Written answers

Monday, 7 September 2026

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department. [59572/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2. To ask the Taoiseach to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was required to be communicated to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the proportion this is of his...
    • Freedom of Information
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the number that were refused on...
    • Human Rights
      5. To ask the Taoiseach to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the measures to promote engagement of organisations from outside the border counties in the shared island initiative. [61373/26]
    • Climate Change Policy
      7. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 286 of 16 July and No. 14 of 28 July 2026, to report on the work of the “working group to evolve the evidence base on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      8. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; and the number of entries recorded on...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      9. To ask the Taoiseach the sum of the shared island fund drawn down to date, in tabular form. [62637/26]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      10. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost to date to the State of the Moriarty Tribunal; and the breakdown of those costs. [62730/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      11. To ask the Taoiseach the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62950/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      13. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026. [63363/26]
    • Departmental Projects
      15. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since 2020, in...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      16. To ask the Taoiseach the research and studies undertaken to date and underway at present in relation to the provision of public services and the potential for further industrial and economic...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Bodies
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Diplomatic Representation
      18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the status of the Irish Embassy in Islamabad; if it is open and operational; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the data contained within the biometric element of an Irish passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Presidency
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 14 July 2026, which confirmed a meeting of EU Housing Ministers in Dublin in November 2026, to...
    • Overseas Study Placements
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised the case of four Gaza students accepted into the Irish University Sanctuary Programme and who are due to study at the...
    • EU Presidency
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount spent to date on outdoor and out-of-home advertising, including bus shelter, billboard and street furniture advertising, as...
    • Passport Services
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a group (details supplied) in relation to the requirements for child passport renewals in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the 'levy' on her Department's expenditure, that was required to be...
    • Foreign Policy
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has expressed concern about the new Ethnic Unity Law being introduced by the Chinese Communist Party that will seek to further...
    • Departmental Advertising
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount her Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the...
    • Freedom of Information
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of FOI requests her Department, and each agency under her auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the...
    • EU Meetings
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the engagement she has had at an EU level in relation to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her current plans to highlight the attacks on Balochistan (details supplied) given concerns around alleged civilian casualties; and if she...
    • Passport Services
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to a passport application for a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the application; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amounts paid by her Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026;...
    • Disability Issues
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on progress to meet their commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • International Agreements
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will list all international agreements and arrangements with the United Kingdom concerning defence, air defence, or airspace that have...
    • Passport Services
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 26 May 2026, which did not receive a "follow up with a response with the additional data", when...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's role in combatting the spread of HIV and AIDS globally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60346/26]
    • Passport Services
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passport renewals that were processed via Irish Embassies and-or consulates, by location in 2025 and to date in 2026, in...
    • Consular Services
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in Milan in 2027. [61504/26]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE consular, visa and accounts officer posts filled at Irish Embassies in Ottawa, Ankara, Canberra and Abu Dhabi in each of...
    • Passport Services
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing a first-time passport application (details supplied); the actions she will take...
    • EU Regulations
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated impact on Irish manufacturers of the EU Steel Overcapacity Regulation introduced on 1 July 2026; the number of engagements her...
    • Northern Ireland
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British Government in relation to the legacy Bill; and the status of the interstate case. [59801/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British Government in relation to a case (details supplied). [59797/26]
    • Passport Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current processing times for passport renewals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61789/26]
    • Human Rights
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 28 July 2026, the number of occasions her Department, and Representative Office in Ramallah, has...
    • Departmental Bodies
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department and bodies under her aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the...
    • EU Presidency
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to host a World Peace Summit in Ireland during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union. [59775/26]
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to cease the use of Shannon Airport by the US military; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61986/26]
    • Passport Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which an individual who’s Irish-born father was not registered on their UK birth certificate can verify their citizenship...
    • Middle East
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she or her officials have had any engagement with Gadi Eisenkot or other opposition leaders in Israel. [62383/26]
    • Passport Services
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether a person who has legally changed their name by Deed Poll can have their Irish passport amended to reflect their new name; whether an...
    • Naval Vessels
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the ship docked at Marino Point, Cork Harbour on 7 August 2026 was a military vessel; the nature of its presence in Cork Harbour; whether...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total expenditure by her Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62941/26]
    • Passport Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the new Irish passport design will be added to the Council of the European Union's, Public Register of Authentic identity and travel...
    • Human Rights
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions Ireland intends to take in response to the risk of execution faced by individuals who remain accused in Iran; if Ireland will...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland together with its European Union partners are considering possible diplomatic avenues and approaches to address Iran’s lack...
    • Departmental Staff
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in her Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason passport applications cannot be expedited or assisted by local TD offices when the estimated issue date falls after constituents...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by her Department on an annual and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of the external company contracted to her Department that arranges for work permits/visas and so on to be issued for departmental...
    • Passport Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications received by country and region of residence in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Travel Documents
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the engagement she has had with her counterpart in the UK on the decision to amend travel document requirements for...
    • Passport Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of Irish passports issued to applicant residents outside the State in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026;...
    • Travel Documents
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on whether changes to passport check requirements (detail supplied) impacts on the common travel area policy between Ireland and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under her Department’s remit who were...
    • Passport Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing a first-time passport application (details supplied); the actions she will take...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Bodies
      91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding streams available for climate change adaptation or mitigation pilots in local authorities. [59621/26]
    • Environmental Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the local authority sector and other relevant stakeholders...
    • Departmental Schemes
      94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to work on possible grant schemes or changes to the RHSS to facilitate district-communal heating schemes or move...
    • Recycling Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the number of retailers and producers currently operating the deposit return scheme; the...
    • Energy Prices
      98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on plans to address the high costs of energy in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on plans to deliver onshore and offshore wind power and solar in a sustainable way, engaging with the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the oversight role of his Department in respect of the operation of the protected disclosures process within Inland...
    • Data Centres
      104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the precise number of operational data centres currently located within the State; the number planned...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on all taskforces led by his Department; the dates on which they have met since the taskforces inception; the...
    • Electricity Generation
      108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to support the development of demand-side flexibility within Ireland’s...
    • Air Quality
      110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail any legislation and policy documents relating to the regulation of air quality; and if he will make a statement...
    • Illegal Dumping
      111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the amount of capital spent by Tipperary County Council on anti-dumping initiatives and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grants are available for the installation of solar panels in new build properties. [60655/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's...
    • Litter Pollution
      114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 28 July 2026, whether the sampling, survey and scoring methodology of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government each published pathway an individual, community organisation or independent entity operating outside a university or...
    • Human Rights
      117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on progress to meet their commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures...
    • Environmental Investigations
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a full Government investigation will take place into the water and air quality in, around and downstream of a plant...
    • Departmental Advertising
      119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Freedom of Information
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following recommendations in the recent Climate Advisory Council Report 2026, if battery storage and changeover switch...
    • Energy Policy
      124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the work of the national energy affordability taskforce in relation to the PV Solar...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regulatory measures in place to ensure that when a registered gas installer formally...
    • EU Regulations
      129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position taken by Ireland in European Council negotiations on the proposed suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation...
    • Energy Prices
      131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department plans to protect EV and heat pump users from the sudden removal of dedicated time-of-use...
    • Legislative Measures
      132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the existing rules and regulations in relation to the use of bird scarers (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61132/26]
    • Energy Prices
      134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the grant structure and the impact of upcoming PSO levy adjustments on electrified households. [61011/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and...
    • Legislative Programme
      137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025 will be published; if it will be accompanied by a full impact assessment and...
    • Energy Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures planned to ensure that rural and off-gas-grid communities are not disproportionately burdened by...
    • Budget 2027
      140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether additional funding will be made available in Budget 2027 to support inspections, sampling, testing and enforcement...
    • Legislative Process
      141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the provisions of the Air Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2025 to be commenced; the additional resources being...
    • Fuel Sales
      142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to illegal and non-compliant fuel trading; the measures he is taking to address this; if...
    • Fishing Industry
      144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion and estimated tonnage of recreational pollack removals used in the relevant ICES assessment that were...
    • Energy Prices
      145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 199 and 204 of 28 August 2026, to report on the NEAT subgroups that have been...
    • Departmental Schemes
      146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for applicants to the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if homes should be grant aided to get to the standard of 12 kVA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied), regarding eligibility criteria for older...
    • Air Quality
      150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government which public authority is responsible for deciding when a wildfire-smoke or air-quality alert should be issued; and the...
    • EU Regulations
      152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has carried out an assessment of the impact of the authorised representative requirements under Article...
    • Departmental Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of producers registered with the approved body for packaging in each of the years 2023 to 2026 to date; the...
    • Water Pollution
      160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether a multi-agency protocol for major fish kills has been established following the Blackwater fish kill. [61977/26]
    • EU Presidency
      161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline Ireland's EU Presidency priorities, particularly in relation to climate and energy security; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make registration on an NSAI contractors register a mandatory condition for all SEAI supported spray foam...
    • Environmental Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the seven mineral prospecting licence applications in East Clare (details supplied); if his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the proposed obligation rates under the renewable heat obligation scheme; the rationale for setting the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the Government’s assessment of low carbon liquid fuels, including HVO, as a viable and affordable decarbonisation...
    • Environmental Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Ireland has no climate policies recorded in the OECD IFCMA Climate Policy Dashboard country-level database; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider revising the renewable heat obligation scheme to ensure that it supports the deployment of renewable...
    • Legislative Measures
      180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that current legislation adequately addresses the use of ultrasonic animal deterrent devices,...
    • Water Pollution
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a detailed update on the implementation of the joint research centre recommendations arising from the report into...
    • Waste Management
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has plans to force waste collection companies advertising online and by door to door flyers to provide their permit...
    • Climate Action Plan
      183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Climate Action Plan for 2026 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62706/26]
    • Departmental Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next national long term climate action strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Climate Change Policy
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether, in making appointments to the Climate Change Advisory Council, he assesses if there is a sufficient balance of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if changes will be introduced to SEAI grants to allow persons with properties which already have had heat pumps installed...
    • Fisheries Protection
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has a strategy in place to promote the future of inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department has assessed the adequacy of deposit return scheme return infrastructure at airports, railway...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five...
    • Waste Management
      196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he is satisfied that recyclable cardboard collected by licensed waste operators is being handled in a manner...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five...
    • Departmental Schemes
      199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the merits of introducing a deposit return scheme for glass bottles and jars to encourage the proper...
    • Departmental Staff
      206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether consideration will be given to allowing the SEAI solar PV grant to support backup systems that enable households...
    • Departmental Bodies
      208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of each capital project over €1 million in total expenditure funded or part-funded by his...
    • Departmental Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the introduction of a pay-on-behalf model for online platforms in respect of environmental and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount available under Circular LU 03/2026 – Dog Waste Infrastructure; the number and value of...
    • Waste Management
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of diesel laundering waste incidents recorded by each local authority area in each of the years 2022 to date in...
    • Legislative Process
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 11 June 2026, the current position in relation to the introduction of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a co-ordinated programme across Government at local and national level to ensure the use of public buildings...
    • Waste Management
      220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the feasibility study into transitioning Ireland's waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing...
    • Departmental Schemes
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether consideration has been given to allowing all appropriate window and external door replacement works identified...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Bodies
      225. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      226. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the pursuit of financial liability arising from the undertaking set out in CCR 446 has been waived or stood down for an individual case in...
    • Defence Forces
      227. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 7 May 2026, the costs incurred as a result of outsourcing functions formerly performed by the...
    • Air Corps
      228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which the four Pilatus PC-12 aircraft operated by the Air Corps were grounded; the expected date for the return of the fleet to...
    • Military Aircraft
      233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost to the State of the four Pilatus PC-12 aircraft; the list purchase price; a breakdown of the additional expenditure on upgrades,...
    • Air Corps
      234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total flying hours recorded by the Pilatus PC-12 fleet in each year since entry into service in 2020; the availability rate of the fleet in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on her Department's expenditure, that was...
    • Social Media
      238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total amount her Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the...
    • Freedom of Information
      239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of FOI requests her Department, and each agency under her auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the...
    • Defence Forces
      240. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the healthcare and medical treatment entitlements of members of the Permanent Defence Force who are serving out of engagement; whether these...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      243. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total amounts paid by her Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and...
    • Human Rights
      245. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on progress to meet the commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • Defence Forces
      246. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 30 June 2026, if she will provide Army Nursing Corps reinstating the ANS as opposed to outsourcing...
    • Naval Service
      247. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any preliminary work or assessment of the merits of the development of a naval base in Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if...
    • Defence Forces
      250. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the reference to a Pay Review Body for the Defence Forces contained in the previous Statement of Strategy of her Department has been retained...
    • Departmental Bodies
      255. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department and bodies under her aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the number...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      257. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the review of documents pertaining to a person (details supplied); and when the results of that review will be made available....
    • Defence Forces
      258. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department runs a tendering process for the supply of fuel to the Defence Forces; the way in which and when a supplier might potentially...
    • Emergency Planning
      259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the rollout of the emergency preparedness booklet being sent out to all households; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Air Corps
      260. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of female qualified Air Corps pilots; the number of females currently in training to become qualified Air Corps pilots; when each of...
    • Defence Forces
      262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update in relation to the progress of each of the 27 actions arising from the Reserve Defence Forces Regeneration Plan 2024; and...
    • Civil Defence
      264. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the review of Civil Defence Development Plans; if there are further plans for increasing investment and expanding civil defence...
    • Naval Service
      265. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update in relation to the development of an east coast naval base; if her Department has undertaken any further examination of...
    • Civil Defence
      269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of the numbers of active Civil Defence personnel in each of the 28 Civil Defence units for each year for the past five...
    • Defence Forces
      270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the total numbers of active personnel within the Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) for each year for the past ten years; the recruitment...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      271. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total expenditure by her Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62954/26]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      272. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland’s preparedness for a significant cyber-attack on the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reviews
      274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any review of defence spending in the context of an ever-changing international landscape; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any assessment of the Defence Policy Review 2024 (details supplied); in the context of an ever changing international...
    • Departmental Data
      276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in her Department in each of the past five years. [62977/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in her Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      278. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works projects currently ongoing at Curragh Camp; when will each of those projects be completed, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by her Department on an annual and county...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licences
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the operators of the NDLS service are required to offer the service in the Irish language; the monitoring carried out of them...
    • Taxi Regulations
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of an anomaly regarding taxi drivers who live in the North of Ireland and work in the South of Ireland (details supplied);...
    • Road Safety
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include traffic calming measures and a speed reduction to ensure safety at Station Road in Castlebellingham in County Louth...
    • Road Projects
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N53 project in County Louth and any possible interim plans to ensure safety at the Crossmaglen...
    • Public Transport
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being done to deliver greater public transport systems; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being done to recruit more bus drivers and mechanics to Bus Éireann; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress made on the work plan for 2026 by his Department, in conjunction with other agencies and...
    • Departmental Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the FourNorth rail project is included in the NDP Transport budget under Coastal North; if not, when it will receive its...
    • Departmental Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of successful applications approved under the €10 million ICE2EV pilot scrappage scheme which closed on 1 July...
    • Grant Payments
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a grant is available to purchase a new nine-seater EV bus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59773/26]
    • Departmental Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cars that were tested under the national car test, NCT, in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the mobility transport grant for people with disabilities. [59983/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on all task forces led by his Department; the dates on which they have met since inception of the task forces; the breakdown of...
    • Bus Services
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected impacts of BusConnects on bus frequency, route coverage and journey times in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his efforts to simplify the process for returning emigrants to exchange US driver licences and on the commitment in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount drawn down to date in 2026 in respect of Active Travel Investment Grant scheme DCC/17/0008 Fitzwilliam Street (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 9 June, to provide an update on proposals for the alternative display of paper motor tax and...
    • Road Network
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an independent road maintenance crew can be provided for the Ring of Kerry N70 route, given its importance to Ireland’s and...
    • Rail Network
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann has any plans to develop the services on the Waterford to Limerick rail line which serve as a vital...
    • Bus Services
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the success of the TFI Clonmel town bus service, if there are any further plans to provide a similar service to other towns across...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was...
    • Departmental Circulars
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the statistical bulletin for 2024, 2025 and 2026 will be published (details supplied); the reason for the delay to publish 2024; if...
    • Bus Services
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport services that were covered under the PSO for each year 2024 and 2025, broken down by urban and suburban bus...
    • Disability Issues
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department’s consideration of the enforcement of disability parking spaces in privately owned car parks or on...
    • Road Network
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 28 July 2026, whether it is the Government’s intention that physical construction of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the...
    • Departmental Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the number of applications received for the road transport support scheme; the number that are awaiting...
    • Rail Network
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Iarnród Éireann’s position on extending the carpark serving Thurles Railway Station particularly given...
    • Legislative Process
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has estimated the administrative and financial burden that the Railway Safety Bill 2026 will place on volunteer run heritage...
    • Departmental Schemes
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to extend the €10 million pilot of the EV scrappage scheme; when it will reopen; the funding that will be allocated;...
    • Departmental Policies
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that has been given to introducing a national penalty regime for non-compliance with CORSIA in order to support...
    • Freedom of Information
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026;...
    • Rail Network
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of significant reoccurring delays on the Sligo to Dublin commuter train, particularly in Longford and Edgeworthstown...
    • Driver Licences
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered measures to reduce the barriers faced by Irish citizens returning from the United States who hold valid US driving...
    • Public Transport
      323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the work of public transport workforce taskforce; the dates the taskforce has met; to provide a breakdown of all subgroups,...
    • National Transport Authority
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the NTA with a view to pausing projects that involve public funding for e-scooter infrastructure, given the shift...
    • Departmental Bodies
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the work of the Sustainable Mobility Policy Leadership Group; the dates the taskforce has met; to provide a breakdown of all...
    • Bus Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of the investment made to enhance existing public bus services within Clare in 2024, 2025 and to date...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the total number of road traffic accidents that were recorded in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form, by...
    • Road Network
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the extremely dangerous four cross road junction in Farranfore village, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the roll out of BusConnects in Limerick; his views on the benefits of this to people living in the Limerick city west area...
    • Airport Security
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to prevent potential drone attacks at Irish airports. [61293/26]
    • Rail Network
      340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the plans to remove level crossings along the DART line from Dublin Connolly to Bray. [61289/26]
    • Driver Test
      342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the quality assurance measures that are in place to monitor the conduct of driving testers and the treatment of applicants at driving...
    • Coast Guard Service
      343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new coastguard stations built by the State in the period 2016 to 2025, inclusive; the total sum for each year of that...
    • Bus Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department has put in place to encourage the uptake of a career in bus driving; the supports available for driver...
    • Rail Network
      345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the plans for passing or overtaking rail lines on the DART line on Dublin's southside to allow the Rosslare Intercity to...
    • National Transport Authority
      347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will install a bus stop on the R125 (details supplied) in County Meath to enable workers to get to...
    • Pension Provisions
      348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently address the concerns of CIE pensioners raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of the new vehicle adaptation scheme (VAS); to clarify if this new grant scheme is entirely standalone...
    • National Transport Authority
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to direct the NTA to advise if a new route 600 connecting a service Tralee-Killarney to Cork City-Dungarvan-Waterford will come into...
    • Airport Policy
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if airlines or airport authorities have minimum standards for seating, or maximum waiting times during boarding (details supplied); and...
    • Public Transport
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an issue in relation to Leap cards (details supplied); when the technical issue will be resolved; the measures being taken...
    • Freedom of Information
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for extending Freedom of Information Act 2014 exemptions to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety in respect of railway intoxicant...
    • Live Exports
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct a company (details supplied) to accept the transport of live exports given that it is using ports that are publicly...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in...
    • Rail Accidents
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the justification for retaining copyright over Railway Accident Investigation Unit reports and restricting their commercial use under...
    • Departmental Funding
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the funding shortfall for the rollout of BusConnects; the individual projects under the programme that are now due...
    • Driver Test
      363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the new driving test centre in the Dublin 15 area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60783/26]
    • Bus Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration will be given to reviewing the scheduling of bus routes C4 and W6 on the section of route shared between Maynooth...
    • Taxi Licences
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider measures to facilitate the entry of young drivers into the taxi industry through the sale of already existing...
    • Departmental Policies
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which compliance with the statutory maximum speed limit of 20 km/h for e-scooters is assessed (details supplied); whether...
    • Disability Issues
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on progress to meet commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • Road Safety
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the condition of footpaths and streets in Cahersiveen town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60713/26]
    • Greenways Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite the south Kerry Greenway, a lifeline and a gamechanger for County Kerry; to speed up outstanding payments and accommodation...
    • Parking Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the proposed park and ride facilities to be developed in Galway on the N6 national primary road next to Junction 19,...
    • Rail Network
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the limited frequency of intercity rail services between Dublin Heuston and Westport, particularly the...
    • Bus Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop a dedicated bus lane on the M4/N7 corridor; the stage this is currently at; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that driving test applicants at the Raheny Driving Test Centre will not be adversely impacted by the RSA’s...
    • Departmental Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount Iarnród Eireann has been fined for not meeting service delivery targets for the DART; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test
      377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the way in which Ireland compares to other EU countries in terms of the use of technology in driving tests to ensure...
    • Departmental Policies
      380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the introduction of an R plate for all rental cars, similar to the L and N plates currently in use in Ireland (details...
    • Departmental Schemes
      381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the approximate timeframe for the processing of an application for a person (details supplied) under the road transporters support...
    • Parking Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in car-parking charges at each Irish rail station car park including the amount of revenue raised by location in...
    • Vehicle Registration
      385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any requirement to be fitted with an electronic immobiliser applies to used vehicles imported into the State at the point of...
    • Road Network
      386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocol in place between An Garda Síochána and the motorway traffic control centre for the closure of a carriageway and...
    • National Transport Authority
      387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the need for a signalised junction at a roundabout (details supplied); if his Department will engage with the National...
    • Bus Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll out of the D-Spine as part of BusConnects; if he will commit to a timeline for the roll out of the D-Spine; if...
    • Rail Network
      389. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the work undertaken by Iarnród Eireann in developing the preferred route for the Four North project; whether the emerging...
    • Bus Services
      390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount Dublin Bus has been fined for bus routes 15, 27a, 27b, H1, H2, H3, and 6 not meeting service delivery targets in 2023, 2024...
    • Rail Network
      395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans for passing or overtaking rail lines on the DART line on Dublin's Southside to allow the Rosslare Intercity to...
    • Taxi Licences
      396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he aware of the fact that there has been no application process, a waiting list or an acceptance of new drivers to get a taxi stand...
    • Maritime Safety
      398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the support and access to funds for the purchase of a new boat or capital investment available to an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Road Projects
      399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will significantly increase funding for the N86 Tralee, Camp, Annascaul, Lispole to Dingle road in 2026 (details supplied); and if...
    • Public Transport
      400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous requests to Iarnród Éireann to connect the train and bus stations in Killarney (details supplied); and if...
    • Bus Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest update on the rollout of a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61660/26]
    • Road Safety
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the creation of a statutory road safety commissioner or equivalent with the authority, budget and legal mandate to...
    • Road Safety Authority
      405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the RSA is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61669/26]
    • Rail Network
      406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated additional funding that Irish Rail would need to fully restore catering services on intercity rail services to pre-Covid...
    • Road Safety
      407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 16 June 2026, for an update on the National Road Safety Camera Strategy; the number of times...
    • National Car Test
      411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place where a vehicle owner alleges that damage or an electrical or mechanical fault occurred during an NCT; whether...
    • Rail Network
      413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the fast-track of the Luas Tyrrelstown to support the new Dunsink development and to support a new area; and if he will make...
    • Greenways Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent on the Royal Canal Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61706/26]
    • Rail Network
      415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent on legal proceedings on Dart+ West to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61704/26]
    • Bus Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent on BusConnects B-Spine to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.' [61703/26]
    • Legislative Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2026; when this will be enacted; if he anticipates it will be in place for...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding local authority access to collision location data in advance of the enactment of the National Vehicle and Driver...
    • Legislative Process
      421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the consultation process prior to the drafting of the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025; and if he will...
    • Greenways Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to prioritise Glenbeigh village and make it greenway ready, in terms of road improvements works, lighting, pathways and pedestrian...
    • Departmental Contracts
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, following the recent renewal of the NDLS contract with a company for a further three-year period, he will provide clarity regarding...
    • Departmental Schemes
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on work to encourage more employers to participate in the TaxSaver scheme and the cycle-to-work scheme; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Iarnród Éireann’s efforts to automate crossings across their rail network, particularly along the line...
    • Driver Test
      430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to improve efficiency and decrease wait times in driving test centres. [61761/26]
    • State Gifts
      439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the...
    • Road Safety
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to introduce a scheme to keep bridges clear of overgrowth (details supplied) to ensure the safety of all road users; and if he will make...
    • National Transport Authority
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the NTA has not provided an interim town service for Letterkenny since the previous contractor withdrew the service...
    • Public Transport
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to encourage greater use of public transport by the promotion of buses or railways; to promote the use of...
    • Vehicle Registration
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has assessed the increase in the average kerb weight and gross vehicle weight of passenger cars registered in the State...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the revenue received per year, by the State for the use of Shannon Airport by non-Irish military flights; and if he will make a...
    • Active Travel
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the possible active travel routes which could be routed to Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell, following engagement with...
