an issue related to consent for children in need of therapeutic supports (details supplied); if her Department is examining...
    • Residential Institutions
      905. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered the establishment of a dedicated redress scheme for survivors of abuse and mistreatment in former State-run and State-funded psychiatric...
    • Women's Health
      909. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the €180 million in dedicated additional funding invested in women's health since 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      910. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to the technical issue which is preventing the issuing of new and renewed European health insurance cards; when this issue is...
    • Care Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has modelled the potential impact and Exchequer savings that could arise if professionally managed home sharing enabled a proportion of...
    • Hospital Services
      913. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 767 of 30 June 2026, the amount spent on outsourcing arrangements in University Hospital Galway to address the laboratory...
    • Health Services Staff
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurse posts filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 30 June 2026; and if the same figures will be provided as of 30 June 2022, in tabular...
    • Hospital Admissions
      916. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to incident data collected by Cork SATU, the number of incidents that took place in Tipperary, Limerick and Clare per year since its establishment...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Ukraine War
      918. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the stipend provided to Ukrainian students who are beneficiaries of temporary protection since 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the UK rejoining the Erasmus Programme will affect Irish students presently studying or wishing to study abroad; whether it will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he may...
    • Education Schemes
      922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding access to financial supports for a student seeking to...
    • Disability Services
      923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the contract for a company that has to transport disabled persons (details supplied); and the options that are available when the...
    • Departmental Properties
      924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed update on his Departments interest in lands at a location (details supplied) for a college of further education; if...
    • Education and Training Boards
      925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in placing ETB employees who accepted adult educator contracts on the correct point of the adult educator salary...
    • Further and Higher Education
      926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of further education and training opportunities available to young persons on leaving school, including leaving school early, in the...
    • Construction Industry
      928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a summary on the skills gaps identified in the construction sector; and the number of new construction workers needed to meet housing,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to...
    • Education Schemes
      932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the SUSI application in question; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to support the higher education sector since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Student Accommodation
      935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to support and expand student accommodation since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to enhance and expand apprenticeships since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Research and Development
      937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to boost Ireland's research capacity since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to make higher education more affordable since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make...
    • Language Schools
      942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide guidance regarding a query in relation to reimbursement of course fees from a language school (details supplied). [53624/26]
    • Further and Higher Education
      943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a CAO application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53654/26]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Men's Sheds
      944. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a €3,000 annual grant will be available to fund the 500 active men's sheds; if this grant will be included in Budget...
    • Departmental Funding
      945. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an annual grant to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53663/26]
    • Public Sector Pay
      946. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to address the salaries of community workers and volunteers; if he is aware they do not currently earn a living wage;...
    • Departmental Functions
      947. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the mechanisms his Department is utilising to develop robust rural intelligence that will be made available to other Departments...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      948. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that...
    • Community Development Projects
      950. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are being applied, formally or informally, to community centres seeking...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      951. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé athbhreithniú ar chás lánúine (sonraí curtha ar fáil) faoi Scéim...
    • Healthcare Policy
      954. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has proposals to extend eligibility for safety pendants under the seniors alert scheme to vulnerable persons under 66...
    • Departmental Functions
      955. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the existing legal requirements, if any, for religious and charitable organisations to disclose the source of foreign funding; and...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      957. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 1 July 2026, whether he consider SICAP to constitute a significant source of start-up...
    • Ionaid Oidhreachta
      958. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige teach (sonraí curtha ar fáil) a cheannach agus ionad do scríbhneoirí na...
    • Departmental Schemes
      959. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are...
    • Community Development Projects
      960. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to advise on the way in which funding of €5 million for the new SÍOL Programme for 2026 will be rolled out; when...
    • Men's Sheds
      961. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department will consider granting additional funding to the 484 Men’s Sheds in the coming year to support the vital...

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