    • Bus Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position with the installation and allocation of bus stops and stands in Kildare south. [61995/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on proposed salary increases agreed by his Department for CEOs of transport bodies in years two and three of their...
    • Road Safety
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to tackle scrambler usage in Cork city. [61998/26]
    • National Transport Authority
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to the National Transport Authority to complete building projects. [62000/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration has been given to the provision of dedicated funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure for County...
    • Road Network
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether additional, urgent funding for the reinstatement of roads in County Louth, estimated to cost approximately €3.681 million,...
    • Transport Policy
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking, including in coordination with the Department of Health, to address the situation whereby some...
    • Driver Licences
      454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of the increased numbers of citizens returning to Ireland from abroad whether he has considered new measures to streamline the...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ retirees have not yet received their agreed pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62049/26]
    • Dublin Bus
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total annual cost of operating on Dublin Bus route 70, broken down per year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total expenditure on the Next Generation Ticketing programme to date; the total amount paid to the principal contractor to date; the...
    • Transport Policy
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any guidelines in place specifically regarding the bringing of psychiatric support dogs on commercial aeroplanes;...
    • Departmental Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency...
    • Electric Vehicles
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department intends on extending the ICE2EV scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62253/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the WAV26, by the number of applications received under round 2, the number deemed eligible, the number of provisional...
    • Bus Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to examine the provision of additional scheduled bus stops at Gortatlea Cross,...
    • Road Safety
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a wrong way sensor and alert system will be introduced on all motorways and selected sections of the national roads network,...
    • Driver Licences
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay by the NDLS updating a category on a licence for a person (details supplied). [62290/26]
    • Parking Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a parking permit scheme for those with hidden disabilities and neurodivergence who may need accommodations; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Government’s commitment to introduce contactless fare payments across public transport, including the use of...
    • Road Network
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Alexandra Road roadworks, which are currently restricting freight and rail movements from Tara mines to Dublin Port....
    • Dublin Bus
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any engagement he has had with Dublin Bus in relation to the roll-out of USB-C charging ports for passengers; and...
    • Rail Network
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any engagement he has had with Irish Rail in relation to the rollout of USB-C charging ports for passengers; and...
    • Driver Test
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for driving tests in Clonmel, Tipperary town and Thurles; the average national waiting time; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is envisaged that a traffic volume and appropriate noise study will be carried out for the N20 between Browns Bridge, Quartertown,...
    • Driver Test
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the sharp increase in waiting times for driving tests at Loughrea driving test centre; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of a direct route between the Dublin 15 area and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the recent appearance at the Public Accounts Committee, to provide greater details on the breakdown of payments of the failed...
    • Active Travel
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Dunkettle to city active travel scheme will be delivered alongside the proposed railway stations. [62463/26]
    • Rail Network
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the NTA recent appearance at the Public Accounts Committee, to detail which rail service expansion projects will be "rephased...
    • Departmental Strategies
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed update in relation to actions taken on the Rail Project Prioritisation Strategy 'Early Intervention' Actions; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the new vehicle adaptation scheme recently announced; and to provide details on the way in which the...
    • Disability Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has assessed the risk posed to people with low vision by street infrastructure which may be difficult to visually...
    • Public Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rollout of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62631/26]
    • Transport Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the next review of the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy; whether a project can be considered for priority to...
    • Road Safety
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed implementation timetable for the deployment of additional road-safety camera technology; the total number of...
    • Bus Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses expected to be added to the Dublin Bus fleet between 2026 and 2029, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will run an advertisement campaign on both social media and in print media in quarter 4 of 2026 reminding...
    • Bus Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate issues (details supplied) raised in relation to a bus service S8, which are ongoing, and provide a clear outline...
    • Driver Test
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a date for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to extend a service into local communities, with aim of reducing the amount of cars in a park and increasing public transport usage...
    • Road Projects
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of funding made available to each local authority in 2026 for resurfacing of roads; and if this amount is adequate to...
    • Legislative Measures
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends on introducing legislation to create a specific criminal offence for driving on the wrong side of the motorway; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his current plan for the introduction of legislation to ensure the welfare of horses being used to provide horse-drawn carriage services...
    • Bus Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous correspondence regarding the route 275 service between Dingle and Tralee, if the NTA will examine the feasibility of...
    • Live Exports
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct an organisation (details supplied) to accept the transport of live exports given that the organisation is using ports...
    • Electric Vehicles
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the roll out of EV charging infrastructure; the targets which have been set; the estimated date for reaching those...
    • Bus Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the National Transport Authority has assessed the additional costs incurred by Galway bus passengers who are required to make...
    • Public Transport
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the 90-minute TFI fare will be extended to Galway city bus services; if this possibility has been assessed by the National...
    • Bus Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the operational reasons passengers on Galway city bus services are generally required to exit through the front door rather than using...
    • Aviation Industry
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government commitment to establish a hub at Shannon Airport for the testing of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62951/26]
    • Public Transport
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the National Transport Authority intends to develop a QR code-based reporting system at bus stops and on public service vehicles...
    • Disability Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department’s development of a grant based scheme for disabled drivers and disabled passengers; if such work...
    • Road Network
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider an additional M50 exit to support the development of Dunsink landbank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63085/26]
    • Transport Policy
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Transport Appraisal Framework and National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland require or permit reasonable...
    • Road Safety
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any review ongoing of legislation related to the allowance for members of An Garda Síochána to engage in...
    • Disability Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the conditions for disabled parking permits; and the criteria used to assess these applications (details supplied)....
    • Rail Network
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being considered to increase parking capacity at Sligo Mac Diarmada Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify if a similar scheme to the disabled parking scheme is being developed or has been developed for carers, parents and guardians...
    • Road Safety
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered introducing a public awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of pedestrians using mobile phones and...
    • Road Projects
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed Ballinrobe Bypass project in County Mayo, the current status of the scheme; the timeline for...
    • Rail Network
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is intended to re-open the waiting room, restroom and related facilities at Clonmel Railway Station; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether there are plans to review and modernise the design and security features of the Irish Seafarer’s Discharge Book; and when...
    • Road Safety
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Transport Infrastructure Ireland maintains a ranking of motorway junctions by risk of wrong-way entry; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints received by the NTA on the insufficient capacity of the 424 bus service in County Galway. [63242/26]
    • Taxi Regulations
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which document is to be treated as the authoritative fare and expense record where the amount shown on an app transaction differs from...
    • Public Transport
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the TFI Waterford Bus Red Zone Leap Card does not have daily and weekly fare capping as is available in Dublin and Cork. [63392/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and...
    • Taxi Regulations
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the authoritative record when the app truncations and taximeter contain different amount when the customer has been offered a fixed price...
    • Public Transport
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a report by the Health and Safety Authority on a complaint (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Éireann
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure for repairing Bus Éireann buses for noise issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63522/26]
    • Public Transport
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which body holds overall responsibility for coordinating and justifying the combined impact of overlapping BusConnects and MetroLink...
    • Bus Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the complete list of licensed bus routes in County Galway. [63243/26]
    • Rail Network
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed Kylemore Station, Dart SW route; if planning and other statutory approvals have been secured; the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to reintroduce the scrappage scheme, for ICE2EV given the last scheme fully sold out within 75 minutes proving high demand; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider extending the W4 bus service from Blanchardstown to the Airport. [63707/26]
    • Disability Issues
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed funding envelope for the vehicle adaptation scheme (VAS) will be an additional fund under the budgetary process,...
    • Bus Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of storing the fleet of 132 electric buses that have not been brought into use (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the N2 Clontibret to Border road scheme; the current stage of the design, Environmental Impact Assessment Report and...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has completed its consideration of the alternative flood-resilient construction options submitted by...
    • Rail Network
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE sales account managers and senior accounts managers employed by Iarnród Eireann as of 14 August 2026, in tabular...
    • Taxi Licences
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a taxi licence for a person (details supplied). [63828/26]
    • Taxi Regulations
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on concerns that have been raised regarding the fixed fare service for taxi drivers (details supplied). [63830/26]
    • Transport Policy
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies in place to promote the commuter uptake of sustainable shared mobility solutions, including public bike-share schemes,...
    • Rail Network
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will fund the replacement of plastic shelters on the roof areas between platforms 6 and 7 at Connolly...
    • Legislative Measures
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce regulations or legislation requiring courts to disclose driving convictions to insurance companies; and if he will...
    • Transport Costs
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received under the road transporters support scheme; the number of applications received from coach and bus...
    • Rail Network
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether any disciplinary, performance-management or other accountability process has been undertaken in respect of the management of the...
    • Air Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff, by role, recruited in AirNav from 2024 to date; and the number and class of roles which remain unfilled currently,...
    • Rail Network
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an updated cost-benefit analysis of MetroLink is being carried out to take account of the revised cost of the project and the increase...
    • National Transport Authority
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to reports (details supplied), that the National Transport Authority does not currently have sufficient funding to provide new...
    • Bus Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 27 July 2026, for an update on the further feasibility studies for the proposed Tullamore...
    • Road Safety Authority
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is transferring the ownership of the driver file element of the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) to the RSA; if a new reform...
    • Driver Licences
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority has written out to all second permit holders to give them notice that from 1 November 2026 they must sit a...
    • Bus Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of proposals to provide improved bus stopping facilities and shelters serving Mallow General Hospital on the N20;...
    • Road Projects
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on maintenance, pavement renewal and rehabilitation of the existing N20 between Cork city and Mallow in each year...
    • Rail Network
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the original approved budget for the National Train Control Centre; the expenditure incurred to date; the current estimated final cost;...
    • Driver Licences
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place to expedite the issuing of replacement driving licences for returning emigrants who require their licences for...
    • Vehicle Registration
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Government's proposal to introduce a registration system for e-scooters; whether it remains the intention...
    • Legislative Measures
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delay in increasing the minimum legal age for the use of an e-scooter in a public place from 16 to 18 years-of-age;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if An Garda Síochána has doubled fees to retrieve impounded vehicles, including scramblers; if so, the date on which the fee...
  • Department of Finance
    • Revenue Commissioners
      645. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €225 fee charged in cases where Revenue enforcement proceedings are initiated through a sheriff or debt...
    • Tax Collection
      649. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of final demand notices issued during 2025; the average number of days after the issuing of the final demand notice to payment being submitted to...
    • Recycling Policy
      650. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the third party waste disposal company which Revenue contracts to handle and dispose of discarded nitrous oxide canisters; if these...
    • Film Industry
      651. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a permanent 8% Section 481 regional uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford (DMAA) either...
    • State Assets
      652. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 28 July 2026, to provide a full list of all of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's (ISIF) investments impacted by...
    • Tax Code
      653. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to increase the income tax exemption limits for persons aged 65 years and over, which have remained at €18,000 for a single person and...
    • Housing Schemes
      654. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending help to buy scheme to ‘fresh start ‘applicants who are attempting to purchase a new home following divorce or...
    • Budget 2027
      655. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to monitor and change spending in non-voted expenditure. [59991/26]
    • Tax Code
      656. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the current income tax relief provisions for long-term leasing of agricultural land to permit leases between related parties to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      658. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount returned to the Exchequer to date from the State's investment in the banking sector, disaggregated by share sales, dividends, guarantee fees,...
    • Tax Code
      659. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current status of section 396C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relating to relief from corporation tax for losses of participating...
    • Banking Sector
      660. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected from the bank levy in each year since its introduction; the number of institutions liable to the levy in each such year; the projected...
    • Tax Code
      661. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for changes to exchange traded funds; if he plans to abolish the eight-year deemed disposal regime, align the tax rate more closely with capital...
    • Legislative Programme
      662. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Government announcement of 28 April 2026 approving the statutory “Right to be Forgotten” legislation for cancer survivors, the...
    • Tax Code
      663. To ask the Minister for Finance to urgently address an inheritance tax proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60554/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      668. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 28 July 2026, the costs of berthing, maintaining and crewing the vessel MV Matthew, broken down by calendar year...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      676. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount recovered by the Revenue Commissioners through shadow economy and black market compliance interventions in each year from 2021 to date in...
    • Financial Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to strengthen commission disclosure, conflict of interest rules or suitability requirements in cases where regulated intermediaries recommend...
    • Budget 2027
      684. To ask the Minister for Finance for a detailed response to issues raised in relation to the new savings and investments scheme in budget 2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount lent and the share of lending, by value from the HBFI that went to projects over €20 million and €50 million, respectively, of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      689. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount his Department and departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the proportion this is...
    • Housing Provision
      690. To ask the Minister for Finance of the 9,258 housing units that have HBFI funding but have ‘not yet commenced/other’ according to the mid-year update, the number that were...
    • Freedom of Information
      691. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the number that were...
    • Tax Code
      692. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the introduction of a requirement for a legal entity identifier on entities availing of the section 110 designation. [60994/26]
    • Ombudsman and Information Commissioner
      695. To ask the Minister for Finance when the adjudication is likely to be completed on a complaint that was submitted to the ombudsman five years ago (details supplied); and if the matter will...
    • Tax Code
      697. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider removing carer’s allowance and benefit as taxable payments for the purposes of PAYE, noting the role carer’s have in caring...
    • Banking Sector
      698. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of reforming the Asset Covered Securities framework on the competitiveness of Ireland’s...
    • Insurance Coverage
      701. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing measures requiring mortgage lenders to establish a system whereby the continued existence of buildings insurance on a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      702. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme (DDS); if his Department intends to maintain the existing vehicle purchase tax reliefs and...
    • Banking Sector
      703. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider altering bank mortgage lending rules to allow for smaller deposits from those who seek to purchase their rented home from their landlord;...
    • Tax Code
      704. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is payable by local authorities or approved housing bodies purchasing land for the delivery of social housing. [60146/26]
    • Tax Data
      705. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of corporation tax paid by the banking sector in each of the years 2019 to 2025, inclusive; and the aggregate amount of unused trading losses...
    • Tax Code
      707. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement issued by his Department on 30 July 2026 noting shareholder approval of the cash offer for a bank (details supplied) in respect of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      708. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 702 and 703 of 28 July 2026, to provide a breakdown of the Dublin figures by local authority; and if he will make a...
    • Company Registration
      709. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the establishment of a register of beneficial ownership of companies, industrial and provident societies based within the Companies...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      712. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60055/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      713. To ask the Minister for Finance whether an equality impact assessment, disability impact assessment and rural proofing assessment were undertaken prior to the proposed reforms to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      721. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will...
    • Tax Forms
      723. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practicability of the Form VAT 61A process for disabled persons claiming for VAT paid on certain aids and appliances; if his Department has...
    • Tax Collection
      724. To ask the Minister for Finance if he acknowledges concerns that the current €42,500 VAT registration threshold for service providers creates a "cliff edge" for sole traders in...
    • Disability Issues
      729. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on progress to meet the commitments under the national Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was...
    • Tax Collection
      730. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the annual loss in VAT and other Exchequer receipts arising from illegal or non-compliant solid fuel trading; and whether additional...
    • Tax Code
      732. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to review the motor-tax system for pre-2008 vehicles, in order that they may also be taxed based on CO2 emissions, consistent with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      733. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the total amount of VRT relief, VAT relief, and fuel grants delivered under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for...
    • Tax Collection
      734. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2027 if the Government Stamp duty on credit cards was reduced to €15 per year. [61385/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      736. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which land is exempt from, excluded from, or eligible for relief or deferral in respect of the Residential Zoned Land Tax; to provide the...
    • Tax Code
      741. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing enhanced tax incentives for SMEs investing in automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced manufacturing equipment...
    • Departmental Data
      743. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the €10,000 Benefit-in-Kind Open Market Value relief for company vehicles beyond 2026, rather than...
    • Tax Code
      744. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the 80% rule in agricultural leasing and transfers in the agricultural relief asset test as part of Budget 2027; if he will...
    • Tax Rebates
      745. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the help to buy scheme to allow two applicants to claim the maximum refund from their income tax or DIRT liabilities,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      746. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that same sex couples may avail of tax relief in respect of expenses related to assisted human reproductive services; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      747. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to examine the tax treatment of production costs for theatre productions. [60458/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      748. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements that will apply to a person who currently holds relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, and who needs to replace an...
    • Tax Reliefs
      752. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the number of entries...
    • Tax Code
      755. To ask the Minister for Finance with specific reference to the deemed disposal measure, to provide an update on the development and publication of the roadmap for the taxation of retail...
    • Departmental Data
      756. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims and the cost to the Exchequer, by county for the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of a tax expenditure...
    • Tax Code
      763. To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts that genuine farmers may be exposed to residential zoned land tax liabilities despite not seeking residential zoning, continuing agricultural...
    • Tax Exemptions
      768. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of difficulties faced by qualified cohabitants in accessing the capital acquisitions tax exemption (details supplied), including cases where...
    • Tax Code
      769. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the levy imposed on sound broadcasting services by Coimisiún na Meán is subject to value added tax; whether such value added tax is...
    • Customs and Excise
      774. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the possibility of an Irish exemption or derogation from the new €3 customs duty on low-value goods from Great Britain; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Data
      775. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants and other public monies provided directly or indirectly to non-governmental organisations headquartered outside...
    • Departmental Investigations
      778. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has carried out any assessment of the number of borrowers who lost a home through repossession or voluntary surrender...
    • Tax Credits
      780. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the absence of any tax support for grieving parents who were cohabiting at the time of their partner’s death; if he will consider a...
    • Financial Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Finance the parameters, criteria, or operational guidelines under which the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman prioritises complaints within its case...
    • Customs and Excise
      783. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns that the new €3 customs duty on low-value imports from outside the EU may disproportionately impact consumers who rely on...
    • Insurance Coverage
      785. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address circumstances where homeowners or prospective homeowners are unable to obtain buildings insurance because a property is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      787. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Finnish Government in relation to providing for a seed investment account for all newborns in Finland...
    • Insurance Coverage
      789. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the soon to be commenced Insurance (Disregard of Certain Medical History and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026, if an application submitted...
    • Housing Schemes
      790. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department is undertaking, or plans to undertake, a review of the help to buy scheme; whether consideration is being given to reducing or amending...
    • Tax Code
      791. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with a group (details supplied), in relation to their campaign to amend inheritance tax parameters; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Schemes
      795. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the help to buy scheme is operating as efficiently as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61951/26]
    • Tax Code
      802. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the treatment of virtual fencing technology under the Value-Added Tax (Flat-Rate Farmers) Refund Order (details supplied);...
    • Credit Unions
      803. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has engaged with organisations (details supplied) regarding the potential for credit unions to provide solicitor client-account...
    • Ambulance Service
      804. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 25 March 2026, for an update on his Department's consideration of any technological solutions to identify...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      805. To ask the Minister for Finance the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62943/26]
    • Housing Provision
      806. To ask the Minister for Finance if he acknowledges that the current taxation treatment of rental income is a significant barrier to the viability of smaller private landlords and is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      809. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) regulations 1994 (Statutory Instrument No. 353 of 1994) and section 92 of the...
    • Transport Policy
      810. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he intends to amend the regulations governing the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to provide eligibility for persons who are legally...
    • Budget 2027
      815. To ask the Minister for Finance whether an increase in the rate of excise duty on e-liquids is being considered as part of Budget 2027; whether such an increase would represent a deviation...
    • Customs and Excise
      817. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the new €3 customs duty will have on people with disabilities and chronic illnesses who depend on health-related products purchased from...
    • Tax Code
      818. To ask the Minister for Finance the details on the amount of revenue generated for the Exchequer each year since 2016 to 2025 inclusive, under the exit tax charged on investments under the...
    • Departmental Staff
      819. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63350/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      821. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to broadening the qualifying conditions for the seafarers' allowance, which as currently drafted are confined to seafarers...
    • Tax Code
      824. To ask the Minister for Finance to reconcile the Government's stated policy of reducing the cost of fuel for households with the scheduled increase in carbon tax due to take effect on 14...
    • Employment Rights
      829. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns among skilled workers in the arts and culture sector who are genuinely self-employed contractors on their own account, in respect...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      831. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Department of Health or the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding its current review of tobacco affordability; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      836. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since...
    • Legislative Measures
      837. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to legislate to give effect to personal taxation implications of the Supreme Court judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      839. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out by his Department into the removal of the deemed disposal rule in the context of investment funds; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      844. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units with gross income above €150,000, €200,000, €250,000, 300,000, 350,000, €500,000,...
    • Tax Code
      847. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a review of the current capital gains tax treatment of cryptocurrency investments; whether any measures such as increasing the annual...
    • Tax Data
      849. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims for Business Relief and for Agricultural Relief under the Capital Acquisitions Tax code, the total value of the assets to which each...
    • Departmental Policies
      850. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason areas fronting the River Boyne in Drogheda have been excluded from the SRA for the purposes of the application of the Living Cities Initiative; if...
    • Tax Data
      851. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all housing related tax expenditures for buyers, renters, landlords and developers and to provide the annual expenditure for each...
    • Tax Yield
      852. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if local property tax rate for band number 16 increased to €2,645, band 17 increased to €3,035, band 18 increased to...
    • Legislative Process
      853. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the publication of legislation to update the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 and Company Law to support tokenisation in...
    • Tax Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of beneficiaries and the total taxable value of benefits taken by way of gift and inheritance, by ranges of cumulative benefit received per...
    • Departmental Data
      855. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the increasing income levels required by single first time buyers to purchase a home; the measures being taken to address...
    • Tax Data
      858. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has costed the uplift in IUT receipts if deemed disposal was abolished, and disposals which were subject to the longer-term, uninterrupted...
    • EU Budgets
      861. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's position on the European Commission's proposal to introduce a new EU own-resource levy on non-collected waste electrical and electronic...
    • Financial Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed membership and planned timeline for establishment of the new Digital Assets Industry Group as committed to in the New Ireland for...
    • Customs and Excise
      869. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department is monitoring the impact of the €3 customs duty on low-value consignments introduced on 1 July 2026 on Irish consumers...
    • Tax Reliefs
      871. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position regarding take up of the landlord relief; the cost of the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63906/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      873. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is reviewing the equity of Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) relationship bands to better reflect modern Irish family structures; if his...
    • Tax Avoidance
      874. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioner has identified any evidence of Irish retail investment products being used for the purposes of tax avoidance....
    • Pension Provisions
      877. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the consideration of exempting occupational pensions from the USC; the way in which occupational pensions differ from State pensions...
    • Tax Data
      880. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of capital acquisitions tax (CAT) arising from inheritances collected in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by...
    • Budget 2027
      883. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his consideration of a proposal (details supplied) as part of Budget 2027 preparations. [64077/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      884. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were considered to be public...
    • Housing Schemes
      886. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for the help to buy (HTB) incentive scheme, to address the exclusion of Irish citizens living permanently in the...
    • Tax Yield
      887. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional annual receipts to the Exchequer and to the Social Insurance Fund, in income tax, arising from the increases in the national minimum...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      888. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list the residential buildings in the estate of the Office of Public Works which are derelict or vacant; and the length of time they...
    • Departmental Bodies
      889. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      890. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether a single system exists linking the budget line that authorises expenditure through to the tender, contract award, purchase...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      894. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide exemptions for residents in areas of Shannon County Clare who are protected from flooding by flood defences but cannot draw...
    • Pension Provisions
      895. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the fact that unpaid maternity leave does not count towards pensionable service...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      898. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure incurred by each Government Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years, broken down by...
    • Departmental Reviews
      900. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the spending review papers; the reason this process has been set aside; if he will reinstitute the process; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      901. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current procurement/contract guidelines for local authorities to direct them to use local services whenever possible; his views on...
    • Office of Public Works
      902. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of properties currently owned or controlled by the OPW which are vacant; the location of each; the date on which each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      904. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising;...
    • Freedom of Information
      905. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026;...
    • Road Projects
      906. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Phase 2 of the Limerick northern distributor road will be designated as a critical infrastructure project under the Critical...
    • State Art Collection
      907. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of art works currently in the State collection; the process of selection for new works; and the number of art works...
    • Protected Disclosures
      908. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm whether he has undertaken a review of the State-funded whistleblower support model provided through Transparency...
    • Departmental Policies
      909. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if central monitoring of major public projects includes assessment of whether the benefits and outcomes identified in the original...
    • Departmental Reviews
      910. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the findings and recommendations arising from reviews and evaluations of major public projects are collated centrally; if there is a...
    • Departmental Data
      911. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants;...
    • Pension Provisions
      912. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider making changes to the occupational supplementary pension (OSP) to allow a retiree to take up some employment without...
    • Departmental Policies
      913. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that departments and public bodies responsible for major procurement and infrastructure projects retain sufficient...
    • An Garda Síochána
      914. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the windows in the cells in the Garda Station at Kells, County Meath meet all of the necessary standards; if he...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      915. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60771/26]
    • Disability Issues
      916. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      917. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to come to the assistance of the local community at Rossbeigh, Glenbeigh, County Kerry where the spit has been ravaged by coastal...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      918. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to come to the assistance of the flood victims at Cromane Lower, Killorglin, County Kerry and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Risk Management
      921. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to introduce a scheme with immediate effect to keep the arches of bridges clear of debris (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      922. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to urgently review the recommended pay packages of semi-State agency CEOs by the Independent Senior Posts Remuneration Committee; the...
    • Office of Public Works
      924. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that the OPW collected in revenue for allowing the Iveagh Gardens to be used as a summer concert venue in 2025 and 2026; when...
    • Grant Payments
      932. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if calculations have been carried out regarding the impact of increased construction costs where capital grants are made by Government...
    • Public Parks
      933. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will facilitate the installation of additional eco-toilet facilities in the Phoenix Park for public use following the installation...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      934. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Nenagh flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61806/26]
    • Public Parks
      935. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to install bottle filling stations or water fountains at popular visitor locations in the Phoenix...
    • Office of Public Works
      937. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE security operations managers employed by the OPW as of 13 August 2026; and the civil service grade this post is...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      940. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60401/26]
    • Departmental Circulars
      943. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to reviewing Circular 7/2018 to take into account the experiences of low paid workers (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      944. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can expedite a request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62047/26]
    • Office of Government Procurement
      945. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the identity of the interested party that raised matters of concern in relation to the Office of Government Procurement’s planned...
    • Departmental Funding
      946. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan and Monaghan...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      947. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation of public procurement, Article 20 of Directive 2014/24/EU, the Departments and public bodies within the State that are...
    • Budget 2026
      948. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €1billion 'contingency fund' announced in Budget 2026 that has been spent/allocated to date; the precise...
    • Flood Risk Management
      949. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the manner in which national flood-risk mapping is applied at individual property level, particularly where a...
    • Civil Service
      950. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applicants to the communications specialist higher executive officer competition; the number that have been brought...
    • Departmental Policies
      951. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on active travel upgrades in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62587/26]
    • Parking Provision
      952. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on additional car parking in a park (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62586/26]
    • Flood Risk Management
      953. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to designate the Sandymount Flood Alleviation Scheme as a critical infrastructure project under the Critical Infrastructure...
    • State Properties
      955. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Government intends to develop a co-ordinated national estate strategy to maximise economic benefit, minimise waste and...
    • Civil Service
      963. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the Civil Service Dignity at Work policy is being uniformly and effectively implemented across all Government...
    • Pension Provisions
      964. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that many retired public servants who have paid a "D" PRSI stamp, and who have job-shared, worked part-time or taken...
    • Departmental Contracts
      965. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the State’s Microsoft licensing framework following the cancellation of the planned OGP competition;...
    • Departmental Data
      966. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five years. [62880/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      967. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62879/26]
    • Civil Service
      969. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates on the 2024 assistant principal, AP, Wexford open panel who have been interviewed to date; the number of...
    • Office of Public Works
      970. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule, by amount, venue and event name in respect of OPW-owned and managed sites used for events in 2023, 2024,...
    • Departmental Policies
      972. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the ongoing public sector discussions with regard to a reversal of the previous financial decision to reduce the daily...
    • Departmental Staff
      973. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      974. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider designating the south Galway flood relief scheme as critical infrastructure to accelerate its delivery; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      975. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      976. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and...
    • National Children's Hospital
      978. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of capital funding reallocated, reprofiled or deferred across all Departmental votes in each year from 2019 to date in...
    • Pension Provisions
      980. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide additional funding to community and voluntary sector organisations to allow them comply with their obligations with...
    • Voluntary Sector
      984. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he will extend multi-annual funding to all community and voluntary organisations providing essential services on behalf of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      985. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department maintains a central record of cost overruns, write-downs and abandoned projects across Departments and public...
    • Departmental Data
      986. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and total value of public sector information and communications technology projects valued at more than €5 million...
    • Coastal Erosion
      988. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of the most recent coastal erosion in the vicinity of the Martello Tower, Lambeecher, Balbriggan, County Dublin; the works...
    • Civil Service
      989. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 15 July 2026 (details supplied), to set out, by reference to the Civil Service Code of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Bodies
      995. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      996. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 28 July 2026 (details supplied), to confirm the specific State body responsible for...
    • Nursing Homes
      1002. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Multi-Annual Reform (MAR) pricing roadmap for nursing homes; when the next increase in the MAR...
    • EU Presidency
      1003. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on a compensation scheme for businesses affected by the security measures at Dublin Castle (details supplied). [59978/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      1004. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on all taskforces led by his Department; the dates on which they have met since the taskforces inception; the breakdown of...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1006. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to action 2.19 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls Action Plan 2026-2028 concerning implementation of the EU...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1007. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure,...
    • Consumer Rights
      1008. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1009. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Freedom of Information
      1010. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1011. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended to establish a youth advisory panel within the new National Artificial Intelligence Office. [59852/26]
    • Enterprise Policy
      1012. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to establishing a dedicated programme to identify and support high-growth indigenous SMEs with the...
    • Industrial Development
      1013. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he will commission an independent review of Ireland’s industrial policy to identify measures that would increase...
    • Emergency Planning
      1016. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to improve public awareness about alarms and incidents (details supplied); if measures are taken to inform...
    • Job Creation
      1017. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1058 of 28 July 2026, when the IDA expects to break ground or begin visible development on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1018. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will urgently re-examine an application by Killarney Innovation Centre for funding for a very important project in County...
    • Work Permits
      1019. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to review the restrictions applying to holders of General Employment Permits who wish to change careers after completing...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1020. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in...
    • Disability Issues
      1022. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since...
    • Consumer Protection
      1023. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has examined the protection available to consumers who have paid deposits to building contractors that...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1024. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of staff of the NSAI for the years 2019 – 2026. [60431/26]
    • Work Permits
      1028. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department will undertake an assessment of the impact of requiring those on General Employment Permits to maintain the...
    • Industrial Development
      1029. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to strengthen links between multinational companies and indigenous SMEs, including increasing procurement...
    • Trade Missions
      1030. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies from Tipperary that participated in Enterprise Ireland supported trade missions in each of the years 2024,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1031. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of investigations, enforcement actions and prosecutions undertaken by the Health and Safety Authority since 2016 in...
    • Company Registration
      1035. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider requiring enhanced transparency in company registration for construction sector businesses, including mandatory...
    • Company Law
      1036. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine whether individuals who repeatedly dissolve companies while leaving unresolved consumer liabilities should face...
    • Departmental Projects
      1037. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his Departments efforts to merge the visa and employment permit system into one user-friendly single application...
    • Employment Data
      1038. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Employment Regulation Orders signed between 2020 to date in 2026, to help attract and retain early years educators, in...
    • Departmental Policies
      1039. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      1040. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional measures being considered to improve access to affordable long-term finance for indigenous SMEs seeking to scale,...
    • Employment Rights
      1043. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any engagement he has had with IDA Ireland on the practice of companies hiring employees under...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      1047. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if serious allegations concerning an organisation will be investigated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Security
      1048. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made regarding the development of new flourmills in Ireland that have been promised; if any of these new mills be...
    • Exports Growth
      1049. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to support Irish exporters in diversifying into new international markets; and if he will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Policy
      1050. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports provided by his Department and its agencies to assist Shannon-based companies in accessing new international markets;...
    • Trade Agreements
      1051. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of trade missions undertaken in the years 2024 and 2025; and the value of new trade agreements arising from those...
    • Legislative Process
      1052. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress on the regulation of short-term lets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61985/26]
    • Health and Safety
      1053. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to implement the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021–2027, with...
    • Departmental Properties
      1057. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the involvement his Department, or any agencies under his remit such as Fáilte Ireland, has in supporting the former Dublin...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1059. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a scheme (details supplied) [62465/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      1061. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timelines for the next scheduled meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Fáilte Ireland: and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      1062. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a timeline on transposing the EU's Platform Work Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62565/26]
    • Waste Management
      1063. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of concerns relating to recent significant household waste collection price increases by a provider (details...
    • Consumer Rights
      1064. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confer with his counterpart at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport to determine whether a regulatory gap...
    • Inland Fisheries
      1065. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a strategy in place to work with Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland to promote the future of...
    • Company Registration
      1066. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the decrease in the annual return compliance at the Companies Registration Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1067. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years....
    • Consumer Protection
      1069. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the remit of the right to repair law will be expanded to cover kitchen equipment and associated ducting; and whether a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1070. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1071. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual...
    • Nursing Homes
      1072. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the requirement for nursing...
    • Employment Rights
      1075. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current statutory sick leave entitlement provided to employees; whether any further increase in that entitlement is planned for...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      1076. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment made by the Department of the cumulative impact on small and medium retail businesses of recent increases in labour...
    • Legislative Process
      1077. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the drafting of the planned data Bill. [63848/26]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      1078. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views of the recent report of the Government's Cost of Business Advisory Forum and if it is proposed to implement the measures...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1079. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that will be implemented to safeguard employment across all sectors of the economy due to the period of uncertainty...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional financial support will be made available to local authorities and community groups to develop enterprise centres or...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1082. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints and expressions of concern received by the Corporate Enforcement Authority in each year since its...
    • Departmental Staff
      1090. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Ferry Services
      1091. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update in respect of the Carlingford ferry service in the context of the shared island unit's plans to restore...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1092. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the status of a company (details supplied). [63332/26]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      1093. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      1094. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the evaluation of school transport pilot projects that took place in the 2025/2026 school year; if further pilot projects are...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      1095. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are any plans to establish a secondary school Gaelcholáiste in the Drogheda area to meet current and projected demand for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1096. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Cork eligible for a special school place aged 12 years or over availing of the Home Tuition Programme in the 2025-2026...
    • Budget 2027
      1098. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the proposal from the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation for the allocation of 1,000 additional primary teachers...
    • School Staff
      1100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans in Budget 2027 to address the ongoing shortage of primary teachers nationwide, in view of reports that 996 teaching posts remain...
    • School Admissions
      1101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1292 of 28 July 2026, whether her Department has carried out an assessment of the impact of the...
    • School Curriculum
      1103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether anti-violence, conflict resolution, respect, healthy relationships, restorative practice or other violence-prevention programmes...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement her Department has had with the Teaching Council regarding barriers experienced by post-primary teachers on part-time or low-hour...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59742/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59772/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average expenditure of schools on electricity and heating in each of the years from 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by county, in tabular...
    • School Staff
      1109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the staffing resources appeal of a school (details supplied). [59807/26]
    • School Patronage
      1110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the recently published parental preference survey for the Killester-Raheny-Clontarf school planning area; her views that 62.1% of...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department is considering introducing a grant or support scheme, similar to the free schoolbooks scheme, to help parents meet the...
    • Psychological Assessments
      1112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a NEPS assessment for a child (details supplied) is carried out. [59905/26]
    • Irish Language
      1113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to increase the availability of Irish-medium education; if she will reconsider the decision not to establish any new...
    • Education Schemes
      1114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a copy of the final scorecard and determination of the appeal made to her Department by schools (details supplied) regarding their...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      1115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minimum of 200 hours' teaching employment required of post-primary teachers to complete the Droichead induction process may be aggregated...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size, by county and by primary and post primary school in each of the past five years. [60009/26]
    • School Transport
      1120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school transport options that are available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60026/26]
    • School Enrolments
      1123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide updated projections for school place requirements in North Kildare, including timelines for new school builds or extensions; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes have been made to the SNA allocation to DEIS summer camps/campa samhraidh, in particular those on the islands (details supplied); and...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that no household is obliged to purchase electronic devices in order to attend secondary school; if she will increase funding...
    • Budget 2027
      1127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide 1,000 additional primary teachers in Budget 2027 (details supplied). [60281/26]
    • School Patronage
      1128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a review of the Killester-Raheny-Clontarf school planning area in order to ensure that the area has an appropriate number...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for her Department to link recent Garda vetting to a person’s PPS number, with respect to applications for teachers...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 285 and 286 of 18 September 2024, 511 of 5 November 2024, Freedom of Information Request...
    • School Transport
      1131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a school transport case of a child (details supplied) where Bus Éireann has advised that no suitable transport service...
    • Departmental Funding
      1132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided her Department to an organisation (details supplied), and to any related organisations, in each year from 2023 to...
    • School Transport
      1133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative, regulatory or administrative basis for calculating special transport grant and exceptional no service interim grant payments by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on her Department's expenditure, that was...
    • School Curriculum
      1140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which body holds responsibility for the national coordination of citizen science provision in schools; whether her Department is notified of, or...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); the alternative pathways to Teaching Council registration available to Irish teachers...
    • School Transport
      1143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications to the school transport scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026; the number...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on all school capital projects in Tipperary, including new school buildings, extensions, refurbishments and other works...
    • Irish Language
      1145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to establish new Gaelscoileanna or Gaelcholáistí; if the Primary School Survey will inform these decisions, and if she will...
    • School Transport
      1146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the school bus ticket application; if the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school will be approved for funding under the climate action works scheme (details supplied) and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount her Department and departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the...
    • School Transport
      1149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on what recommended actions from the school transport review have been implemented; and if she will make a...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will consider introducing a dedicated grant to assist families with the cost of required digital devices for post-primary education....
    • Freedom of Information
      1151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FOI requests her Department, and each agency under her auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the AEN appeal of a school (details supplied). [59803/26]
    • School Staff
      1153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can examine the process whereby school escorts apply for jobseeker’s allowance during the summer term; and if her...
    • Data Protection
      1154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has reviewed, or plans to review, its policies and guidance for schools regarding the publication of photographs and images of...
    • School Transport
      1155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child who has been deemed eligible for specialised school transport has not been provided with an appropriate transport service for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works application recently submitted by a school (details supplied) can be prioritised and urgently approved. [59883/26]
    • Protected Disclosures
      1159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures received in each year from 2021 to 2026 inclusive relating to youth organisations in receipt of public...
    • School Transport
      1160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to increase capacity on school transport services in the area concerned (details supplied); if additional or larger...
    • Ukraine War
      1161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on schools and school places, special educational needs supports, and school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the school-based summer programme if the Department will consider an enhancement grant or other increased funding for special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on works at a school (details supplied); to provide details of the stage of the licence to remove the bat infestation; if...
    • School Transport
      1172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the school bus concessionary ticket application; if...
    • School Admissions
      1174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be offered a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61088/26]
    • School Transport
      1175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her plans to implement changes to the school bus service, following the review published in 2024; whether she accepts...
    • School Staff
      1176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason access to the primary school supplementary redeployment panel is determined by diocesan panel areas (details supplied); her views on...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to reduce costs for families being required by schools to purchase expensive digital technology including laptops and iPads; and...
    • School Transport
      1181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that Bus Éireann school transport's section is providing similar answers to specific queries; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Facilities
      1183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 16 July 2026, the further progress made to date in providing the use of a green area by schools...
    • School Transport
      1184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an issue regarding the provision of a school bus in County Kildare (details supplied). [61015/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she intends to undertake or commission a comprehensive survey of the cost of sending a child to primary and post-primary school; and if...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools operating compulsory or recommended laptop or tablet schemes; the average cost to families; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the financial impact of voluntary school contributions on low-income families; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      1188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and proportion of primary and post-primary schools seeking voluntary contributions from parents in the 2025/26 school year, by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amounts paid by her Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and...
    • Education Schemes
      1192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the criteria, data analysis and methodology used to determine eligibility for DEIS status at post-primary level given 43%...
    • Departmental Funding
      1193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the climate action summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied); the category under which the...
    • Disability Issues
      1194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on progress to meet her commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60756/26]
    • School Transport
      1196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will outline the steps that can be taken to provide school transport for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concern of a school principal and the wider school community (details supplied) in relation to urgent...
    • Trade Unions
      1199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further clarification on the basis upon which the local bargaining measures for special needs assistants are being...
    • School Staff
      1200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant teaching posts in primary and post-primary schools at the commencement of each school year since 2021, broken down by...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new circular for assistive technology will be published by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60274/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the terms of reference and progress of the back-to-school costs review referred to in media reports (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which body holds overall responsibility for coordinating the regulatory oversight of a funded youth organisation where concerns arise...
    • Child Safety
      1205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the internal assertion by an organisation of a risk to the safety of children or vulnerable persons, relied upon as the basis for a...
    • School Staff
      1208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently renew the temporary suspension of the 90-day substitute teaching limit for teachers on career breaks for the 2026/2027...
    • School Transport
      1212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the school bus ticket application; if the ticket...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare would qualify for a HEAR grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60325/26]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to reviewing the Teaching Council's registration process for teachers who qualified abroad, including greater...
    • School Transport
      1216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what are the plans to address the number of children that are not receiving school transport ahead of the back to school time in September....
    • Education Schemes
      1217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process for schools to decide if they want to be in the first group to take action on the patronage survey results. [61436/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if tenders have been returned for the new school building project for a school (details supplied); to outline when the project is due...
    • School Staff
      1219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers' personal daily rates were not correctly applied to the 2026 Summer Programme payments; when her Department first became...
    • Education Schemes
      1220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration is being given to extending the free schoolbooks scheme to cover additional classroom materials, stationery and digital...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on work her Department has undertaken to explore the possibility of providing a secondary school in a town in County Clare...
    • Departmental Communications
      1226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the way in which schools can contact her Department; and if there is a form available to schools to contact her Department. [61439/26]
    • School Staff
      1228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 16 June 2026, if her Department has assessed whether the operation of the redeployment arrangements...
    • Departmental Circulars
      1231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 to 417 of 16 June 2026, the way in which her Department defines a “viable post” for...
    • Departmental Data
      1232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 to 417 of 16 June 2026, the responsibility her Department retains for monitoring compliance by...
    • School Staff
      1233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 16 June 2026, the reason no further review or reform of the CID and fixed-term employment...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason eight schools which were listed on the NCSE website on 1 July 2026 as being sanctioned for an autism inclusion class have had their...
    • Departmental Data
      1235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos 414 to 417 of 16 June 2026, the number of teachers in each of the past five years who appealed a decision...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 to 417, inclusive, of 2026, the mechanisms her Department uses to monitor whether...
    • School Transport
      1237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a student who is without school transport for this coming school year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      1238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools operating at or above capacity in each county for the 2026-2027 school year; the projected demand for additional school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes opened in Dublin west, by year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      1245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when will refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) be completed. [61610/26]
    • Departmental Data
      1246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in Kildare in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [61609/26]
    • School Transport
      1247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of on-time paid concessionary pupils who did not receive a ticket under the school transport scheme in co Leitrim for the 2025/26...
    • School Patronage
      1248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way schools can engage the parents of children who are not yet in the school regarding their wishes for reconfirmation of patronage. ...
    • Departmental Data
      1249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in an autism inclusion class at primary school level. [61645/26]
    • Youth Services
      1250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans within her Department, including in budget 2027, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork services in the State; and if...
    • School Discipline
      1252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils suspended at a school (details supplied) in each academic year from 2021/22 to 2025/26; the number of suspensions in each...
    • School Staff
      1254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the ongoing negotiations with school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61769/26]
    • School Facilities
      1255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s work to develop a programme specifically for schools to build and modernise PE and school sports...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61802/26]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request the Teaching Council to re-examine an outstanding case (details supplied); if she will request the Teaching Council to engage...
    • Departmental Records
      1258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and bodies under her aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the number...
    • Irish Sign Language
      1259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure continuity of Irish Sign Language tuition for families where a tutor's claims are under review; the timeframe...
    • Departmental Funding
      1260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a school (details supplied) which is losing a funding stream; if alternative funding can be provided by her...
    • Public Sector Pay
      1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1233 of 28 July 2026, if clarity will be provided for the former teacher in relation to the monetary value...
    • School Textbooks
      1266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the free schoolbooks scheme to all children in secondary education, including fee-paying schools; and if she will...
    • Scoileanna Oileáin
      1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndearnadh aon mheasúnú ar an tionchar atá ag costais bhreise taistil ar mhúinteoirí atá ag obair i scoileanna...
    • Liúntais do Mhúinteoirí
      1268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil measúnú déanta ag a Roinn ar an tionchar atá ag deireadh na liúntas Gaeltachta, oileáin agus teagaisc...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of schools who appealed their DEIS plus decision and the result of the appeal, in tabular form. [62030/26]
    • Departmental Communications
      1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a form to be completed; or the way in which schools are to contact her Department. [62148/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline all funding allocated by her Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency from 1...
    • School Transport
      1274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the school bus ticket application; if the ticket...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) under the climate action and sustainability funding grant for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of special education classes that were sanctioned in the academic year 2025-26 that are open for enrolment for the academic year...
    • School Enrolments
      1281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who does not yet have a school place for the upcoming school year; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the application for a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [62244/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further incentives can be provided to encourage tutors to partake in the at-home July provision-summer programme; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish a full roadmap with dates for the implementation of all recommendations of the school transport scheme; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the national roll-out of the Grow It Yourself, GIY, programme to all primary schools; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her role in finding school places for children who are unable to find a suitable school place. [62316/26]
    • School Transport
      1288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the operation of the school transport scheme (details...
    • School Facilities
      1289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools that have a JCSP library in their school. [62363/26]
    • School Transport
      1292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in sanctioning a second school bus service for a primary school (details supplied); if the service will be sanctioned...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision that has been made to fund approved new ASD classrooms in schools (details supplied). [62387/26]
    • School Staff
      1294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of secretary hours allocated to a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure...
    • School Transport
      1303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the status of the school bus ticket application; if the application will be...
    • School Staff
      1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department's new school secretary allocation model will be finalised and published, in order that a school (details supplied) can...
    • School Transport
      1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the need for a school bus place for a child in County Kildare (details supplied). [62488/26]
    • School Funding
      1310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether previous spending on emergency works, summer works, additional accommodation scheme, and any other capital works programme will be taken...
    • School Transport
      1311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the establishment of a school transport scheme in Dublin (details supplied). [62545/26]
    • School Staff
      1315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 16 July 2026, if she will facilitate a meeting with a former teacher in relation to the pay dispute...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills To ask the Minister for Education to confirm that a school building project (details supplied) remains in progress; if there is a current...
    • School Curriculum
      1317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasoning for media reports stating The Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot is to be shelved. [62621/26]
    • Departmental Surveys
      1320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has received expressions of interest from schools in Dublin West to be included in the first group of schools to action...
    • School Staff
      1322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the recruitment for the education wellbeing practitioners under the DEIS plus scheme is at; the number of posts that have been filled;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); whether a decant solution has been agreed; the next steps following a decant solution...
    • School Enrolments
      1330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of junior infant enrolments in the Blanchardstown School Planning Area for September 2026 and 2027, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      1331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which school transport routes are designed; if parents are consulted on route design; if the design process is computerised; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the list of new special classes in primary schools for the 2027-2028 academic year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce fractional or pro-rata teaching contracts, for example 0.6 or 0.8 of a full time post, as an alternative to the current...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific expected completion date for the main contractor tender evaluation phase of a school building project (details supplied); if she...
    • School Staff
      1340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the restriction under Circular 54/2019 preventing job-sharing teachers from undertaking substitute work has been suspended for the 2026-2027...
    • School Admissions
      1343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that did not have a school place as of the 28 August 2026. [62679/26]
    • School Staff
      1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the release of the study results carried out by the DCU Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education that focused on...
    • School Transport
      1345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has requested or plans to request a review of school transport route design and route allocation processes, particularly in rural areas,...
    • School Accommodation
      1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided by her Department for additional accommodation at a school (details details); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      1349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions available to Leaving Certificate students who are prevented from sitting both the main examinations and the deferred...
    • School Transport
      1350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an issue regarding school bus tickets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62644/26]
    • Home Schooling
      1352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a parent is unable to secure a suitable school place for their child if the only other alternative option is to be homeschooled; and the...
    • School Transport
      1353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being put in place with Bus Éireann to allow for bus drivers over 70 years-of-age to drive school transport buses for more than...
    • School Staff
      1354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post-primary teachers have not yet received the 1% local bargaining payment due from September 2025; the specific factors preventing...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62859/26]
    • School Admissions
      1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has a central mechanism for identifying children who have reached post-primary age but have no confirmed school place; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      1365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department monitors compliance by schools with Department guidance intended to reduce costs to parents; the number of...
    • School Funding
      1367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department assesses whether schools receiving State funding remain financially dependent on voluntary contributions or other...
    • School Attendance
      1369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is developing updated guidance to address school refusal and school attendance difficulties; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Funding
      1371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether schools are required to provide an alternative arrangement where a family cannot afford a voluntary contribution or other requested...
    • School Attendance
      1374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of Tusla Educational Welfare Services in cases of school refusal is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62828/26]
    • School Funding
      1377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism exists to monitor whether schools comply with Department guidance on voluntary contributions and charges to parents; the number of...
    • School Admissions
      1383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child in Midleton, County Cork, who currently has no school place for the coming school year; the steps...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills To ask the Minister for Education the number of special needs assistants currently employed by schools who are identified as providing...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual expenditure by her Department on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years, broken down by service type...
    • Home Schooling
      1394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the operation of the new home tuition payment process following concerns raised by tutors regarding accessibility, digital...
    • School Staff
      1400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days of teaching lost to uncovered absence in primary schools nationally and in County Cork in the 2025/26 school year; the...
    • School Transport
      1406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently allow for the allocated school transport to remain in place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      1407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a permanent policy allowing job-share teachers to undertake substitute work on their non-job-sharing days; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure by her Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62949/26]
    • School Staff
      1411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether job-sharing primary school teachers will be able to undertake substitute work on non-working days in the 2026/2027 school year. [62936/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sanctioned special education teacher posts that remained unfilled on 1 September 2026 in mainstream and special schools; and if...
    • School Equipment
      1415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reporting or audit requirements that apply to schools receiving ICT infrastructure grants; whether schools must report the way in which the...
    • Education Costs
      1419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements are available where a school requires a digital device but a parent cannot afford to purchase it; whether schools are required...
    • Education Policy
      1420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department uses surveys or research conducted by charities, voluntary organisations or other bodies when developing education policy; if...
    • State Examinations
      1422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Examinations Commission (SEC) will confirm whether the rules and procedures governing the responsibilities of Exam Aides and...
    • School Staff
      1427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to the financial impact on teachers who elected to remain in job-sharing arrangements on the expectation...
    • School Transport
      1429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has assessed the impact of increased fuel, insurance, vehicle, maintenance, staffing and other operating costs on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific expected completion date for the main contractor tender evaluation phase for a school (details supplied); the projected date for...
    • School Transport
      1437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the performance indicators her Department uses to assess whether the school transport scheme is successfully delivering transport for eligible...
    • School Admissions
      1439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether schools are required to include information on section 67 of the Education Act 1998 in their published admission policies; if not,...
    • School Accommodation
      1442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has investigated alternative buildings for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63116/26]
    • Departmental Communications
      1443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in her Department in each of the past five years. [62981/26]
    • School Staff
      1444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to review the conditions placed on primary school teachers undertaking substitute teaching work while on career...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the NCSE and her Department expect to announce the primary schools that will be sanctioned to open new autism classes for the 2027/2028...
    • School Staff
      1449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the continued lack of clarity on substitute teaching...
    • School Accommodation
      1450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mechanisms in place to plan for future requirements for school places in areas with rapid population growth; and if...
    • School Transport
      1454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the circumstances of a school transport application for a person (details supplied), whose application for transport for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); when approval will issue for the project to progress from stage 2A to stage 2B;...
    • School Accommodation
      1463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans in the short and medium term future to develop primary/secondary schools in Haggardstown, County Louth. [63202/26]
    • School Transport
      1464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of not proceeding with the increases to school transport fees for primary and post-primary school pupils for the school year...
    • School Management
      1465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost associated with abolishing water-related expenses paid by schools, in the State; and the estimated cost...
    • School Admissions
      1467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a place is being sought in a facility (details supplied); if any progress has been made; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      1471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has undertaken an analysis of requests for additional mainstream postprimary capacity to establish whether such requests are...
    • School Staff
      1479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who are job sharing cannot make themselves available for substitute work on their non-working days. [63301/26]
    • School Accommodation
      1483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school in County Kildare is oversubscribed; and if she will outline the actions her Department is taking to address this...
    • Departmental Staff
      1484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in her Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      1485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63430/26]
    • School Staff
      1486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) and allow for substitute teaching work in this case; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      1489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the full list of secondary school bus routes that operate within County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63370/26]
    • School Accommodation
      1490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a statutory maximum pupil-teacher ratio, maximum class size or maximum classroom occupancy limit applicable to individual classrooms...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under her Department’s remit who were considered...
    • School Transport
      1492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she accepts that requiring a family to provide private transport because a previously available school transport route has ceased or may...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by her Department on an annual and county...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding any ongoing planning permissions in relation to new secondary schools in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of primary school classes in Laois; the number of primary school classes in Laois that are in excess of the EU average of 19...
    • School Transport
      1501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary school transport tickets were issued for the 25/26 school year and the number of concessionary school transport...
    • Disability Services
      1502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allow assistive technology for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63554/26]
    • Education Schemes
      1503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an appeal lodged in relation to the provision of a grant under the home tuition scheme for 2026/2027 for a child (details supplied);...
    • School Accommodation
      1504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation scheme application for a school (details supplied; the stage the application currently sits; when it...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      1505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to strongly consider an emergency works scheme appeal for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63626/26]
    • School Facilities
      1506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for investment in libraries in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63649/26]
    • School Staff
      1507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether permanent teachers who are job sharing will be permitted to undertake substitute teaching on their non-rostered days during 2026-2027;...
    • School Transport
      1508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a taxi escort service will be put in place without delay on a route (details supplied) given that there is a taxi escort available for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes to be delivered with a school building project (details supplied); the number of places will be available; and...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration will be given to permanently amending Circular 54/2019 to allow fully qualified Teaching Council registered job sharing...
    • School Staff
      1511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the restriction contained in Circular 54/2019, which prevents job sharing teachers from undertaking substitute teaching on rostered-off days...
    • School Transport
      1512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a school place bus for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare. [63582/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative educational provision being made for children who require a special class place at a school (details supplied) given the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for the special class classroom planned as part of the new school building project at a school (details supplied) was...
    • School Transport
      1517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the demand in school transport service for the bus route (details supplied); the number of children who applied; the number...
    • School Staff
      1518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure adequate school places are available in the Rathcoole, Newcastle and wider South Dublin area in light of...
    • State Examinations
      1522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on releasing Leaving Certificate results for a student (details supplied); to provide the family with clarity on the way in which...
    • Education Policy
      1524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who completed recognised postgraduate qualifications in special educational needs and resource teaching after the...
    • Disability Services
      1525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on correspondence regarding access to assistive technology (details supplied). [63820/26]
    • School Transport
      1526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school transport route (details supplied). [63835/26]
    • State Examinations
      1528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the membership and composition of subject development groups of each Leaving Certificate subject (details supplied); the number of members who...
    • School Staff
      1529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider granting exceptional flexibility under the primary staffing arrangements for a school (details supplied) that is projected...
    • School Patronage
      1530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed transition of a school (details supplied), to a Gaelscoil; when the school can expect direct engagement from the...
    • Disability Services
      1531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to issue an updated circular regarding the 'scheme of grants towards the purchase of essential assistive technology equipment for...
    • School Staff
      1532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the exceptional circumstances of a school (details supplied) will be considered in their allocation of teachers for the 2026/2027 school...
    • School Transport
      1534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus appeal. [63892/26]
    • School Costs
      1535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing funding for school-based digital device loan schemes to eliminate direct costs to families associated with the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who, as of 1 September 2026, have been identified as requiring a special school or special class placement but for whom...
    • School Transport
      1537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the nearest school rule under the school transport scheme is operating fairly for families whose children cannot secure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children without an appropriate special school or special class placement at the beginning of the 2024-2025, 2025-2026 and...
    • School Staff
      1539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pathways available for those wishing to qualify as a special education teacher who are not currently qualified teachers but do not wish to...
    • School Transport
      1540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given by her Department for the resourcing of an additional school bus for a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Education Schemes
      1541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children participating in, or approved for, home tuition for the 2026-2027 school year specifically because an appropriate special...
    • School Transport
      1542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils currently deemed ineligible for school transport despite attending the nearest school in which they could obtain a place;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes planned for commencement for the 2026-2027 school year which were not operational on the first day of the school...
    • School Transport
      1547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of eligible applicants for the school transport scheme for the 2026-2027 school year; the number allocated a seat; the number...
    • School Enrolments
      1548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the rollout of common application processes for post primary schools in Dublin 15. [63973/26]
    • School Transport
      1549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school transport capacity will be increased with immediate effect taking into account the serious difficulties facing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of any outstanding processes relating to the Immigrant Investor Programme which are affecting the transfer of the new Saplings...
    • School Staff
      1552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider extending the temporary arrangement that allowed a job sharing teacher to be employed in a substitute capacity in any school during...
    • School Transport
      1555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional annual cost of providing sufficient capacity within the school transport scheme to ensure that every eligible child who...
    • School Costs
      1556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools known to her Department to require incoming students to purchase or lease a tablet, laptop or other digital...
    • School Transport
      1557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school transport routes and vehicles commissioned for the 2026-2027 school year compared with 2025-2026; the additional...
    • School Staff
      1559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of permanent and fixed-term teaching posts which remained unfilled at the commencement of the 2026/27 school year, broken down by...
    • School Transport
      1561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2027 and on a full-year basis of employing an additional 1,000 primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education Schemes
      1562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the additional payment to teachers in recognition of working in a DEIS+ school; if this payment will also be made to SNAs in these...
    • School Staff
      1563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the Department intends to lift the restrictions on job-sharing teachers undertaking substitute work on their non-working days for the...
    • School Costs
      1564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has estimated the aggregate amount raised annually by recognised primary and post-primary schools through voluntary...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      1565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who sought documentation from her Department or the Teaching Council for the purpose of teaching abroad in 2024, 2025 and...
    • School Funding
      1566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total ICT grant funding provided to schools in each year from 2019 to 2026; the projected allocation for 2027; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      1567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 15 April 2026, whether her Department has completed the evaluation, due to take place at the end of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the recruitment campaign for education therapy services, in particular for County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      1569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in arranging school transport for children attending special schools and autism classes for the 2026/2027 school year;...
    • School Accommodation
      1570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost per square metre for the construction of new school accommodation in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence in relation to a person concerning schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64245/26]
    • School Transport
      1574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to increase capacity on school bus services in the...
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Departmental Bodies
      1575. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      1577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update following the stakeholders’ forum on plans for section 481 to ensure that quality...
    • Social Media
      1578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on social media disinformation and combatting it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      1579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update and timeline on LSSIF and sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Organisations
      1580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on his engagement with the FAI about long term planning to ensure the sustainability of the...
    • Sports Funding
      1581. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on his engagement with Louth GAA on the delivery of the new stadium in Dundalk; and the plans...
    • Sports Organisations
      1582. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the anti-violence campaigns, educational programmes and public awareness initiatives that have been run by sporting...
    • Sports Funding
      1583. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when his Department awards funding to sport organisations that deal with children, the process that is used to ensure...
    • Pension Provisions
      1585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason retirees of An Post have not yet received their pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      1586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the plans to support the development of tennis in Ireland. [59973/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      1588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of applications for the small-scale local festivals and summer schools funding scheme 2026 that were received...
    • Sports Funding
      1589. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60158/26]
    • Arts Funding
      1591. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to provide affordable spaces for artists to work and collaborate....
    • Youth Services
      1594. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a youth culture card. [60478/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1595. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's...
    • Television Licence Fee
      1596. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated first and full-year cost of abolishing the television licence and funding public service media from the...
    • Departmental Communications
      1597. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Crime Prevention
      1600. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether he intends to introduce legislation to provide a legal basis for the implementation of an SMS scam filter capable...
    • Sports Funding
      1605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reasons for the delay in the provision of funding under the Large Scale Sporting Infrastructure Fund for the...
    • Water Supply
      1609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the funding available to provide a water connection to a GAA club in County Kerry; (details supplied) and if he will make...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      1610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when full mobile phone reception will be available in the numerous blackspots in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and...
    • Sports Organisations
      1618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his Department’s position on the views of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Issues
      1619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to report on progress to meet his commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures...
    • Sports Funding
      1622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the OSCAR system portal for the community sport facilities fund is expected to be launched for new registrations; and...
    • Local Authorities
      1625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if the salaries for seconded nighttime economy officers across local authorities are continuing for the year 2026-2027 and...
    • Postal Services
      1627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason a body (details supplied) cannot get an Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60052/26]
    • Sports Funding
      1628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 11 June 2026, for an update on the new pilot programme of capital funding for...
    • Departmental Data
      1630. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      1631. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the rollout of highspeed broadband in Tipperary; the number of premises in Tipperary still awaiting a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1632. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider an independent review into a charity in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Exchequer Payments
      1633. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of ringfenced Exchequer funding allocated to independent commercial radio stations in each of the years 2024,...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      1634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department or the Commission for Communications Regulation has carried out any assessment of the condition and...
    • Exchequer Payments
      1636. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport further to the annual work programme and estimates of income and expenditure submitted to him by Coimisiún na...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1637. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount levied on sound broadcasting services by Coimisiún na Meán in each of the years 2023, 2024,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1638. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if a multi-annual funding pathway for senior inter-county player grants is under consideration by his Department; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1646. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to review case of a person (details supplied); if he can provide an update on this application or when decisions might be...
    • Departmental Funding
      1648. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan and...
    • Local Authorities
      1651. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the involvement the Government has in supporting the Jeanie Johnston tall ship famine museum since the dissolution of the...
    • State Bodies
      1652. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to list by responsible Department the state agencies or public bodies which operate or have made commitments to operate...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      1655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for the latest update on the development of the national cricket stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Funding
      1658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm that under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF), only 19% of the target number of projects...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      1661. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to address poor broadband connectivity in the Tarbert area of north Kerry (details supplied); to...
    • Departmental Data
      1662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      1663. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of money that the Irish Museum of Modern Art received for allowing the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham to be used as...
    • Departmental Staff
      1668. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1669. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1670. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on...
    • Postal Services
      1671. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason the Corduff group water scheme is unable to get an Eircode (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Online Safety
      1672. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any work ongoing within his Department that seeks to improve the level of protection for children...
    • Departmental Data
      1681. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport cén méid maoinithe reatha agus chaipitiúil atá tugtha do TG4 gach bliain ó bunaíodh é,...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Bodies
      1682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fire Service
      1683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the mandatory retirement age in order to allow fit and willing firefighters to extend their service to 66...
    • Housing Provision
      1684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will provide increased and ring-fenced funding to local authorities for housing adaptations required by social...
    • Rental Sector
      1686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will look at excluding private pensions available through employment for the differential rent scheme for local...
    • Departmental Communications
      1687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all communications received by his Department since 1 January 2010 regarding the commencement of section...
    • Rental Sector
      1690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of issues regarding a tenancy (details supplied); the supports in place for the family; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      1691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procurement and payment data that local authorities, including Cork City Council and Cork County Council, are required to...
    • Housing Schemes
      1698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the eligibility criteria for the first home scheme to allow a greater number of first-time buyers to...
    • Rental Sector
      1699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide local authorities with the necessary funding to reinstate rent control and compliance inspector positions...
    • Housing Policy
      1700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the regulations governing the purchase of social housing local authority homes so that it will require...
    • Housing Provision
      1701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation or regulations placing a positive obligation on developers to complete all...
    • Legislative Measures
      1702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation or regulations to make it mandatory for all new residential developments...
    • Housing Provision
      1703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of State-owned land parcels in County Louth that have been identified for housing development;...
    • Housing Policy
      1705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation or regulations to ensure that any person who is the subject of a barring order...
    • Departmental Data
      1707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on all taskforces led by his Department; the dates on which they have met since the taskforces inception; the...
    • Planning Issues
      1708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to request An Coimisiún Pleanála to confirm the number of decisions on one off housing appeals that were issued...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      1710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact of the delay of the onshore wind energy guidelines; if he has discussed this delay with industry stakeholders...
    • Housing Provision
      1712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual housing delivery targets for North Kildare, including social, affordable and cost rental units; and to provide an...
    • Wild Fires
      1713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE wildlife fire advisors currently employed within his Department, in tabular form; and if they will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      1714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes and affordable housing schemes delivered to date in each local authority area, in tabular...
    • Housing Schemes
      1715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the number of drawdowns for the first home scheme is so low in Kerry compared to other counties especially those...
    • Housing Policy
      1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if HAP will be accessible for renters who rent out modular homes in back gardens; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing units that have remained unoccupied for more than six months, by local authority, in...
    • Land Development Agency
      1720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what engagement his Department has had with the Land Development Agency regarding the provision of schools, primary care...
    • Housing Provision
      1722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that Government Departments, local authorities and State agencies coordinate the delivery of...
    • Planning Issues
      1725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department’s upcoming statutory review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011, following the formal transfer...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review by his Department and An Coimisiún Toghcháin on a possible reduction in the voting age,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the funding, if any, made available by his department to aid homeowners with the cost of removing asbestos from...
    • Planning Issues
      1730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available for community groups opposing planning to support seeking legal advice, third-party engineering...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that external walls (such as walls surrounding gardens and so on) can be impacted by pyrite but are not...
    • Housing Policy
      1732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the list of household income thresholds for people to be included on the social housing list; to outline the role...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the total number of employees at Uisce Éireann, by each year-end since its establishment, in the years 2013...
    • Freedom of Information
      1743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to...
    • Departmental Data
      1746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage and number of new dwellings completed and first occupied since 1 January 2021 that have been fitted with solar...
    • Housing Schemes
      1747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided for Wicklow County Council for the tenant-in-situ purchase scheme for 2026; the estimated...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the remediation funding provided under the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme will extend to multi-occupancy,...
    • Water Services
      1749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the legislation governing the domestic waste water treatment systems grant for high status...
    • Housing Schemes
      1750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to cover the costs incurred by homeowners effected by the defective block crisis, where the length of time...
    • Budget 2027
      1753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider exempting childcare facilities from rates in the Budget process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      1754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the vacant above the shop grant to include registered mortgaged company owned premises for...
    • Building Regulations
      1756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a mandatory licensing system for domestic building contractors, including verification of...
    • Housing Schemes
      1759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the redress scheme for the owners of apartments in Beacon South Quarter will commence (details supplied). [61238/26]
    • State Bodies
      1760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time it took for a request to Tailte Éireann to be fully processed in each of the past five years;...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      1761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated wind energy guidelines will be published; the reasons for the delay in publishing such guidelines; and if he...
    • Election Management System
      1762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1688 of 28 July 2026, to confirm whether Local Authorities have responsibility for...
    • Land Development Agency
      1763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent by the Land Development Agency on external public relations, communications, public affairs, media...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61296/26]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the review of eligibility criteria and the identification of priority areas for grant aid schemes...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the current review of the defective block grant scheme is expected to take; if grants that have already...
    • Rental Sector
      1769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed code of practice to set a standard approach for allowing tenants in council and AHB homes to...
    • Insurance Coverage
      1771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure incurred by his Government Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years, broken...
    • Planning Issues
      1773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views that households in architectural conservation areas installed solar panels on the front of their home (details...
    • Disability Issues
      1775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to expedite the provision of a wastewater treatment plant in (details supplied) Killarney, County Kerry given the health and...
    • Wild Fires
      1781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department will conduct an assessment on the future requirement for specialist wildfire aviation training,...
    • Housing Policy
      1785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of a person (details supplied); to outline the social housing supports that are available to individuals...
    • Water Services
      1786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to current grant aid available for pipe laying under a group water scheme of €15,000 per home, when this...
    • Fire Service
      1787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can assure the community on Arranmore island in County Donegal that retained firefighters will continue to be employed...
    • Local Authorities
      1788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Departments support for the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on...
    • Planning Issues
      1789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that BCAR certification vis the BCMS will be required to avail of the new back garden homes exempted development...
    • Housing Provision
      1791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently on social housing waiting lists in each local authority area; the corresponding figures...
    • Legislative Programme
      1792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1686 and 1814 of 28 July 2026, his views on the need to implement section 5 of the...
    • Housing Provision
      1793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the data for each year for which data is available on the level of units directly built by the State or ‘LA/AHB...
    • Housing Schemes
      1795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing Part V properties to ever be eligible for the tenant purchase scheme; and if he would make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      1797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to Cavan in the housing infrastructure investment fund; and if he...
    • Housing Schemes
      1801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority (details supplied) can refuse a tenant (incremental) purchase scheme application on the basis that...
    • Water Supply
      1802. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing developments delayed due to wastewater or water supply capacity constraints; the locations affected;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategies his Department has in place to protect the social and economic hubs that main streets represent in towns....
    • Departmental Communications
      1805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has received any reports concerning the condition of Dundrum Manor House, a protected structure...
    • Planning Issues
      1806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Office of the Planning Regulator has been requested to examine Tipperary County Council's handling of planning...
    • Fire Safety
      1807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the omission of an apartment complex from the interim remediation scheme for fire safety...
    • Housing Schemes
      1808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 692 of 12 May 2026, the details of the way in which a person who has a...
    • Waterways Ireland
      1810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on the accountability of Waterways Ireland to this State; and the way in which management of this public body...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the streams of funding currently available to approved housing bodies for the acquisition, construction and delivery of...
    • Housing Schemes
      1813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work to extend the first home scheme to second-hand homes; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in 2027 if the budget for the Office of Planning Regulator increased by 10%. [61611/26]
    • Water Conservation
      1816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 24 June 2025, if given the recent spell of good weather, water levels have reduced...
    • Road Projects
      1817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected delivery schedule for the Maynooth Eastern relief road and bridge; the current stage of the project; whether his...
    • Departmental Data
      1818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department can identify the number of multi-storey car parks currently in use in the State that were constructed...
    • Planning Issues
      1822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his Department's engagement on the recent draft rural and Gaeltacht planning guidelines; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      1823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, in consultation with the Residential Tenancies Board, has conducted a policy review regarding the impact...
    • Fire Safety
      1830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the increase in fire deaths in recent years the proposals in place to support local authorities in promoting fire...
    • Rental Sector
      1831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence (details supplied); whether the rent policy applied is consistent with current departmental...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether legal advice has been obtained regarding the eligibility of apartments arising from office-to-residential conversions...
    • Regeneration Projects
      1837. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has assessed the potential impact on Government policies relating to regeneration, urban renewal and the...
    • Building Regulations
      1840. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of public buildings that are not wheelchair accessible; if he plans to ensure these buildings become wheelchair...
    • Local Authorities
      1841. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing measures to give local authorities greater powers to influence the type and concentration of...
    • Building Regulations
      1842. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assess the risk of a UK style spray foam scandal emerging in Ireland due to the lack of installer regulation,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1844. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan and Monaghan...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1845. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of appeals with the appeals board at present in relation to defective concrete blocks; the number of appeals which...
    • Turf Cutting
      1846. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the measures his Department is considering to succeed the cessation of turf cutting compensation...
    • Departmental Communications
      1847. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with the ESB in relation to the 2023 plans announced by the then Minister of State with special...
    • Housing Policy
      1849. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the forthcoming action plan on housing for older people will address the position of older private renters who have...
    • Housing Schemes
      1850. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies held by persons aged 60 and over, and by persons aged 66 and over, for...
    • Housing Policy
      1858. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the modular accommodation at Clonminch, Tullamore, is formally categorised as rapid build accommodation for the purposes...
    • Local Authorities
      1859. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person residing in modular accommodation at Clonminch under the temporary protection system may apply for a local...
    • Housing Provision
      1860. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a Ukrainian beneficiary of temporary protection who is employed full time may apply for the affordable purchase scheme...
    • State Bodies
      1861. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent of the total application arrears and processing backlogs currently under management by Tailte Éireann; the...
    • Rental Sector
      1863. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will preclude AHB’s from increasing tenant’s rents based solely on increases to pensions. [62485/26]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1864. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of enforcement prosecution cases taken by National Parks and Wildlife Service every year since 2020; and if he...
    • Wild Fires
      1865. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify all the enforcement mechanisms and options for authorities to pursue and prosecute individuals for starting...
    • Weather Events
      1866. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the enactment or progress on adopting the recommendations of the Storm Éowyn Review Steering Group...
    • Electoral Commission
      1867. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the review of local electoral areas by the Electoral Commission; if he will guarantee the arising...
    • Weather Events
      1868. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify how often local authority severe weather and flood plans are reviewed and updated; when the last substantive...
    • Emergency Planning
      1869. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the number of staff and their grade assigned to the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management in each...
    • Fire Service
      1870. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the current number of retained firefighters serving across each local authority area, in tabular form; the number...
    • Waterways Ireland
      1872. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on when the proposed Waterways Ireland canal by-laws will be approved and finalised; and if he will make...
    • Housing Policy
      1873. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to establish a unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners’ management companies. [62594/26]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      1874. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the policy which previously applied where a person presenting as homeless in Dublin had most recently been...
    • Housing Policy
      1880. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the money spent, and number of second-hand properties bought, by local authorities and approved housing bodies, between 2019...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      1887. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's definition of "emergency" for PEA and TEA. [62763/26]
    • Local Authorities
      1892. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total Exchequer funding drawn down by each individual local authority for homeless services in 2025 and to date in 2026;...
    • Housing Policy
      1895. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the publication status of the Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan, which was scheduled for finalisation by the end of...
    • Housing Schemes
      1896. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the guidelines for local authorities to acquire properties outside of the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will...
    • State Bodies
      1897. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to assist with a complaint submitted to the Property Services Regulatory Authority (details supplied). [61797/26]
    • Electric Vehicles
      1898. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to a national policy applying a moratorium on rates for EV charging stations, given the need...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1899. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when will details of the defective block grant scheme be provided to Wexford County Council so as applications can be made by...
    • National Parks
      1900. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any of our National Parks charge for visitor parking, if not whether there are plans to charge and to allow...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1901. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on whether there are electric car charging points at all our national parks; the parks that have fast...
    • Planning Issues
      1902. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, further to the new planning exemption regulations for residential dwellings for new properties, he plans to introduce...
    • Housing Schemes
      1903. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the scope of the works to be covered under the housing aid for older people grant scheme (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1904. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five...
    • Housing Schemes
      1905. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he is aware of the difficulties faced by housing assistance payment (HAP) recipients in securing rental accommodation...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1906. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will assist a person (details supplied) who has land covered in rhododendron. [63096/26]
    • Defective Building Materials
      1907. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an inherited transfer can preserve relevant-owner status under section 24 of the enhanced defective concrete block...
    • Fire Safety
      1908. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguards in place to ensure that tall residential buildings are designed and maintained to appropriate fire-safety...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1910. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update on the local catchment assessments of the 517 priority action areas outlined in the Water Action Plan...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1911. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending, retrospectively applying or introducing a successor to the temporary...
    • Turf Cutting
      1912. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a person's application under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme (details supplied);...
    • Housing Provision
      1913. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties acquired by the Housing Agency under the cost rental tenant in situ scheme, in the last four years,...
    • Departmental Staff
      1914. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make...
    • Building Regulations
      1915. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions exist under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 to prevent an...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1919. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant WTE staff by job title currently within National Parks and Wildlife Service; the expected timeframe for...
    • Fire Service
      1920. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency calls outs attended by Kildare Fire Services, by station, in the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in...
    • Housing Provision
      1921. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the Government will consider introducing stronger penalties for the hoarding of development land; the progress made...
    • Local Authorities
      1922. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff, whole-time equivalents in each local authority in June 2016 and June 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1923. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1924. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of each capital project over €1 million in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department...
    • Fire Service
      1925. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 18 March 2026 and No. 1763 14 April 2026, (details supplied) whether a document...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1927. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to review or update national planning guidance to ensure that multi-site renewable energy proposals cannot be...
    • Housing Policy
      1936. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the allowable positive-equity limit for a property in County Wexford under the current mortgage to...
    • Housing Provision
      1937. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce changes for those looking to apply for social housing (details supplied) who have been unable to...
    • Health and Safety
      1938. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government who is enforcing the 2025 inflatable safety regulations as set out in the Planning and Development (Funfairs and Fairground...
    • Housing Schemes
      1939. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown, by local authority of the number of people who have been housed through the Housing First Programme for each...
    • Housing Policy
      1941. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received the Housing Agency's review of the HAP limits and to confirm that he will engage with the Oireachtas...
    • Local Authorities
      1943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of staffing sanction requests submitted to his Department by each of the 31 local authorities for new or...
    • Housing Provision
      1944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to increase the supply of homes at price points affordable to single first-time buyers, particularly...
    • State Bodies
      1945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the ongoing industrial relations issues impacting the work of Tailte Eireann. [63721/26]
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      1947. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanisms in place to deal with anti-social behaviour in local authority housing, and AHB accommodation; and if he will...
    • Housing Schemes
      1950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that single-income earners can access homes delivered through affordable purchase schemes;...
    • Vacant Properties
      1953. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the maximum €11,000 per property recoupment available to Monaghan County Council under the 2026 Void...
    • Road Signage
      1960. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body responsible for the implementation of Irish language signs on housing estates; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      1963. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the structural trap facing middle-income households who earn above the social housing income limits but...
    • Derelict Sites
      1965. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties entered on Derelict Sites Registers nationally at year end in each year from 2021 to 2026, broken...
    • Construction Industry
      1969. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine mechanisms to ensure that information from Garda investigations, court judgments and regulatory bodies can...
    • Wildlife Protection
      1970. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the number of prosecutions and fines under section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, which makes it illegal to burn...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Bodies
      1972. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1973. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to amend the means assessment system as it applies to savers in Budget 2026, in line with the recommendations...
    • Pension Provisions
      1974. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address the anomaly that exists for senior citizens being disqualified from entitlement to the State pension...
    • Departmental Data
      1975. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parent’s benefit claims received in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by whether the...
    • Departmental Communications
      1976. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their calls to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1979. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first year and full year cost of abolishing the means test for the back to school allowance for foster carers. [59745/26]
    • Maternity Leave
      1980. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has undertaken a review of the adequacy of maternity leave supports available to self-employed female...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will confirm that foster carers are currently excluded from parents benefit and related leave supports; if so, the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1982. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on his position on the thresholds in the capital means tests across various schemes in his Department. [59958/26]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      1983. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of moneys recouped by his Department arising from social welfare fraud in each of the past five years, by...
    • Budget 2027
      1985. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider, as part of Budget 2027, extending eligibility for illness benefit to self-employed workers who are...
    • Pension Provisions
      1986. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider, as part of Budget 2027, introducing a provision whereby recipients of the widow's, widower's or...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1987. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider the introduction of a new PRSI class for students engaged in part-time employment, which will enable...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1988. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to extend eligibility for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance to all children in foster care; if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      1989. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension entitlements for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60161/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1991. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to developing a single, unified eligibility-checking tool for the public to identify which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1992. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's...
    • Disability Issues
      1993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to report on progress to meet their commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1994. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first year and full year cost of universalising the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [61002/26]
    • Departmental Budgets
      1995. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1996. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current processing timeframes for new applications for disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1997. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will review the rule restricting persons in receipt of the State Pension to a half-rate carer's allowance;...
    • Departmental Data
      2000. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new clients that MABS supported in County Clare in 2024, 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Public Services Card
      2001. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans and timeframe for the public services card, which should include a date of birth on the front of the card, to be...
    • State Pensions
      2002. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment amount a person would receive, at the current rate for their pension, if they had a yearly average of 37; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      2003. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full non-contributory pension benefit; and if they are entitled to the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      2004. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1965 and 1966 of 28 July 2026, the number of jobseekers who have had their social...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      2005. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is considering changes to the criteria for eligibility for a maternity benefit payment (details supplied);...
    • Ukraine War
      2007. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessment his Department has made of the potential number of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection who may...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is considering increasing the household income limits for eligibility to the back to school clothing and footwear...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2009. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current processing timeframes for new applications for illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes
      2011. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement he has had with CE scheme supervisors regarding flaws in the scheme for workers to join the scheme; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      2012. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has changed the criteria in order that a person on a CE/TUS or RSS scheme can stay on it until they are 70, to comply...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      2013. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently address a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60237/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2014. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that recipients of jobseeker’s transitional payment who work under 30 hours per week are currently...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      2015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing a digital pre-approval mechanism to streamline the application process for the treatment...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2016. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to ensure the disability allowance payment of a person (details supplied) is continued without any issues following a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2017. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to...
    • Disability Issues
      2021. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to introduce a cost of disability payment in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60436/26]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will exclude all foster carers from the means test for back-to-school allowance (details supplied); and will the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2025. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who receive a half rate payment, broken down by those who are in receipt of...
    • Departmental Data
      2027. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of the non-contributory State pension who avail of the full €200 income disregard as...
    • State Pensions
      2029. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 2053 of 28 July 2026, if he plans to allow those of pension age before the 1 January...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2030. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive approval for disability benefit payment, given that they were in receipt of the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year costs of increasing the threshold to ensure that the first €35,000 of capital is not assessed...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of eliminating the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Meals Programme
      2034. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the difficulties being experienced by a school (details supplied) in accessing the hot school meals...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will consider legislative reform to provide for 100% continuation of the member’s pension to a surviving...
    • Departmental Data
      2038. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students who benefited from the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in each of the past five years;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 312 and 313 of 9 July 2026, if he will consider the further points raised in...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if any discretion exists to consider entitlement to the 2025...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2027 if the telephone support allowance increased to €4.50 per week. [61386/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts hospitality, or other benefits received by public...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approximate net loss to his Department due to an overpayment being issued to a person who claimed invalidity pension...
    • Youth Unemployment
      2044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken by his Department to tackle the rising rate of youth unemployment. [61992/26]
    • School Meals Programme
      2045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the revised nutritional standards under the Hot School Meals Programme will ensure that children with...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of benefit payment for over 65s is eligible to qualify for a carers support grant, given that a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2051. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the merits of increasing child benefit levels and other supports for parents of twins or other multiple births...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2052. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregards by €1 in each of the social insurance schemes where income...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal submitted in June 2025 for one parent family will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      2055. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider the requirement in forms for a State Pension (contributory) to provide details of workplaces of an applicant,...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is no mechanism to expedite an application for a State Pension (contributory) in circumstances where the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2057. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has considered reviewing the current social welfare eligibility rules for PME students who are unemployed during the...
    • Departmental Records
      2058. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection To ask the Minister whether data-sharing arrangements exist with Revenue, the CSO or the Department of Social Protection...
    • State Pensions
      2059. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the contributory pension for a person (details supplied) was not backdated to the time the recipient turned...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the invalidity pension (details supplied); and when a decision will be made. [62667/26]
    • Social Insurance
      2061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on his Department's review into exploring the expansion of the illness benefit scheme to self employed...
    • Pension Provisions
      2062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons for the severe and ongoing operational dysfunction and prolonged customer service delays affecting MyFutureFund;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a rent allowance will be reinstated (details supplied). [62702/26]
    • State Properties
      2064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the redevelopment of Busáras. [62318/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      2065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 989 of 16 December 2025, if he has given further consideration to the introduction of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      2067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Section 317 reviews received by the social welfare appeals office in each of the past five years, by scheme....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2073. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five...
    • Departmental Data
      2074. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for the Living Alone Increase with a view to including individuals under the age...
    • Departmental Data
      2078. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has assessed the number of working families with school going children who are above the income...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on an application for carers allowance for a person (details supplied). [63185/26]
    • Social Welfare Code
      2084. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €1, €5 and €10 per week; when it was...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2085. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a job seekers allowance payment included is included in a means test when it comes to the back to school...
    • Departmental Staff
      2086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to increase the State Pension (Non-Contributory) means test. [63369/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      2090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2091. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he would expedite a review (details supplied) for working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      2092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason both non contributory pensions for a person (details supplied) ceased, were these decisions reviewed/appealed;...
    • State Pensions
      2093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has examined the gender and financial-independence implications of assessing a spouse’s, civil...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider abolishing means testing for all foster carer’s (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      2099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department collects data on the practice of transport operators registered under the free travel scheme charging...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total cost of the free travel scheme for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [63853/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process through which the free travel scheme operates; how are transport operators compensated for providing eligible...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      2102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration has been given to increasing the child benefit payment in the upcoming Budget 2027. [63868/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      2103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Non-Contributory) in each of the past...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      2104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s benefit; the typical duration of their claim; and if he has considered...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional supports or secondary benefits allowed to persons on a carer’s allowance, and to persons on a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the take-up to date of the concession of free travel to those medically unfit to drive; and the number of children who will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the Government intends to ensure that Budget 2027 delivers on the poverty-reduction targets set out in the...
    • Parental Leave
      2116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the levels of maternity benefit and maternity leave, paternity benefit and leave, parental benefit and parental leave which...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children on child benefit payments; and the way in which the number has been affected by the extension of...
    • Departmental Data
      2122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional annual receipts to the Social Insurance Fund, in PRSI, arising from the increases in the national...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of each capital project over €1 million in total expenditure funded or part funded by his...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      2124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      2125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department maintains, as a general matter of governance, the risk assessment or risk register entry relating to...
    • Legislative Measures
      2128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 28 July 2026, the current status of the proposals to amend road traffic...
    • Extradition Arrangements
      2129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the general mechanisms available to the State, as a matter of law and policy, to pursue the return of a person for prosecution...
    • Asylum Seekers
      2131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the Humanitarian Admissions Programme 2026, the decisions that have been made regarding what persons will be...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for dealing with cyber threats, online scams and dealing with spyware such as programmes (details supplied); and if...
    • Passport Services
      2135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the data required to be included within the biometric element of a passport for the purposes of...
    • Legislative Measures
      2138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has reviewed whether the current statutory framework permits the timely publication of identifying details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service
      2142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made regarding updating Prison Rules 2007 by 31 December 2025; when he plans to publish the updated...
    • EU Presidency
      2144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total allocation provided to An Garda Síochána for EU Presidency policing; the amount drawn down to date; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      2153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of participants in each initiative currently operated by or within the Irish Prison Service, the...
    • Visa Applications
      2154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of short-stay visa applications submitted through the Moscow Visa Office that are currently being processed by the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      2159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding any review of the allowances for Ukrainian citizens to qualify for housing supports while under...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      2161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing attachment orders, or a similar mechanism, on social welfare payments for persons convicted of...
    • Courts Service
      2163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for court reform, including but not limited to increasing the number of judges, and accelerating the...
    • Legislative Measures
      2164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend section 12 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 to provide that any vehicle suspected...
    • Courts Service
      2165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider removing responsibility for the preparation and prosecution of District Court matters from members of An...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in County Kildare, by station after the latest Garda allocations; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      2167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that an IRP card will issue as soon as possible in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who resigned from the force in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to...
    • Immigration Policy
      2173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increased measures being taken to protect our borders from migration, especially through Northern Ireland; the level of...
    • Legislative Measures
      2175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the adequacy of the provisions contained within section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      2176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the next citizenship ceremony to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60317/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sanctioned Garda posts; filled Garda posts; vacancies in each Garda division as of the latest available date;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      2179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the evidence or analysis that informed the decision to introduce the revised citizenship residency requirement and family...
    • International Protection
      2181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to urgently intervene and assist in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60571/26]
    • Visa Applications
      2185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department is taking to address the use of fireworks in the leadup to Halloween 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      2189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding provided to the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Racial Equality and Racism since its establishment,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full membership of the Advisory Committee on Racism and Racial Equality; the organisation each member represents; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of producing and publishing the first annual report of the Special Rapporteur on Racial Equality and Racism,...
    • Equality Issues
      2192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department accepts, is considering, or rejects the recommendation in the first annual report of the Special Rapporteur...
    • Public Sector Staff
      2195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department, or any body under its aegis, has assessed the evidence base for the effectiveness of unconscious bias...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of introducing mandatory, continuous anti-racism, cultural competency and unconscious bias training across...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to Blanchardstown Garda Station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      2199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision exists within the Domestic Violence Judgments Register Act 2026 to ensure that a person cannot circumvent...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount his Department and departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Freedom of Information
      2201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date...
    • International Protection
      2202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to compile and publish data concerning the number of applications for international protection submitted by...
    • Sentencing Policy
      2203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to implementing ask 2 of a framework (details supplied) by ensuring that bereaved families in manslaughter...
    • Prison Service
      2204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners released from each prison under the community return scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to...
    • Legislative Measures
      2206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the legislation originating from the European Union which he is obliged to, but has not yet, transposed...
    • Prison Service
      2208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the policy, criteria or decision-making process used by the Irish Prison Service for determining whether an...
    • Departmental Data
      2209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for murder in each of the past 15 years arising from unprovoked assaults or one-punch attacks; the...
    • European Union
      2211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal authority that permits the State to decline to determine an asserted directly effective Article 20 TFEU right...
    • Departmental Data
      2215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young persons referred to and accepted onto the Garda Youth Diversion Programme in connection with offences...
    • Legislative Measures
      2217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider legislative amendments to ensure that deliberate misrepresentation of qualifications, insurance,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2247 of 28 July 2026, if he has received the necessary information from Garda...
    • Travel Documents
      2219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite a travel document application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61200/26]
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      2220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if support is available for a person (details supplied) regarding a claim to the Injuries Board. [61165/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the issues raised correspondence (details supplied); the supports available to make the transition into private...
    • Family Reunification
      2222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the family reunification visa system whether he acknowledges the concerns of healthcare assistants who work...
    • Departmental Data
      2224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults and public order incidents that took place at an event in County Kerry (details supplied) in each of...
    • Crime Prevention
      2225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategies he has in place to address the growing problem of shoplifting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      2226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults and public order incidents that took place at a festival in County Kerry (details supplied) in each of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      2228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued at a static speed camera (details supplied) from 1 July 2026 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      2229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine who have been required to leave, or have otherwise left,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the Government's decision that the accommodation recognition payment, ARP, scheme will end on 31 March 2027 and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a certificate of naturalisation (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      2239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine who have been required to leave, or have otherwise left...
    • Housing Policy
      2243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether discussions have taken place with local authorities, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the proposed voluntary return and rei-ntegration programme for Ukrainian beneficiaries of Temporary Protection;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied), that has been pending since 2022 and has reportedly...
    • Departmental Data
      2246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of farm theft incidents in each county in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and...
    • Immigration Policy
      2247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether, in light of the particular circumstances of elderly beneficiaries of temporary protection, TP, who remain dependent...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      2250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the current responsibilities of his Department in respect of beneficiaries of temporary protection, TP, in Ireland;...
    • Visa Applications
      2251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applications for tourism or visit a family and-or friend received in Dublin on 2 June 2026 may be completed. [60893/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2204 of 28 July 2026, the number of FCNs that were paid, broken down by month, from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to...
    • International Protection
      2257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emails received through the dedicated helpdesk at ipasinbox@justice.ie from persons applying for international...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles carrying Pride-themed livery in each year from 2019 to date; the number of Garda vehicles...
    • Immigration Status
      2259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for stamp 4 permission under the Turkish Association Agreement (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure incurred by his Government Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years, broken...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the organisations, persons and stakeholders that have been consulted to date with respect to the formulation and drafting of...
    • Immigration Policy
      2262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether passport control checks at ports of entry automatically identify individuals who are subject to Irish entry bans,...
    • International Protection
      2263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a contract (details supplied) for IPAS accommodation will be renewed; if there has been engagement with the property owners...
    • Disability Issues
      2264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken...
    • EU Agreements
      2265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the anticipated impact of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact on Ireland's border control, immigration screening and security...
    • European Union
      2266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Ireland's current position in relation to European Union initiatives on migration management, border security and protection...
    • International Protection
      2267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources and supports provided to local authorities and communities affected by the accommodation and processing of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda resources assigned to Operation Tombola in 2026 to combat the illegal importation, sale and use of fireworks;...
    • Immigration Status
      2272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied); the reason that after three years a decision has not yet been made on the...
    • Departmental Data
      2274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beneficiaries currently in ARP-supported accommodation who are not in employment or self-employment and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      2275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an application for Irish Citizenship (details supplied) that is pending since 6 December 2023; and if he will make...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total Garda numbers, for Galway by division for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of retirements in...
    • Immigration Policy
      2278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm whether a period of residence in the State held under Stamp 0 permission is reckonable for the purposes of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      2280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he plans to take following his meeting with the family of a deceased person (details supplied) in relation to the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to modernise the Garda vetting process; whether consideration has been given to linking Garda vetting...
    • Guardian Status
      2282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate for how guardianship rights are determined when a parent has been accused of intimate partner violence...
    • Deportation Orders
      2283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the planned deportation of a person (details supplied); if there is any further avenue of...
    • Prison Service
      2285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide information regarding the new family visits policy introduced by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) in November 2025,...
    • State Bodies
      2286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update regarding the establishment of the Penal Policy Consultative Council by 31 December 2026; the timeframe...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      2292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE staff by grade currently working in each probation centre within Dublin, in tabular form. [61512/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána have spent hiring out external jewellery valuers to carry out work on their behalf...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      2296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of vehicles travelling against the flow of traffic recorded on the national road network in each of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions on which tyre deflation devices were deployed by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2023...
    • Departmental Data
      2301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently held on remand who have been awaiting trial for more than four months, broken down by prison...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 on 7 July 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda authorities....
    • Prison Service
      2308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the way in which the Irish Prison Service carries out individualised, security risk assessments for individuals...
    • European Union
      2313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons Ireland did not join the group of EU Member States that signed a joint letter seeking an emergency meeting on...
    • Visa Applications
      2314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of visa applications received by his Department from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by category, in...
    • International Protection
      2315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for international protection; the number approved and the number rejected, by year from...
    • Departmental Data
      2316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused entry into the State via Shannon Airport in each of the years 2025 and to date in 2026, in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      2318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he last met the Chief Superintendent of Wexford-Wicklow division; and the topics discussed. [61668/26]
    • Programme for Government
      2320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his Departments efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments regarding road safety; and if he...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardai, by rank, attached to Meath-Westmeath Crime Scene Unit as of 17 August 2026, in tabular form. [61605/26]
    • Domestic Violence
      2322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported breaches of barring orders and interim barring orders reported to Gardaí in 2025 and 2026 to date;...
    • International Protection
      2323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for International Protection that have been received under each procedure since the International...
    • Departmental Projects
      2324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his Department's efforts to merge the visa and employment permit system into one user-friendly single...
    • Programme for Government
      2325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments regarding community safety; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda transfer applications received, approved and implemented; the average and median time taken from receipt...
    • Departmental Data
      2332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61639/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints relating to anti-social behaviour involving e-scooters in DMR west since May 2024; and if he will...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      2334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand capacity within the criminal justice system to deal effectively with youth delinquency; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      2337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection that have been received under each procedure since the International...
    • Visa Applications
      2342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for "Without Condition as to Time" (Stamp 5 permission) submitted on 16 February 2026 by an...
    • Immigration Support Services
      2350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment his Department has made of the anticipated workload for immigration service delivery arising from applications...
    • International Protection
      2352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place within the international protection process to identify a person who may be under 18 years of age...
    • Departmental Policies
      2354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures used to verify the identity, age and claimed familial relationship of persons who enter or reside in the State...
    • Departmental Data
      2355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the assaults perpetrated in Ireland in each of the years 2022 to 2025, where the victim was female; to...
    • Protected Disclosures
      2361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department records the number of protected disclosures referred to An Garda Síochána by Ministers,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 on 7 July 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda authorities....
    • Departmental Data
      2364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number who may not meet the minimum income requirement for that scheme; the accommodation options will be available to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60572/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      2371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Visas
      2373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student visa applications made to his Department in each year from 2020 to date in 2026; the number of refusals...
    • Immigration Policy
      2375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding any work ongoing to ensure that the circumstances that occurred in a case (details supplied) cannot be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data for the Louth/Cavan/Monaghan division for the number of Gardaí who have requested, received and completed...
    • Immigration Policy
      2380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether orientation and induction on the laws of the State and expected standards of behaviour is delivered to residents of...
    • Departmental Policies
      2383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed arrangements that will apply to Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection who apply for the temporary...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment his Department has made of the risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence to facilitate cyberattacks...
    • Departmental Data
      2388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the total number of persons in each of the years 2023 to 2025 that were convicted of offenses related...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      2391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether legislative changes are being considered in relation to parental responsibility for persistent youth offending; and if...
    • International Protection
      2394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to address the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      2395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a citizens application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62050/26]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the target processing times his Department has set for naturalisation applications for each of the years 2026 and 2027; the...
    • Departmental Data
      2403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors convicted of criminal offences on two or more occasions in each of the past five years; the number...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the engagement he has had with An Garda Síochána in relation to the societal impact of the...
    • Immigration Policy
      2413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total annual expenditure incurred by the State in respect of legal representation for applicants for international...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Garda helicopter fleet; when the helicopters were first purchased; the number operational; the...
    • Departmental Policies
      2418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if owning a home would satisfy the accommodation requirement under the temporary protection transition scheme; if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí and Garda staff assigned to the Cork city Garda division, and to Mayfield Garda station, as of the...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      2422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of Local Community Safety Partnerships in responding to localised, persistent public disorder; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Service
      2423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the operational capacity, bed capacity and average daily population of each prison in the State as of the latest available...
    • Departmental Data
      2435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed by persons under 18 years-of-age in each of the past five years, by county and offence type....
    • Departmental Policies
      2436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment has been undertaken before assigning Ukrainian families to different counties; if a child's disability and...
    • Visa Applications
      2438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a stamp 4 visa renewal (details supplied); if the renewal will be expedited; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      2445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or the International Protection Accommodation Service have assessed, inspected, acquired, leased, contracted...
    • Prison Service
      2452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the total number of breakouts or escapes from the Irish prison system prior to the establishment of the...
    • Departmental Functions
      2454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all of the community dialogue events being arranged by his community engagement team; to provide the full...
    • International Protection
      2455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent by his Department, the International Protection Accommodation Services, and any State agency under his...
    • Departmental Functions
      2456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis on which community groups and residents from Dundrum, County Tipperary, were excluded from participation in the...
    • Traffic Fines
      2457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices issued for speeding using the static safety camera at Crumlin Road, Dolphin's Barn in...
    • International Protection
      2458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the contract for the provision of IPAS accommodation at a facility (details supplied); whether the...
    • Stardust Fire
      2459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application for compensation under the Stardust redress scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • International Protection
      2460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will cease the contract with a facility (details supplied) for IPAS Accommodation following the decision of...
    • Departmental Data
      2467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for an application type (details supplied); the number of applications currently in processing for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda cars and vans added to each Garda district within the Dublin Region to-date in 2026; the number...
    • Stardust Fire
      2473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there is currently a limit or operational target of approximately 25 Stardust compensation/redress payments per week;...
    • Departmental Functions
      2475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the movement of responsibility of the MUDS Act to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage....
    • Departmental Policies
      2476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the categories of personnel who will have access to the real-time location data of monitored individuals; the safeguards in...
    • Immigration Status
      2487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of a stamp 4 immigration permission renewal application for a person (details supplied); the reason for any...
    • Family Reunification
      2489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the new financial threshold for non-EEA family reunification visas is discriminatory against a person in...
    • Prison Service
      2492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the country of birth of each prisoner in the Irish Prison Service, by violent crime and nonviolent crime offences. [62739/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2333 of 28 July 2026, if his Department has received the information sought by An Garda...
    • EU Directives
      2494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of Ireland’s transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (the NIS2 Directive); the reasons for the...
    • Judicial Reviews
      2497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available in cases in which a solicitor has identified arguable grounds for judicial review of IPAT decisions but...
    • EU Directives
      2498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place from the State for companies and organisations to ensure the implementation of the NIS2 Directive. [60482/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the country of birth of each person convicted of a crime for each of the last 10 years; to detail these figures separately for...
    • Deportation Orders
      2501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the reasons return orders might not be executed within the statutory timeframe when issued. [62808/26]
    • Residency Permits
      2510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department can provide an update on the IRP renewal application of a person (details supplied); and if the necessary...
    • British-Irish Co-operation
      2511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department is aware of recent UK Government measures providing information to persons entering the United Kingdom...
    • International Protection
      2514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality where the former IPAS residents at a location (details supplied) have been or are being relocated to; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Ireland’s preparedness for a significant cyber-attack on any Government Department or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of all removal and charter flight operations conducted on grounds of criminality up to the end of July 2026,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cars allocated to each Garda district, by district and station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Court Accommodation
      2529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a full and current update on the proposed new Dublin Family Courts complex at Hammond Lane, Smithfield; the present...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      2530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the formal consultation Cuan has undertaken directly with victims and survivors of domestic violence; the number of ...
    • Departmental Data
      2533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases since 7 April 2025 in which the possible revocation of a naturalised Irish citizen's citizenship has been...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Gardaí attached to Blanchardstown Garda Station; the current number of Gardaí in the K...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      2539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63327/26]
    • International Protection
      2540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to request his Department to examine a case (details supplied). [63336/26]
    • Departmental Staff
      2541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      2542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is considering any changes in the current residency requirements for eligibility to apply for...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      2544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the performance indicators used to assess whether the establishment of Cuan has improved access to accommodation, advocacy,...
    • Prison Service
      2552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2027 if 270 recruit prison officers were recruited into Irish Prison Services; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí within Kildare-Carlow Division that undertook the Refresher Public Order Course in the years of 2025...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      2555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of victims and survivors in Dublin West have accessed Cuan-funded domestic violence services in each year since its...
    • Departmental Data
      2557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outgoing transfer requests made to Italy and Greece under Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 in 2024, 2025 and to date...
    • Prison Service
      2559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to address significant overcrowding and capacity pressures across the prison system; whether consideration...
    • Health and Safety
      2564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined obligations for sellers of homes regarding the possible presence of asbestos; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      2566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the commitment given at the outset of the Rapid Build programme that modular units would be offered to the...
    • Airport Policy
      2598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in each of the past five years in which passengers arriving at Irish airports entered the State...
    • International Protection
      2600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a family (details supplied); the individual assessment that was undertaken;...
    • Deportation Orders
      2603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is due to be deported following their release from prison on 17 September 2026. [63665/26]
    • Departmental Meetings
      2604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied). [63663/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal cases which commenced in the District Courts (excluding appeals) prior to 2016 and on a year-by-year...
    • Road Safety
      2607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown, by Garda division of the number of Gardaí assigned to roads policing; the number assigned to the Garda...
    • Departmental Data
      2609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bikes allocated to each Garda district, broken down by station, in tabular form. [63709/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      2610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí transferred out of the Galway division to date in 2026; the districts and stations these Gardaí...
    • Departmental Data
      2612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda graduates allocated to each Garda division in each round of attestation to date in 2026, in tabular form....
    • An Garda Síochána
      2613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on his meeting on 19 July 2026 to discuss the new Garda station at Northern Cross; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      2614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Community Safety Fund recipients for 2026 will be announced; and to outline the funding timetable. [63862/26]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      2620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional domestic violence refuge and emergency accommodation spaces that have become fully operational in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 on 14 July 2026, if he has received the necessary information from Garda Authorities...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63896/26]
    • International Protection
      2626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondence from this Deputy, if he has reviewed the continued operation of the IPAS contract at a location...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to the State to date of the interim arrangement for the provision of coronial post-mortems at University...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether Attenti technology, hardware, software or technical services form any part of the Irish Electronic Monitoring Managed...
    • Travel Documents
      2629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether exemptions will apply to residents of the North of Ireland under the new travel arrangements due to come into effect...
    • Immigration Policy
      2631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanism available for a minor Irish citizen and their mother (details supplied) to assert their rights of residency...
    • Departmental Data
      2632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of EU and non-EU citizens currently imprisoned in Ireland; if any EU citizens have been removed directly from...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      2634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals there are to roll out new CCTV schemes in Cavan and Monaghan in view of the value of these schemes in...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals to intensify cross-Border collaboration to deal with criminality with particular reference to the increasing...
    • Youth Services
      2636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals to establish new youth diversion projects in Cavan and Monaghan. [63964/26]
    • Immigration Policy
      2637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of any outstanding processes relating to the Immigrant Investor Programme which are affecting the transfer of a...
    • Departmental Policies
      2642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of orders imposed in each of the last three years under section 113(2) of the Children Act 2001 requiring the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      2644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardai assigned to roads policing units in July 2026, by garda division; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      2645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of scrambler bikes seized by Gardai under the Road Traffic (Control of Certain Vehicles) Regulations 2026 known as...
    • Housing Provision
      2647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the decision on the future use of 654 rapid-build housing units (details supplied); following the conclusion of their current...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Data
      2649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wild Fires
      2650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review existing policies relating to controlled burning and land management practices (details supplied); if he will...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a strategy to support the production and development of plant-based foods in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      2652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the number of applications received for the fuel income support scheme; the number that are awaiting...
    • Greyhound Industry
      2653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to carry out a review of public spending (details supplied); if he will make a statement on the matter. [59826/26]
    • Animal Slaughtering
      2654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols, standard procedures and veterinary guidance followed by Department officials when carrying out or supervising the...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      2658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the statement in the Wildlife Unit End of Year Report for 2025 (details supplied); the substantive assessment CVERA...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of TAMS funding available under each programme since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59985/26]
    • Fishing Industry
      2660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a guaranteed annual income for fishermen operating in areas of special conservation (details...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of young farmers who have applied to date for the national reserve and complementary income support for young farmers...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      2662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to provide supports, including capital funding, for the development of an organic feed mill. [60432/26]
    • Poultry Sector
      2663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of poultry holdings on which birds were compulsorily destroyed, or where destruction was directed by his Department,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure,...
    • Freedom of Information
      2667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in...
    • Departmental Funding
      2668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide additional funding to address the waiting lists in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Poultry Sector
      2669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 2 July 2026, if he will provide an update on the status of this enquiry. [60606/26]
    • Departmental Data
      2670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, for each year from 2018 to 2025 inclusive, all surveillance data sets, reports, tables and underlying figures held by...
    • Fishing Industry
      2671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department or the Marine Institute has assessed the effect of reduced commercial pollack fishing in 2024 and 2025 on...
    • Animal Diseases
      2672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2618 of 28 July 2026, if the European Commission indicated a further reason beyond...
    • Fishing Industry
      2673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 21 May 2026, the basis for reconciling the commercial pollack quota of approximately...
    • Departmental Policies
      2675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in light of the prolonged drought conditions experienced by farmers this year and the resulting significant reduction in grass...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      2676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason ante mortem injuries in the slaughterhouse are only collated locally and are not collated by his Department on a national...
    • Poultry Sector
      2677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason egg-laying flocks were inspected in 2025: the percentage that the inspected number is of the entire national flock; if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      2679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost incurred by his Department in relation to enforcement operations involving the destruction of cattle in each of the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount allocated to the CAP budget for agriculture in Ireland nationally and co-funded by Europe for Pillar 1 and Pillar...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid to sub-contractors as contracted by his Department to carry out work on his Department’s schemes (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      2697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the review (details supplied)of his Department's governance of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund, sent to...
    • Coastal Zone Management
      2698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the proposed dredging of Howth Fishery Harbour Centre; whether the Environmental Protection Agency has completed...
    • Departmental Funding
      2700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the necessary funding for the provision of dog parks in County Kerry; if the Minister will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Issues
      2701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on progress to meet commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      2702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine he will clarify the basis on which horse and pony racing is regarded as a non-regulated sector for the purposes of Government...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds and cows in Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) in each of the years 2023 to 2026 to date; and if he will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61616/26]
    • Departmental Records
      2716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts hospitality or other benefits received by public servants;...
    • Forestry Sector
      2717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request his Department to provide the procedures regarding alleged illegal forestry works (AIF). [61919/26]
    • Hare Coursing
      2719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that there have only been four inspections out of 200 coursing events in a five year period (details...
    • Veterinary Services
      2720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised at the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food that veterinary nurses continue to experience...
    • Agriculture Industry
      2721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any temporary measures are under consideration to increase straw availability, including enhanced baling supports,...
    • Fodder Crisis
      2728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he is considering the introduction of a fodder support scheme or any other targeted financial supports for farmers affected...
    • Forestry Sector
      2730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources and expenditure allocated by Coillte for the inspection and maintenance of forestry fire breaks in each of the past...
    • Urban Development
      2735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding any Department led initiative that seeks to increase the level of tree cover in appropriate locations in...
    • Departmental Funding
      2738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan and Monaghan...
    • Animal Breeding
      2739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-licensed dog breeding centres that have been shut down by his Department or related agencies in each of the...
    • Forestry Sector
      2747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made by persons (details supplied) to plant forests to offset the carbon footprint of Adare hosting the Ryder Cup; and...
    • Greyhound Industry
      2748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed via independent rescues without the assistance of an organisation (details supplied) as...
    • Wild Fires
      2750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering the introduction of any financial support measures for farmers whose grazing lands, fencing or other...
    • Water Quality
      2753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being undertaken as part of the Nitrates Action Plan and the farming for water project to improve water quality and...
    • Fire Safety
      2754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number of fire danger notices issued each month, for the last 10 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Diseases
      2755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers in County Galway found to have TB in a post-mortem inspection in 2026, with a breakdown by DED; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      2757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to enforce mandatory protection and enforcement for combustible fire zones in existing forests; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Security
      2758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the establishment of a strategic food reserve as part of Ireland's long-term food security...
    • Animal Welfare
      2760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding any work ongoing to address animal cruelty concerns related to the export of live animals; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      2771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the afforestation scheme 2023-2027 to focus on lesser quality farmland, that is land that is less...
    • Animal Welfare
      2776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the merits of creating a national register of animal-welfare disqualification orders; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      2780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years....
    • Farm Inspections
      2782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will ensure that the facility is being thoroughly...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new organic farming scheme will open for applications in 2026 as many young farmers have incurred significant outlays in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were...
    • Land Issues
      2787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cross-Government measures will be introduced to reduce the sale of land to non-farming interests and particularly large-scale...
    • Animal Welfare
      2789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has considered establishing a dedicated capital funding stream to support local authorities in developing...
    • Beef Sector
      2792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason beef prices are reported to be approximately €1.10 per kilogram lower than at the same period last year; the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the issues outlined in correspondence and in a detailed submission from a national organisation concerning CAP...
    • Agriculture Supports
      2794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a long-term commitment to the continued funding and support of the Land Mobility Service, having regard to its...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated additional Exchequer cost of increasing TAMS reference costs by 10%, 20% and 30% respectively across all eligible...
    • Live Exports
      2798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific, measurable actions his Department is taking to identify, inspect and approve alternative vessel capacity ahead of the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward at EU Agriculture Council in relation to the need to provide for a properly funded CAP post 2027....
    • Departmental Funding
      2801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided by his Department to organisations delivering mental health and well-being supports for farmers and...
    • Budget 2027
      2803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide additional funding in budget 2027 to expand the national genotyping programme, with a view to increasing...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Departmental Bodies
      2805. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      2806. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a childcare facility from the core funding model (details supplied); and the...
    • EU Directives
      2815. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 and 75 of 23 June 2026, to provide an update on the EU Pay Transparency Directive; the...
    • Parental Leave
      2816. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019, under which a child in a one-parent family has access to a maximum of nine...
    • Childcare Services
      2817. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her position regarding the supports in place for families who cannot avail of the €183.70 childcare fee cap from September...
    • Paternity Leave
      2821. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to its calls to create a...
    • Childcare Services
      2822. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding developments towards reaching the commitment to reducing childcare costs to €200 per child, per...
    • Disability Services
      2829. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made to date in relation to a campaign in Kerry (details supplied) in relation to the provision of...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      2830. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the responsibilities that have been devolved to the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and if she will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2831. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting AONs, by time and county; and the projected waiting list by the end of the year, in tabular...
    • Programme for Government
      2833. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to "Improve support for kinship care to enhance outcomes for kinship...
    • Childcare Services
      2834. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality hew views on the common practice by childcare providers to require a non-refundable deposit from parents when putting their...
    • Disability Services
      2835. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver 222 extra posts in adult multidisciplinary therapies, as promised in the action plan for...
    • Disability Issues
      2838. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plan, timeline and cost to increase support for people with disabilities to access supported independent living, the provision...
    • Disability Services
      2840. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver around 1,200 additional day service places each year to ensure places for school leavers who...
    • Childcare Services
      2851. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the building blocks expansion grant scheme provides funding for the expansion of car parking facilities as part of a childcare...
    • Disability Services
      2852. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether additional annual funding of €4 million will be provided to a disability service provider to expand day-service...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2855. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will introduce some flexibility or option for parents of children who are born in January, to enable them to avail of the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2857. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who sought an assessment of need in the years 2023 to date in 2026, by year; the length of time they have...
    • Disability Services
      2858. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to increase the provision of supported housing for adults with intellectual disabilities in County Kerry; the...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      2862. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards that have been put in place to assist vulnerable young adults with complex needs who require a functional capacity...
    • Childcare Services
      2863. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of persistent room closures (details supplied) by a childcare provider due to staffing shortages; if her Department...
    • Child and Family Agency
      2864. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of Tusla funding to charities dealing with child homelessness across each of the six Tusla regions for the past five...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2865. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has estimated the annual cost of expanding financial supports under Core Funding to enable all graduate...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2872. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on her Department's expenditure,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2873. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2825 of 28 July 2026, the measures in place or being considered to protect parents from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2874. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount her Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Childcare Services
      2875. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider providing a capital funding mechanism for community associations seeking to construct new childcare facilities...
    • Freedom of Information
      2878. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of FOI requests her Department, and each agency under her auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in...
    • Disability Services
      2880. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a report (details supplied); the measures being taken to address the issues raised; the engagement she has had with...
    • Industrial Relations
      2881. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department had with union representees for workers at a facility (details supplied) to resolve industrial action...
    • Childcare Services
      2882. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available to help establish a sustainable after-school service in Waterville, County Kerry (details supplied); and if...
    • Disability Services
      2884. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of orientation and mobility assessments and training sessions provided to blind or visually impaired children by...
    • Childcare Services
      2885. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of registered childcare centres that are eligible but are not signed up to the core funding scheme at a national...
    • Health Service Executive
      2892. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure incurred by the HSE on children’s residential disability placements by individual provider and...
    • Childcare Services
      2896. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2789 of 28 July 2026, the position regarding the engagement she has had with the management...
    • Disability Services
      2897. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans for a clear and consistent pathway for accessing disability summer camps and day respite services; to confirm...
    • Maternity Leave
      2902. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has liaised with the Department of Social Protection on protections that exist to accommodate staff who are...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2903. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 16 July 2026, the comparable figures for the end of quarter 2 of 2026, in tabular...
    • Childcare Services
      2904. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) regarding their concerns around core funding, in...
    • Children in Care
      2905. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has considered introducing a requirement for judicial oversight in circumstances where a child has been...
    • Disability Services
      2909. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons receiving residential, respite and day services within the Cork region in the years of 2025 and to-date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2911. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amounts paid by her Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date...
    • Disability Issues
      2913. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on progress to meet her commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken...
    • Disability Services
      2914. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the positions and teams unfilled for community neurorehabilitation teams, by region; the plans to...
    • Disability Issues
      2915. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated number of additional disability residential placements required in each of the next three years to meet existing and...
    • Childcare Services
      2916. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare facilities that have left the core funding scheme in the past five years; if additional funding will be...
    • Children in Care
      2918. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have been continuously accommodated under voluntary care arrangements for more than 12 months in each of...
    • Departmental Reports
      2919. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2848 of 28 July 2026, if she will report on drafting work undertaken and completed by her...
    • Disability Services
      2920. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts, by grade, that were filled at North Inner City Children's Disability Network...
    • Disability Issues
      2921. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place to decide the number of supported living packages funded each year; the way in which this unmet demand is...
    • Disability Services
      2922. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places provided for adults with intellectual disabilities to date in 2026; and to provide the same...
    • Child Detention Centres
      2923. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of places available and occupied at the Oberstown facility on 1 July for each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular...
    • Health Strategies
      2924. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if equine therapy facilities will be developed at the HSE’s Toghermore campus in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      2925. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is a tendering process established for the transporting of users of day services. [60392/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2928. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of units that have been flagged to her Department regarding the State-led capital childcare programme as potential...
    • Childcare Services
      2931. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend the national childcare scheme for childminding in the childminder's home and childminding in the family home;...
    • Disability Services
      2933. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children receiving Aim supports, by year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      2934. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children receiving NCS subsidies, by year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2935. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children availing of ECCE, by year, from 2022 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      2937. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and value of applications received by her Department from childcare providers in County Tipperary under the capital...
    • Disability Services
      2938. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the WTE vacancies by job title currently at North Tipperary CDNT; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2939. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding ring-fenced to help attract and retain early years educators in services signed up to core funding between...
    • Employment Rights
      2941. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Employment Regulation Orders signed between 2020 to date in 2026, to help attract and retain early years educators,...
    • Disability Services
      2942. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when respite services will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61722/26]
    • Childcare Services
      2943. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the ongoing evaluation of the national childcare scheme is expected to conclude; whether the evaluation is examining the...
    • Disability Issues
      2944. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made to date on delivering the Programme for Government commitment to expand independent living options for persons...
    • Disability Services
      2949. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staffing levels for each children's disability network team serving Wicklow; the number of filled and vacant posts, by...
    • Disability Issues
      2958. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to the commitments in the Disability Action Plan, the work that has been carried out or the plans to help families who have...
    • Ministerial Communications
      2960. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the Before We Die campaign; if so, the engagement she has had with the group; and if she will...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      2963. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanism available to a family carer who considers that a decision-making arrangement under the Assisted Decision-Making...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2966. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the matters raised; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      2967. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to move from a system of emergency-response placement to one of planned, forward-notified residential...
    • Residential Institutions
      2971. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with a disability currently awaiting a residential placement, by community healthcare organisation and by...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2973. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of staff vacancies across assessment of need teams within the Cork region; and the timeframe in which those vacancies...
    • Public Sector Staff
      2974. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department and bodies under her aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public...
    • Health Services
      2975. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address respite care services in County Kerry, especially for individuals with special needs; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      2976. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for psychology services through children’s disability network teams in each regional health...
    • Departmental Policies
      2978. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has examined the estimated Exchequer cost of index-linking foster care allowances with increases in core...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2979. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if greater flexibility and parental discretion can be introduced to the early childhood care and education scheme in cases where a...
    • Departmental Funding
      2980. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding provided to the HRB for 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount that was spent producing the annual HRB overview of people...
    • Children in Care
      2981. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the youths killed recently in the M9 car crash were in State care at the time of the collision; and if not, if they were...
    • Family Resource Centres
      2982. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a sufficient increase in core funding in the upcoming budget for family resource centres; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      2983. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the merits of increasing childcare subsidy supports for parents of twins or other multiple births to account for the...
    • Parental Leave
      2984. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any research ongoing into amending the allowances for parental leave for parents with multiple births...
    • Disability Services
      2985. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason adult disability services are now located at a location (details supplied); the length of time adult disability services...
    • Pleananna Oideachais
      2990. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality [62024/26]
    • Childcare Services
      2991. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of concerns among childcare providers that the current AIM level seven capitation payment does not cover the full...
    • Youth Services
      2995. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports being provided to Children and Young People's Services Committees (CYPSC) structures, to respond to IPAS related...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      2996. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a review of the application of a person (details supplied) for recognition of overseas qualification for early learning and care...
    • Departmental Policies
      2998. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider providing for a public consultation on the merits of providing for additional statutory leave allowances from...
    • Disability Services
      3002. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the personal assistant services provided to a person (details supplied) were reduced from 35 to 20 hours per week; if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      3003. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the age criteria for early childhood care education programme access; the options available to parents whose children are deemed...
    • Family Reunification
      3005. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the basis on which Tusla can be satisfied that a family reunification has been successful where it does not subsequently monitor,...
    • Departmental Data
      3010. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No's 2999, 3000, 2942, 2925 and 2946 of 28 July 2026, the estimated number of individual files...
    • Childcare Services
      3015. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered amending the national childcare scheme to allow the subsidy to be based on the number of childcare...
    • Disability Services
      3016. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Departments efforts to reduce the waiting times for disability services specifically in Dublin West; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      3017. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding access to an appropriate residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if the HSE will urgently...
    • Childcare Services
      3019. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare services registered with Tusla in the Dublin Bay North constituency; the number currently participating in...
    • Children in Care
      3020. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 12 May 2026, to confirm in a yes or no answer whether Tusla requires private providers...
    • Childcare Services
      3023. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount paid by Tusla to private providers of residential childcare in 2024 and in 2025; the number of placements funded...
    • Child Detention Centres
      3024. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department has taken to resolve the industrial dispute at Oberstown Children Detention Campus and ensure the safety...
    • Disability Services
      3025. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason funding cannot be given to an individual with disabilities to transport them to an adult day service where a place has...
    • Departmental Policies
      3026. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the financial costs incurred by families in establishing decision-making arrangements under the...
    • Childcare Services
      3028. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to introduce additional measures to help working families with multiple children in private childcare who remain...
    • Disability Services
      3030. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps taken to implement the findings of the HRB/NASS annual bulletin on people engaging with disability services, in relation...
    • Departmental Projects
      3031. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to PQ62752/26, the breakdown of each project by location, description, approved capital budget, expenditure in 2026 to date...
    • Disability Services
      3032. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide, in respect of the HSE capital allocation for disability services for 2026, the total capital allocation for the year;...
    • Departmental Funding
      3035. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding scheme there may be to support the implementation of publicly accessible play amenities in local communities for older...
    • Disability Services
      3037. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults in Laois and Offaly currently awaiting speech and language therapy assessment or intervention under the HSE...
    • Departmental Data
      3040. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who, having been referred two years ago for an assessment of need at the St....
    • Disability Services
      3041. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of engagement she has had with disability charities and other advocacy groups in relation to the provision of supported...
    • Departmental Funding
      3046. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital funding provided for a facility (details supplied), by year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [62230/26]
    • Departmental Data
      3047. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will commit to publishing the prior information notice for Teach an Saol by the end of September 2026; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      3050. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to introduce minimum notice periods for changes to CYPSC related funding streams to ensure adequate workforce...
    • Fiscal Data
      3051. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the long-term fiscal benefits associated with investment in foster care,...
    • Child Detention Centres
      3052. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the number of people currently resident in Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      3059. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns regarding the Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in cases involving adults severe intellectual disabilities...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      3060. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to including children associated with St Patrick’s Guild who spent time at Temple Hill,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      3061. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to the approval in principal if she can provide an update on the State-led Early Learning and Childcare Capital Programme...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      3063. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure by her Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years....
    • Child Detention Centres
      3064. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average annual cost of detaining a person in Oberstown Children Detention Campus; the way this cost is calculated; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      3073. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in her Department in each of the past five years....
    • Departmental Funding
      3074. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the availability of funding for a residential placement for a young adult with disabilities in...
    • Disability Services
      3075. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has engaged with disability organisations, family carers or representative groups regarding concerns that the...
    • Budget 2027
      3077. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is considering additional supports for families with school aged children in the context of Budget 2027 given the...
    • Child Detention Centres
      3079. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the operational capacity, average daily population and occupancy rate of Oberstown Children Detention Centre in each of the past...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      3080. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she has taken to increase the number of applications under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the campaigns...
    • Disability Services
      3081. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any engagement has taken place between her Department, the Department of Finance and disability advocacy organisations...
    • Departmental Funding
      3083. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to request her Department to examine the case of a facility case (details supplied) and ensure that adequate funding is provided....
    • Departmental Staff
      3084. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in her Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      3085. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in County Kildare awaiting residential placements; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      3087. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the average and maximum time taken to approve each of the above-rate private residential placements in 2025, rather than...
    • Health Services Staff
      3088. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality notwithstanding that full collation is described as a significant manual task, to provide the number of residential placements in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      3089. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way Tusla reconciles its statement that above-rate placements are subject to a robust pre-approval process with its...
    • Departmental Data
      3090. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide, for each of the four above-rate private residential placements in 2025, the service category; the standard rate...
    • Childcare Services
      3091. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of the single above-rate private residential placement to date in 2026 carrying additional cost of €638,000; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      3092. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under her Department’s remit who were...
    • Disability Services
      3093. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2830 of 28 July 2026, for an update on efforts to repurpose an unfilled post into a dietician...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      3094. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60220/26]
    • Legislative Measures
      3096. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the proposed Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 and the proposed Gender Pay Gap Information...
    • Child and Family Agency
      3097. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 1 July 2026, (details supplied) confirming that no published threshold and no audit...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      3098. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need for a publicly available database of childcare and early years providers, aggregated and classified by...
    • Childcare Services
      3100. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the need for afterschool places for primary school going children in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      3101. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the access and inclusion mode (AIM) has been extended beyond ECCE years; the range of services which are made available within...
    • Childcare Services
      3104. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the core funding levels of support per hour to childcare providers; the payments for specific additional elements delivered, which...
    • Departmental Data
      3106. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the maximum level of hourly support paid under the NCS in different age categories for those on lowest incomes allowing the highest...
    • Rights of the Child
      3108. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work which is ongoing in her Department on developing Ireland’s pathway to incorporation of the UN Convention of the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      3109. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the waiting times for an assessment of need in County Offaly. [64082/26]
    • Disability Services
      3110. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Disability Capacity review to 2032, published in 2021, has been updated to take account of the current number and...
    • Mental Health Services
      3111. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 15 April 2026, for an update on the implementation of actions to address the wider...
    • Disability Services
      3113. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a respite house for children (details supplied) can be open on a seven day a week basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Bodies
      3115. To ask the Minister for Health the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59569/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3116. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [59576/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      3117. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in County Galway; and the staffing levels across CAMHS teams in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      3118. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the induction and caesarean rates at University Maternity Hospital Limerick for the months of June 2025 to July 2026, inclusive. [59547/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      3120. To ask the Minister for Health to include type 2 diabetes as an illness under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59583/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3121. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the supply of a medical device in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2027
      3124. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will be seeking additional funding in Budget 2027 to support new and expanded dementia-specific day care services in communities; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3125. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) appointments have been switched from their local hospital in Dundalk to Navan, causing the person considerable...
    • Health Services
      3126. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the implementation of the Rheumatology Model of Care for Sjogren's Disease sufferers (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      3127. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the urgent circumstances of a person (details supplied); if she will liaise with the HSE and the relevant services regarding the person's...
    • Care Services
      3128. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether Saint Marie Goretti Ward at the HSE Cluain Lir Care Centre in Mullingar is to close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59701/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      3130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the draft design guide for residential long-term care, given that the consultation process ended in February 2024; when the guide will come into...
    • Cancer Services
      3131. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the upper age limit for BreastCheck screening beyond 69 years of age, in view of increasing life expectancy, the incidence of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3132. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure women can continue to access consultant-led continuity of maternity care under Sláintecare, particularly in high-risk...
    • Mental Health Services
      3133. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate measures being taken to support children experiencing acute mental health crises who are awaiting CAMHS inpatient admission and are being...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3134. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time a person waits from when they first apply to the treatment abroad scheme to when they receive their surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      3135. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of CAMHS inpatient beds nationally, including registered beds, operational beds, and closed beds; the reasons those beds remain...
    • Home Help Service
      3138. To ask the Minister for Health the reason people assessed as requiring home support are being refused or delayed due to funding being exhausted; the immediate action that will be taken to...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3140. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide additional funding to address the waiting lists in Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59846/26]
    • Health Services
      3141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an audiology appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59842/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3142. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding approval of skyclarys for people with Friedreich’s Ataxia by the HSE; to review the decision by the HSE to not cover the cost of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3143. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a primary care centre in Terenure, Dublin. [59932/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3144. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement that she has had with advocacy groups in relation to the introduction of the medication called Givinostat to treat...
    • Legislative Measures
      3146. To ask the Minister for Health To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to introduce a legislative ban on sunbeds; a timeline for this plan; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      3147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason people with dementia are not routinely assessed for disability services based on their functional need given that the HSE recognises dementia is...
    • Nursing Homes
      3148. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce new regulations obliging all nursing homes, both public and private, to maintain a minimum staff-to-resident ratio; and if she will make...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3150. To ask the Minister for Health whether preventative health measures, including immunisation programmes and population screening initiatives, have been considered for inclusion as part of...
    • Home Care Packages
      3151. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed statutory home care scheme; if consideration is being given to developing a scheme similar to the nursing home support scheme...
    • Nursing Homes
      3152. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of her Department regarding reducing reliance on private nursing homes; the measures being taken to increase the availability of community-led...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3153. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing;...
    • Medical Cards
      3155. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing automatic entitlement to a free medical card for all persons aged over 75 years-of-age, and if she will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre developments in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth, including the timelines for opening and expected service capacity; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3157. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the drugs payment scheme to include essential self-care products, including incontinence wear and personal sanitary products,...
    • Medicinal Products
      3158. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the approval of omaveloxolone for reimbursement by the HSE. [60121/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3159. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a dedicated women's health unit at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, incorporating services such as a sexual assault treatment...
    • Medical Cards
      3160. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing an automatic renewal process for services medical cards held by qualifying organisations and service providers; if she is...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      3161. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for the follow-up care, monitoring and management of patients who undergo surgical procedures abroad under the Cross Border...
    • Hospital Services
      3162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the bronchoscopy service from Naas General Hospital was withdrawn; whether plans are in place to reinstate the service; the impact this could have...
    • Health Services
      3164. To ask the Minister for Health if the Department or the Health Service Executive collects or publishes data on the average time from first symptomatic presentation to confirmed diagnosis of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      3165. To ask the Minister for Health the persons appointed to membership of the Clinical Trials Advisory Council; the stream and category of membership under which each was appointed; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3169. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [60141/26]
    • Health Services
      3170. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment pathways the HSE offers to those who have received an adult ADHD private diagnosis in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      3176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that have remained vacant for more than 12 months, by specialty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60189/26]
    • Health Services
      3178. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address lung fibrosis, a life-limiting condition affecting over 5,000 people in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients approved under the Endometriosis Surgery Abroad Interim Scheme in each year since its introduction; the total expenditure under the...
    • Health Services
      3183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3355 of 28 July 2026, the position regarding the new model of trans healthcare; if it will be based on the principles of...
    • Medical Cards
      3190. To ask the Minister for Health to give consider to including the cost of the shingles vaccine under medical card cover (details supplied). [60198/26]
    • Health Services
      3192. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the minor injuries unit for Killarney, east, mid and south Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60256/26]
    • Hospital Admissions
      3196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 916 of 14 July 2026, to provide a further breakdown of Cork’s SATU incident data for Tipperary, Clare and...
    • Health Service Executive
      3198. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the HSE’s national environmental health service online portal for registering tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products, whether...
    • Medicinal Products
      3199. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of reports (details supplied); the policy governing such circumstances; whether patients should incur additional costs arising solely from...
    • Dental Services
      3200. To ask the Minister for Health whether any interim, expedited, or alternative public pathway exists for children with the highest-priority orthodontic assessments (details supplied). [60405/26]
    • Health Services
      3201. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to implement a national multidisciplinary care pathway for people living with Huntington’s disease; whether a timeline has been...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      3204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some people who are in receipt of a survivor’s pension under the HSE pension scheme do not receive their monthly payment until approximately...
    • Health Services
      3205. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the STOP-CVD pilot being delivered by the Health Service Executive under the EU joint action on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes;...
    • Disease Management
      3207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients registered under the chronic disease management prevention programme; the number of assessments completed under the opportunistic case...
    • Medical Cards
      3210. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of adults aged 40 and over who do not hold a medical card, a GP visit card or a health amendment act card, broken down by age cohort and...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      3211. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has examined population cardiovascular health check programmes operating in other jurisdictions, including the programme in England under...
    • Hospital Services
      3212. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which currently operate a medical assessment unit, by hospital and county; those in which it is planned to deliver such; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      3213. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE in cardiology allocated to Cavan and Monaghan hospitals, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60586/26]
    • Home Care Packages
      3215. To ask the Minister for Health to forward a detailed progress report in regard to the Home Support Service in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      3217. To ask the Minister for Health the exact number of CAMHS teams operating nationally at present and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60623/26]
    • Dental Services
      3221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of modified IOTN grade 5 patients on orthodontic treatment waiting lists, by region and time band; and whether the private provider waiting list...
    • Mental Health Services
      3223. To ask the Minister for Health the exact number of inpatient CAMHS places; the exact number that are operational and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60647/26]
    • Dental Services
      3224. To ask the Minister for Health the grade 5 orthodontic treatment waiting list details for individuals in each region. [60649/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      3225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention in psychosis teams. [60650/26]
    • Health Services
      3227. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of tobacco and nicotine related illnesses each year. [60703/26]
    • Nursing Homes
      3228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that have closed in each year since 2018, broken down by county and by whether the home was public, private or voluntary; the...
    • Departmental Data
      3233. To ask the Minister for Health the average agreed Fair Deal rate per resident per week in each county as of the most recent date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      3235. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s own projection of the number of long-term residential care beds required for older people in each year to 2040; the current...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3237. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a clear policy on the use of AI, particularly pertaining to its use during consultations and for the processing of information, health...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of licences, by premises type for tobacco licences, vaping licences, tobacco and vaping licences as of 3 August 2026, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Dental Services
      3242. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the fees payable to dentists under the dental treatment services scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      3243. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the purchase of lands in Roscrea for a new nursing home. [60849/26]
    • Dental Services
      3244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists currently providing treatment under the dental treatment services scheme, broken down by county, in each of the past five years; the...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      3251. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3314 of 28 July 2026, the number of persons referred to a facility (details supplied) in each of the past five years...
    • Emergency Departments
      3252. To ask the Minister for Health the results from the 'support visits' to emergency departments carried out in hospitals on the weekend of 31 July, 1 August and 2 August 2026; the hospitals...
    • Mental Health Services
      3253. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3314 of 28 July 2026, the number of persons referred to a treatment centre (details supplied) in each of the past five...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      3254. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3314 of 28 July 2026, the average and longest waiting period between period between a person being deemed unsuitable for...
    • Mental Health Services
      3257. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the recruitment of psychologists, occupational therapists and other multidisciplinary professionals for community mental health...
    • Health Services
      3267. To ask the Minister for Health the funding her Department provides to the Cardiac Risk in the Young Persons (CRYP) Centre, based at Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if...
    • Air Quality
      3271. To ask the Minister for Health the current strategies for indoor air quality being implemented across healthcare settings in order to lessen the impact on long-Covid; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      3272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated multidisciplinary Huntington's disease teams currently operating in the State; the number proposed under the national Huntington's...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3275. To ask the Minister for Health any monitoring for the prevalence of long-Covid among healthcare workers currently being undertaken by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      3276. To ask the Minister for Health the current support for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60905/26]
    • Disease Management
      3278. To ask the Minister for Health to address the misdiagnosis of Lyme disease (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61033/26]
    • Freedom of Information
      3281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of FOI requests her Department, and each agency under her auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the number that were...
    • Health Services
      3282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to (details supplied) in each year from 2021 to 2025 which resulted in an onward referral instead of admission; the reasons for...
    • Health Service Executive
      3283. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all HSE audits, compliance reviews, SLA reviews, monitoring visits, inspections or other formal quality or performance reviews relating to...
    • Medicinal Products
      3286. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics' assessment of a drug (details supplied) for the treatment of progressive pulmonary...
    • Hospital Services
      3287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of staffing and recruitment for 24/7 emergency cardiac care in UHW, in tabular form. [59767/26]
    • Health Services
      3288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved centres in each RHA that currently have access to a multidisciplinary team including psychology, occupational therapy and social work;...
    • Medicinal Products
      3290. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are currently available to allow patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis to access a drug (details supplied) on an exceptional or...
    • Organ Donation
      3295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the organ transplant waiting list for kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas transplants respectively, at the end of each of the...
    • Health Services
      3296. To ask the Minister for Health when chiropody services for the elderly in Cootehill, County Cavan will reopen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61121/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      3297. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 14 July 2026, the total monetary value of the HSE National Clinical Waste contract awarded in 2018 (details...
    • Waste Management
      3299. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE National Clinical Waste contract awarded in 2018 for a period of eight years will expire in 2026; whether the HSE intends to exercise the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3300. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the reported increase in cases of shingles among younger adults; whether she will consider introducing a free shingles vaccination...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3301. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 14 July 2026, if she will clarify a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      3306. To ask the Minister for Health to meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss a multi-stakeholder group being established without delay; to provide recommendations on the way in...
    • Health Services
      3309. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the provision of public services for people with auditory processing disorder (APD); to provide an update on funding...
    • Home Help Service
      3310. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage increase or decrease in the number of persons awaiting home support services in County Cork, Cork and Kerry (HSE Southwest) and each HSE Health...
    • Departmental Data
      3313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who acquired a traumatic brain injury, neurological injury, long-term disability or other significant health condition as a result of...
    • Clinical Trials
      3317. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence regarding a clinical trial (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59934/26]
    • Disease Management
      3318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 779 of 21 April 2026, the number and value of General Medical Services pharmacy claims rejected or left unpaid in each...
    • Health Strategies
      3319. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has commenced work on a successor to the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, as outlined in the Programme for Government; if a future strategy...
    • Medicinal Products
      3320. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on reimbursable medicines for the management of obesity for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 inclusive under the HSE Medicines...
    • Health Strategies
      3321. To ask the Minister for Health whether any national public health campaigns are currently in operation to reduce interpersonal violence, physical assaults or violence-related injuries; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      3322. To ask the Minister for Health whether a company (details supplied) currently or previously held any contracts, framework agreements or subcontracting arrangements with the HSE; if so, the...
    • Medical Cards
      3326. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the income limit thresholds to qualify for a medical card; the last time such were increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61159/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      3327. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has procedures for ensuring that contractors engaged to provide services to the HSE comply with their obligations to employees regarding...
    • Health Services Staff
      3328. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to secure an occupational therapist for the HSE Willowdale community mental health centre in Limerick, given the position has remained...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3329. To ask the Minister for Health further to a forthcoming conference in Galway (details supplied) whether the HSE has assessed the clinical evidence concerning the safety, nutritional value...
    • Disease Management
      3330. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated date by which the HSE will complete its current review of the National Huntington’s Disease Care Pathway; the specific timeline for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3331. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the situation facing families of children with congenital heart disease who require lifelong anticoagulation therapy, specifically in relation to...
    • Dental Services
      3333. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the orthodontic services provided in County Clare; the plans to ensure adequate personnel and services, particularly for...
    • Health Services Staff
      3334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved psychology posts, per population, in psychiatry of later life services across each health region; to provide details of the integrated...
    • Health Services
      3335. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently increase the annual drugs budget that includes all cancer drugs from 4 billion euros to 4.2 billion euros so that the annual drugs budget for rare...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3338. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the new Cahersiveen primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60000/26]
    • Health Services
      3339. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the role of advanced nurse and midwife practitioners (ANPs/AMPs) in the delivery of the Sláintecare mandate of providing universal, accessible...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3342. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for patients who have been assessed and approved for deep brain stimulation surgery at Beaumont Hospital; the reasons for the...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      3343. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the current geographic allocation of medically managed residential detox beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60050/26]
    • Health Services
      3344. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) and in view of the very prolonged HSE referral and waiting list, allow for reimbursement of costs in this case;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3349. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite surgery in respect of a patient who is in immense pain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61130/26]
    • Medical Cards
      3350. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the specific assessment criteria used by the HSE primary care reimbursement service (PCRS) when reviewing discretionary medical card...
    • EU Regulations
      3352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the EU vitamin harmonisation rules; the reason for the proposals; the evidence base for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      3354. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Mayo adult ADHD hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60124/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3305 of 28 July 2026, the position regarding any timeline available in relation to the negotiations related to the...
    • EU Regulations
      3364. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline Ireland's current position regarding discussions at EU level on the proposed setting of Maximum Permitted Levels (MPLs) for vitamins and...
    • Dental Services
      3365. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a dental appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61297/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3366. To ask the Minister for Health to increase funding for University Hospital Kerry and across the health care system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61129/26]
    • Hospital Transfers
      3372. To ask the Minister for Health if a person will be transferred from Galway University Hospital to University Hospital Kerry for treatment (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      3373. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a Medical Council complaint; her views on issues arising (details supplied) in the process of this complaint. [61101/26]
    • Health Services
      3374. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for reimbursement under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61098/26]
    • Health Strategies
      3375. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to integrate the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland with inherited cardiac condition services,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3376. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to establish mental health emergency departments to provide a separate “front door” for those suffering from a crises but are...
    • Health Services Staff
      3379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional genetic counsellor posts approved, funded, recruited and filled under the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic...
    • Dental Services
      3382. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) and ensure the appointment is rescheduled as soon as possible; the steps being taken to address the...
    • Health Services Staff
      3383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in motor neurone disease posts that were filled at Cork University as of 11 July 2026, in tabular form. [61065/26]
    • Health Services
      3385. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding specialist inherited cardiac services beyond the existing Cardiac Risk in the Young Persons Centre model in order to improve...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3389. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in sales from restaurant/cafe services within South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular...
    • Budget 2027
      3394. To ask the Minister for Health to give consideration to a pre-budget 2027 submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60174/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3395. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment has been undertaken of the impact of waiting times for inherited cardiac disease services on patient well-being and clinical outcomes...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      3400. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate measures being taken to improve patient flow and reduce overcrowding in Beaumont Hospital emergency department pending completion of the...
    • Health Services
      3401. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a TAVI heart procedure. [60955/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3402. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3600 of 28 July 2026, if HSE home care staff are provided with the necessary equipment, such as a laptop or tablet, to...
    • Health Services
      3403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an audiology appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60971/26]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3404. To ask the Minister for Health to address the long waiting time for audiology services in County Kerry, with routine hearing tests currently taking 49 weeks; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60946/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      3406. To ask the Minister for Health following the approval of the Letterkenny University Hospital Model 3 Clinical Care Plan 2026 by the HSE West and North West Management Team, the current...
    • Mental Health Services
      3407. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reopen the adult mental health services that were located in Oaktree Business Park in Trim, County Meath (details supplied). [60995/26]
    • Home Help Service
      3408. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Kerry home help hours that are now outsourced to private providers; the annual cost of this provision in each of the years 2020 to 2026...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      3410. To ask the Minister for Health whether the current level of emergency department overcrowding and admitted patients awaiting inpatient beds at Beaumont Hospital has been assessed as part of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3411. To ask the Minister for Health the specific additional capacity, staffing, bed capacity and patient-flow measures being planned for Beaumont Hospital in advance of the 2026/2027 winter...
    • Departmental Funding
      3414. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of HSE and Exchequer funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2021 to 2025, broken down by individual...
    • Departmental Data
      3415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that waited over 24 hours in the accident and emergency department in University Hospital Kerry in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and...
    • Health Services
      3422. To ask the Minister for Health if an electronic referral and application system is being considered for the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme to reduce administrative burden on...
    • Departmental Funding
      3425. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of reports that the breastfeeding support group at Vernon Avenue Health Centre, Clontarf, may be discontinued due to lack of resources; if she...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting treatment in audiology, by length of time waiting and by age (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      3427. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of HSE and Exchequer funding provided to the community based services operated by an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years...
    • Health Services
      3428. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 872 of 16 June 2026, if she will expand on her commitment to delivering the appropriate services for each person with...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      3429. To ask the Minister for Health the total amounts paid by her Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3433. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60788/26]
    • Departmental Data
      3435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations in each week of 2025 and 2026 to date, by appointment type and hospital, in tabular form. [60773/26]
    • Disability Issues
      3436. To ask the Minister for Health to report on progress to meet her commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was...
    • Health Services
      3437. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of a minor injuries and diagnostic clinic in Killarney, along with a primary care centre for the town; and if she will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      3439. To ask the Minister for Health to address the severe shortage of home help employees across the whole of Kerry, with multiple home help hours being allocated but not fulfilled due to staff...
    • Medical Cards
      3441. To ask the Minister for Health whether she accepts there is an anomaly in that medical card holders have to pay for non-routine blood tests and are advised that if they feel they should not...
    • Home Help Service
      3442. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a regional comparison of home support waiting lists across each HSE Health Region, ranking each region from the largest to the smallest waiting...
    • Home Care Packages
      3443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved and vacant home support worker posts in County Cork, Cork and Kerry HSE Southwest and each HSE Health Region, respectively; the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an ADHD assessment at the beginning and end of each year from 2021 to the latest available date, broken down by children and...
    • Home Care Packages
      3447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting the commencement of a home support in Kerry; the corresponding figures for the same period in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      3450. To ask the Minister for Health whether any interim tucatinib access arrangements are being considered while the tucatinib metastatic cancer medicine reimbursement process is ongoing; and if...
    • Health Services
      3453. To ask the Minister for Health when a Model 4 hub will be in place for the midlands region catering for neurological care including multiple sclerosis; the timeframe for services for...
    • Health Services Staff
      3455. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s plans at National and EU level to ensure that the EU Common Training Framework proposal for physiotherapists does not undermine the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3458. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place where a patient presents at A&E with suspected drink-spiking; the reason hospitals do not carry out toxicology testing in these...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3459. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the HSE’s national environmental health service online portal for registering tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products, the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3460. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of the new Cahersiveen primary care centre, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61181/26]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3461. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the HSE’s national environmental health service online portal for registering tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products, whether...
    • Legislative Measures
      3462. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of the legislation regarding the Public Health (Single Use Vapes) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3464. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the HSE’s national environmental health service online portal for registering tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products, when the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who contacted the GP assignment office, by county, in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60278/26]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      3470. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a dedicated cancer care leave policy for healthcare workers who have undergone cancer treatment, ensuring that critical...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3471. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the disparity between the treatment of Covid related sick leave and cancer related sick leave, particularly in relation to phased return...
    • Health Services Staff
      3472. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the rationale for deducting annual leave from healthcare workers who return to duty on a phased basis following cancer treatment; and if...
    • Hospital Admissions
      3473. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the reason for the cancellation of a surgery (details supplied); and provide an update on when the surgery will be rescheduled. [61433/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent, WTE, consultant paediatric dermatologist posts filled at CHI Temple Street as of 17 August 2026, in tabular form. [61463/26]
    • Health Strategies
      3476. To ask the Minister for Health the current campaigns to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in Ireland and to protect and support those at risk. [60343/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3477. To ask the Minister for Health to review the operation of the critical illness leave policy as it applies to healthcare workers returning to duty following cancer and long Covid, in...
    • Hospital Services
      3478. To ask the Minister for Health with regards to incident data collected by the Dublin Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, SATU, the number of incidents that took place in Tipperary, Limerick and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3479. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that no patient will be informed by any hospital for the remainder of 2026 that their planned operation will not proceed because of financial...
    • Hospital Services
      3480. To ask the Minister for Health with regards to incident data collected by the Mullingar Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, SATU, the number of incidents that took place in Tipperary, Limerick...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, by hospital, who have been informed by the HSE that their operation will not happen this year as the HSE has stated that funding is no...
    • Hospice Services
      3482. To ask the Minister for Health with regards to incident data collected by Waterford Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, SATU, the number of incidents that took place in Tipperary, Limerick and...
    • Medical Cards
      3483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests received for assistance with assignment to a GP or a dentist for medical card holders, free GP card holders, or by persons without such...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively, in each of the years from 2022 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3486. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available through the HSE for persons under 65 who are medically vulnerable or living alone and require a personal monitored alarm; if the HSE...
    • Health Services Staff
      3488. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the current level of staff vacancies for CervicalCheck. [61494/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      3489. To ask the Minister for Health if cardiovascular disease prevention and early detection have been considered by the North-South Ministerial Council in the health sector; if any all-island...
    • Disease Management
      3494. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered extending the Structured Chronic Disease Management Programme beyond the medical card and GP visit card population, as recommended in...
    • Legislative Measures
      3496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of licensees holding a licence issued under section 13 of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 since 2...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3497. To ask the Minister for Health when the new national cardiovascular health policy committed to in the Programme for Government will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      3499. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve trauma services at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [61516/26]
    • Primary Care Centres
      3500. To ask the Minister for Health the services available at each primary care centre within Limerick, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61501/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3502. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which patients who are diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) an autoimmune form of type 1 diabetes, after an initial, and...
    • Legislative Measures
      3503. To ask the Minister for Health if the register of licences established under section 23 of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 will be made...
    • Hospital Services
      3504. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the infrastructure necessary to establish a Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Programme at Cork University...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3505. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for dermatology patch testing at Naas General Hospital; and the number of patients currently awaiting this procedure. [61515/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in maxillofacial surgery posts that were filled at the Mater Hospital as of 17 August 2026, in tabular form. [61514/26]
    • Dental Services
      3508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools in Kildare that did not receive a routine school dental screening visit in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      3509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons posts filled at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital as of 14 August 2026; if she will provide the same figures for...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS GP posts vacant in County Galway as of latest date available; the number of practices closed to new patients; the number of retirements and...
    • Medicinal Products
      3511. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 7 July 2026, to provide an update on the work her Department is doing to progress a pricing and reimbursement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of coronary care beds that have direct telemetry connection to the cardiac care monitoring suites in each model 4 hospital, in tabular form. [61390/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      3514. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [61387/26]
    • Dental Services
      3515. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for grade five patients specifically, given the clinical urgency attached to that classification (details...
    • Legislative Measures
      3516. To ask the Minister for Health if she will amend the Health Act 1970 to ensure that related supports are made available to those with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Industry
      3517. To ask the Minister for Health whether the health insurance authority has examined the impact of increasing orthopaedic excesses and co-payments on access to treatment for older persons who...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      3518. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to legislate for medical professionals to require informed consent before using AI tools for a medical appointment; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3521. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting cataract surgery; if the procedure will be expedited given the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      3522. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to include persons in a same-sex couple in the scheme for free IUI, IVF and ICSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60380/26]
    • Health Services
      3523. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to make hormone replacement therapy free by funding GP consultation costs that are necessary to avail of treatment. [60376/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      3524. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed redevelopment of Beaumont Hospital’s emergency department and associated additional bed capacity, including the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3526. To ask the Minister for Health the additional staffing resources identified as necessary to implement the National Huntington's Disease Care Pathway, including specialist nursing,...
    • Home Care Packages
      3528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support workers employed in County Cork, Cork and Kerry (HSE Southwest) and each HSE Health Region, respectively, at the most recent...
    • Hospice Services
      3530. To ask the Minister for Health to allocate a bed in Caherciveen Community Hospital or Valentia Hospital to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      3532. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the chronic waiting times especially for senior citizens at the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry who have...
    • Dental Services
      3533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists providing services through the dental treatment services scheme per CHN area in each of the years 2022 to date in 2026; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      3534. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly theatre utilisation rate; and the number of scheduled theatre sessions at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan over the past three years, in tabular form....
    • Care Services
      3537. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to ensure an independent body is available to receive complaints in respect of individual cases of mistreatment of users in nursing...
    • Hospital Staff
      3538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant endocrinologists posts filled at Cork University Hospital as of 14 August 2026, in tabular form. [61678/26]
    • Health Services
      3539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE respite beds available in Tipperary in each of the years 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [61676/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting electromyography testing at University Hospital Limerick broken down by waiting time bands; and the average waiting...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3542. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the absence of a diabetic pump is preventing a person (details supplied) with type one diabetes from securing mortgage protection on...
    • Nursing Homes
      3545. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing homes are required to inform HIQA or any other relevant authorities, where there are circumstances giving rise to issues surrounding possible...
    • Home Care Packages
      3547. To ask the Minister for Health the current complaints and oversight arrangements for private home support/care agencies who are delivering care to individuals; and if she will make a...
    • Community Care
      3548. To ask the Minister for Health when a community health care centre (details supplied) will be allocated an occupational therapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61714/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3549. To ask the Minister for Health whether there is any plan to mandate block-booked, same-day scheduling for post-treatment patients when combined imaging (like a mammogram and ultrasound) is...
    • Nursing Homes
      3550. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place in nursing homes to ensure that information given to the family of a resident and, when an ambulance is called, to the ambulance...
    • Health Services Staff
      3551. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of persons appointed, and holding an appointment, under section 17(1)(c) of the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she will detail their roles...
    • Nursing Homes
      3552. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether it is acceptable for a nursing home to have a policy of not informing a resident’s family about an unwitnessed fall early in the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3555. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether any national protocol or escalation pathway exists to ensure that patients on urgent waitlists for diabetic pumps can be...
    • Mental Health Services
      3556. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment by the CAMHS intellectual disability, CAMHS ID, team in Blackrock, Cork; whether support will be...
    • Cancer Services
      3557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on post-cancer surveillance lists; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61638/26]
    • Health Strategies
      3558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of licences issued under section 13 of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 since 2 February 2026,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3559. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a stem cell transplant and cellular therapy centre at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Costs
      3560. To ask the Minister for Health to consider increasing financial supports to radiation therapy students, to include paid final-year clinical internships, travel and accommodation allowances...
    • Hospital Staff
      3561. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff in the mammograms/ultrasounds unit in the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61634/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3562. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the national shortage of Parkinson's nurse specialists; the current number of Parkinson's nurse specialists employed by...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      3564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting months for a CORU application to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59618/26]
    • Child Protection
      3566. To ask the Minister for Health if officials from her Department or the HSE have engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the inclusion of a conference session entitled...
    • Food Safety
      3568. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment, that has been undertaken by her Department or the HSE regarding the nutritional adequacy, composition and safety of milk produced through...
    • Pharmacy Services
      3570. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of the common conditions service; the number of community pharmacists that have undergone training to provide the service; the...
    • Legislative Programme
      3571. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; the timeframe when it will be fully implemented; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      3572. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on work to develop a scheme to train more staff in the acute sector to fit long-acting reversible contraceptives; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      3575. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2378 of 9 June 2026, for an update on plans to extend the UHL hospital campus; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3577. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61813/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      3578. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for physiotherapy services supporting children and young people with cerebral palsy; the vacancy rates where applicable; and if...
    • Cancer Services
      3581. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to further expand the age range for the BreastCheck programme; when it is expected that HIQA will complete its evidence review regarding same; and...
    • Departmental Data
      3582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded cases of cerebral palsy that have been linked to traumatic birth incidents, in each of the past five years; the guidance there is in...
    • Cancer Services
      3583. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to further expand the age range for the national bowel screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61790/26]
    • Health Services
      3584. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of physiotherapy provision available to children and young people diagnosed with cerebral palsy; the average frequency and duration of...
    • Health Services Staff
      3585. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for physiotherapy services supporting children and young people with cerebral palsy, including vacancy rates where applicable; the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3587. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; if the detailed design stage has concluded; if tenders have been issued for this project; ...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      3588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who underwent cardiovascular screening or assessment in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the steps being taken to improve early detection of...
    • Health Services Staff
      3589. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title vacancies currently within HSE Dublin and North East Regional Health Area Mental Health Services; and the expected timeframe for...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3590. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of the new Cahersiveen primary care centre, County Kerry; and if she will the make a statement on the matter. [61180/26]
    • Health Service Executive (1 comment)
      3591. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the HSE's review of the National Huntington's Disease Care Pathway; the measures she is taking to ensure that those with...
    • Nursing Homes
      3592. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61032/26]
    • Home Help Service
      3594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing home support recipients awaiting approved additional home support hours in County Cork, Cork and Kerry (HSE Southwest) and each HSE...
    • Departmental Data
      3595. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and bodies under her aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the number of entries...
    • Departmental Circulars
      3596. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department issued a circular to all section 38 bodies advising of revised probation periods from one year to six months. [61830/26]
    • Health Services
      3597. To ask the Minister for Health her stance on section 38 bodies issuing and enforcing 39 hours-per-week contracts on health and social care professionals despite directive from the HSE that...
    • Health Services Staff
      3598. To ask the Minister for Health if public service staff employment contacts should have been amended in 2022 to reflect the change in hours/pay in 2022. [61828/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      3601. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); the consideration being given to the introduction of free MART inhalers for children aged 12 to 17...
    • Health Strategies
      3603. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need for an independent, governed National register network and Acute-To-Community Framework to establish the number of persons using...
    • Health Services Staff
      3605. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a two-year waiting list for an occupational therapist home assessment has been allowed to develop; the number of persons that are currently waiting...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3606. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3373 of 28 July 2026, the name and address at the time of application for each GP who has so far been identified to...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      3607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026, respectively. [61906/26]
    • Departmental Data
      3608. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and/or her Department at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively. [61905/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3609. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the status of the follow-up appointment at the Rotunda Hospital following a recent procedure; if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3610. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at OLOLH for each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively; and to provide the details and an overview of each project....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-patient and out-patient Did Not Attends at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61902/26]
    • National Children's Hospital
      3614. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 14 July 2026, to set out the total cost of the review, including all fees and expenses paid; the procurement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61892/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      3617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61899/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing positions in place at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61898/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      3620. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal review of OLOLH Drogheda’s model three status has been undertaken; and if so, the status of same. [61890/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3621. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026, respectively, in tabular form. [61897/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      3622. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61896/26]
    • Disability Services
      3623. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the business case outlining the need for additional posts for north Tipperary CDNT in order to bring their WTE to client ratio in line with...
    • Hospital Services
      3624. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for OLOLH Drogheda in each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61895/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3625. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at OLOLH Drogheda, broken down by speciality and in wait time bands (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2026. [61894/26]
    • Emergency Departments
      3626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at OLOLH Drogheda for each of the years 2016 to 2026 respectively, in tabular form. [61893/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      3629. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Government's digitalisation strategy. [61988/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      3630. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the increased incidents in drink spiking and to establish a clear national pathway across hospitals, supported by appropriate...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      3633. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 8 July 2026, whether the NTPF procurement opportunity published on eTenders on 10 August 2026 under...
    • National Children's Hospital
      3634. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 14 July 2026, the terms of reference of that review (details supplied); the total number of recommendations made;...
    • Cancer Services
      3635. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of arrangements to transfer the oncology care of a person (details supplied) from Galway University Hospital to an appropriate service in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3637. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent appointment with an orthopaedic consultant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62013/26]
    • Patient Transport
      3638. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine whether families without advocacy support are being disadvantaged in accessing ambulance transport in exceptional paediatric cases. [61873/26]
    • Hospital Procedures
      3640. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate reports that a family had difficulty securing a trolley for a child (details supplied) in a cast during discharge from Mayo University...
    • Patient Transport
      3642. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and transport arrangements available to families of children with significant mobility limitations attending follow up outpatient appointments....
    • Hospital Procedures
      3643. To ask the Minister for Health she will establish the reason a risk assessment was not carried out before the discharge of a child (details supplied) with a serious injury from Mayo...
    • Patient Transport
      3644. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case (details supplied) in Mayo University Hospital in which a family was reportedly told that ambulance transport was only available to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the dermatology outpatient waiting list at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore; the number categorised as urgent versus...
    • Hospital Staff
      3656. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of consultant dermatologist posts that are sanctioned for Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore; the number of those posts that...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3657. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the proposed 20-bed level three inpatient palliative care facility in Tullamore is expected to commence; when the facility is expected to...
    • Hospice Services
      3658. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the current status of the proposed Midlands Regional Hospice at Arden Lane, Tullamore; the steps completed since planning permission was...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3659. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm that the €24 million committed by Government in December 2023 for the development of a 20-bed level three inpatient palliative care...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3660. To ask the Minister for Health the safety measures being taken in relation to the products on offer from vape shops and specifically HHC products; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      3669. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 818, 814 and 815 of 23 June 2026, if the business case for the development of neurology services at Midlands Regional...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting assessment for, approval for, and implantation of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy; the average and median...
    • Hospital Staff
      3671. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each community neurorehabilitation team in HSE areas (details supplied); the composition of each team, including all clinical and non-clinical...
    • Mortality Rates
      3672. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to direct the HSE to begin the collection of data related to excess mortality rates due to extreme heat events; and if she will make a...
    • Organ Donation
      3673. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Organ Donation and Transplantation Strategy; when it will be published and implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organ Removal
      3675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason lung transplant numbers have not returned to pre-Covid levels with just 16 in 2025; the measures being taken to increase transplant capacity; and...
    • Patient Transport
      3677. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients travelling from County Longford to Tullamore Hospital for appointments weekly in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3678. To ask the Minister for Health To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the appointment could be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3679. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans to ensure that treatment for complex or high risk pregnancies are consultant led in the context of proposals to withdraw private...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3685. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent cardiology appointment. [62249/26]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      3686. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.2086 of 9 June 2026, regarding reimbursement applications under the Cross-Border Directive, for an update on the current...
    • Disability Services
      3687. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) receives an initial assessment from the Community Healthcare Network for East Clare in order that they can be allocated...
    • Hospital Staff
      3688. To ask the Minister for Health if the person who is taking the locum position in Mayo University Hospital has insulin pump training. [62250/26]
    • Vacant Properties
      3689. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will make available for community use, a disused building on the lands and adjacent to the Castleknock health facility, Castleknock Road, Dublin...
    • Health Service Executive
      3690. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is the owner of the buildings and lands at the Castleknock Health Facility, Castleknock Road, Dublin 15, D15 ED74; and will she make a statement on...
    • Dental Services
      3691. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions are available to the five-year denture replacement interval under HSE dental schemes where age-related changes make existing dentures unsuitable...
    • Mental Health Services
      3692. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [62291/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3694. To ask the Minister for Health the current hub and spoke arrangements between Tullamore Hospital, Portlaoise Hospital, St. James’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital for neurology and...
    • Legislative Measures
      3697. To ask the Minister for Health the current legislative position regarding the regulation of vaping and nicotine inhaling products; the progress and anticipated commencement date of...
    • Departmental Regulations
      3698. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 39755 2026, the specific document, protocol or framework, as distinct from the Health Act 2004, the Health Service...
    • Health Service Executive
      3699. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 39755/26, the number of occasions on which the formal escalation process under the HSE Performance and Accountability...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      3700. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 39755/26, the reason the question was referred to the HSE for reply rather than answered directly by her Department...
    • Driver Licences
      3701. To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports to cover the cost of medical exams and eye tests for drivers over the age of 75 in order to renew their driver licence; if these are...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have lost access to a medical card, prescribed medication or other State funded healthcare following the issuing of a return...
    • Health Services Staff
      3706. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment for a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary; the number of children who are now overdue an appointment since the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3708. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [62422/26]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      3709. To ask the Minister for Health if any conferences dedicated to tobacco control or vaping control will take place during the Irish Presidency of the EU; her views on whether such events can...
    • EU Summits
      3710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health related conferences, summits, technical or high level meetings that have been scheduled to be held in Ireland, as part of Ireland's...
    • Hospital Services
      3711. To ask the Minister for Health if €1million in funding will be given to the neurology service in Mullingar Regional Hospital; if so, when this funding will be accessible; and the...
    • Mental Health Services
      3712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason local mental health and psychology support services in Trim, County Meath, were abruptly withdrawn without prior notice in August 2026; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      3713. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the return the advanced paramedic car to Trim, County Meath for use in first responder call outs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      3714. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide funding to an organisation (details supplied) to increase the number of dementia advisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health and Safety
      3716. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address patient safety concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [62468/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3717. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide funding of €100,000 to expand much needed day services for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      3718. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an ambulance base in Killorglin as a matter of priority (details supplied) to University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      3719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2826 of 14 April 2026, if free compression leggings can be provided to all patients diagnosed with lymphoedema every...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3720. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to reduce the waiting time for reimbursement under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if priority can...
    • Protected Disclosures
      3721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints of penalisation connected to protected disclosures that were referred by HSE staff to the Workplace Relations Commission, in 2025;...
    • Health Service Executive
      3722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason referrals to the HSE from the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner doubled to 82 in 2025; whether the HSE has assessed whether this...
    • Protected Disclosures
      3723. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a record tracking the implementation of recommendations arising from upheld and partially upheld protected disclosures from 2023 to...
    • Hospital Transfers
      3724. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients in South Tipperary are not receiving hospital transport; the person or body that is currently operating hospital transport requests for...
    • Health Services
      3725. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to resume OT appointments for children in the primary care centre in Rialto; and her plans to address the staff vacancies. [62528/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      3726. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that was allocated to implement the Lymphoedema /Lipoedema Model of Care by the HSE in 2024, 2025 and 2026; the amount of money spent to...
    • Health Services
      3728. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos 726 and 730 of 14 July 2026, which state that both consultation with clinical experts, patients and advocacy groups was...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      3729. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the increase in cervical screening samples, taken in both community and colposcopy settings across the country, are being taken to laboratories...
    • Medicinal Products
      3730. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the rules and guidance applying to the dispensing of repeat prescriptions for controlled drugs, including medications prescribed for ADHD; whether...
    • Home Care Packages
      3731. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to funding home support packages with a similar scheme to the nursing home support scheme whereby families can keep their loved ones at...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      3732. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the decision of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to refuse financial support for a patient (details supplied) seeking approval...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3733. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on an MRI in the Mater Hospital Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62642/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      3734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical scientists posts filled at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown as of 18 August 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting urodynamics testing at Beaumont Hospital, broken down by length of waiting duration; the average waiting time for the test;...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      3736. To ask the Minister for Health the current timeline in place to clear the surveillance mammogram backlog at the breast health unit at the Mater hospital, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      3740. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1943 of 9 June 2026 and to the HSE reply of 20 August 2026, to provide the agenda, minutes and record of recommendations...
    • Medical Cards
      3741. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the income limit on medical cards for over 70s in line with inflation. [62653/26]
    • Protected Disclosures
      3743. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that alleged endangerment of health and safety was both the single largest category of allegation and the largest share of upheld findings...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3745. To ask the Minister for Health if the planning application for the elective hospital in Cork will be made in September 2026. [62674/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3746. To ask the Minister for Health if the surgical hub in the CUH will open by the end of September 2026. [62675/26]
    • Protected Disclosures
      3747. To ask the Minister for Health further to the HSE Protected Disclosures Annual Report 2025, the details of the specific actions taken by the HSE on foot of each protected disclosure...
    • Hospital Services
      3748. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the proposed reconfiguration of residential services at St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire (details supplied); the rationale for...
    • Health Services
      3749. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the contractual or service arrangements between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in relation to the provision of diagnostic and medical...
    • Hospital Services
      3751. To ask the Minister for Health the current projected timeline for the completion and opening of the surgical hub and ambulatory oncology unit at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she...
    • Health Services Staff
      3756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant gynaecologists currently serving Galway and the HSE west and north-west Health Region; whether there are vacancies in approved...
    • Health Services
      3757. To ask the Minister for Health to support a pre-Budget submission by an organisation (details supplied) for investment in new and expanded dementia-specific day care services; and if she...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3758. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients waiting nationally and in Galway for risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; the average waiting times for...
    • Health Services Staff
      3759. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist plastic surgeons currently available to perform risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; the extent to which...
    • Disease Management
      3760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have developed a recurrence of cancer while waiting for preventative surgery; if that information is recorded; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      3761. To ask the Minister for Health whether Galway may stop accepting new referrals for risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; if so, the contingency arrangements in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3762. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite the provision of a new maternity unit at University Hospital Kerry given the clinical risks to both mother and baby due to the location...
    • Departmental Data
      3764. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all hospitals that ran over budget for the past three years to date; the amount by which each hospital overran its budget; and if she...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3765. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite provision of a primary care unit in Killarney to alleviate and address the pressure on the accident and emergency department in UHK; and if she...
    • Cancer Services
      3767. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite and prioritise the new oncology unit at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62745/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3768. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is progressing plans for a stem cell transplant service at Cork University Hospital; if so, the stage those plans have reached; the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3769. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite provision of a primary care unit in Caherciveen to cater for Caherciveen and the greater Iveragh peninsula; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      3773. To ask the Minister for Health when the Model 3 Report at Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied) will be published along with a plan to address the issues raised by the report....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3774. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a first outpatient gynaecology appointment at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients currently awaiting such...
    • Hospital Services
      3776. To ask the Minister for Health the services which were previously provided at the Monaghan Hospital campus since 2020 which have subsequently transferred to other hospitals; the years that...
    • Departmental Consultations
      3778. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with a person (details supplied). [62812/26]
    • Hospital Transfers
      3779. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and allow for transfer in this case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62810/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3780. To ask the Minister for Health to list the planned services to be delivered in the Swords Primary Care centre; to clarify if any services are guaranteed to be delivered and to list those...
    • Health Service Executive
      3786. To ask the Minister for Health the annual expenditure by the HSE on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62881/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      3787. To ask the Minister for Health if she will seek a review of whether the current Lifetime Community Rating system remains appropriate for the economic circumstances facing the squeezed...
    • Departmental Data
      3791. To ask the Minister for Health the current clinical capacity of the Supra-Regional Endometriosis Centre operated by Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of outpatient clinics and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3798. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has considered introducing a free shingles vaccination programme for adults aged 60 years and over, given that approximately half of all shingles...
    • Health Services
      3800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia-specific day care places currently available nationally and by CHO area; the number of people currently on waiting lists for such...
    • Health Service Executive
      3802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded early-stage dementia support programmes currently in operation, including community activity groups and cognitive support programmes;...
    • Health Services
      3803. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of cognitive stimulation therapy programmes for people living with dementia in each CHO area; the number of participants who accessed such...
    • Health Services Staff
      3804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia advisers currently employed nationwide; the areas where vacancies exist; the average caseload per adviser; whether additional posts...
    • Home Care Packages
      3805. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of provision of the day care at home service for people living with dementia; the number of individuals availing of the service in each CHO...
    • Budget 2027
      3807. To ask the Minister for Health whether additional funding will be provided in Budget 2027 for the development of new dementia-specific day care centres and the expansion of existing...
    • Dental Services
      3815. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to provide a facility that dentists in Limerick can refer special needs patients to, as these are patients who need sedation or...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3816. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address delays in access to cerebral angiograms and other neurovascular diagnostic procedures at Beaumont Hospital; the average...
    • Hospital Procedures
      3817. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a formal catheter cerebral angiogram in Beaumont Hospital since it was...
    • Departmental Advertising
      3818. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2282 of 9 June 2026, and the finding that only 1% of 2,216 applicants stated they saw the advertisement in a journal,...
    • Hospital Staff
      3819. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2282 of 9 June 2026, and her statement that individual publications are not tracked to individual appointments, to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      3820. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2282 of 9 June 2026,, the total amount spent by the HSE and by Public Jobs on advertising consultant posts in medical...
    • Disability Services
      3822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults awaiting respite services and residential placements in Kildare North; the measures being taken to increase respite and...
    • Hospital Staff
      3823. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the request from the Cork University Hospital chief executive for a derogation from current employment restrictions, and for approval of 172...
    • Mental Health Services
      3830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women referred to specialist perinatal mental health services who did not attend their initial assessment in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025...
    • Health Service Executive
      3838. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE monitors compliance by maternity units and community services with the national guideline on assessment of postnatal mental health, whether...
    • Waste Management
      3844. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department ever carried out or supported the Local Authority on an environmental study into the lands of the former Dunsink landfill and the...
    • Departmental Data
      3845. To ask the Minister for Health the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in her Department in each of the past five years. [62988/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      3846. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous queries, the steps being taken by her Department to address concerns which have been raised by practice tutor radiographers within the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3847. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on steps being taken by her Department to ensure healthcare professionals suffering from long covid can qualify for a critical...
    • Health Service Executive
      3848. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive intends to review the funding, oversight or governance arrangements in place for an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Funding
      3851. To ask the Minister for Health if any public funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) is being used, directly or indirectly, to support that organisation's national...
    • Health Service Executive
      3852. To ask the Minister for Health the nature and purpose of the funding provided by the Health Service Executive to an organisation (details supplied); the specific conditions, if any,...
    • Mental Health Services
      3854. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of proposed changes to the regulation of psychotherapists by Coru, her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the lack of continued...
    • Health Services
      3857. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of the apparent regulatory gap whereby the Medical Council regulates individual medical practitioners but does not regulate clinics...
    • Disability Services
      3860. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2830 of 28 July 2026, for an update on the North Tipperary CDNT recruitment campaigns for a basic grade social worker,...
    • Medical Qualifications
      3861. To ask the Minister for Health the process used to authenticate a qualification was awarded to a named applicant, in respect of HSE and agency appointments where an educational...
    • Departmental Data
      3866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances and the number of in-patient admissions for asthma among children aged 17 years-of-age and under in each of the...
    • Health Services
      3867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years-of-age dispensed an inhaled corticosteroid and formoterol combination inhaler under the general medical services scheme,...
    • Cancer Services
      3868. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of patients attending a hospital (details supplied) in relation to the condition of some radiation therapy...
    • Health Services
      3869. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to providing dedicated endometriosis services at the Women’s Health Hub in Tralee (details supplied); whether...
    • Home Help Service
      3871. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that some home support recipients are being left without essential assistance at weekends due to shortages of available carers, if she will...
    • Health Service Executive
      3872. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is aware of any assessment undertaken by an organisation (details supplied) concerning induced lactation in men, including the nutritional...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      3876. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has provided education, training, seminars or other professional education to HSE staff in the past five years; if so,...
    • Departmental Data
      3879. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all peer-reviewed studies, systematic reviews, clinical guidelines or other scientific evidence considered by her Department or HSE in relation...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      3885. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for routine mammograms and surveillance mammograms for former breast cancer patients in County Mayo and the Saolta University Health...
    • Hospital Services
      3887. To ask the Minister for Health whether staffing shortages, equipment availability, or capacity constraints are contributing to delays in breast imaging services in Mayo and the wider Saolta...
    • Departmental Staff
      3891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in her Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63353/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      3893. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted any policy or guidance recommending the replacement of the terms “mother” and “breastfeeding” with...
    • Health Services Staff
      3895. To ask the Minister for Health if any HSE funding provided an organisation (details supplied) is used to deliver or support education or training for HSE staff; the number of staff...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      3896. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms that apply where organisations receiving public funding or working in partnership with the HSE provide professional education to...
    • Land Issues
      3898. To ask the Minister for Health if a folio of land has been sold by the HSE to a company (details supplied); to outline the engagement between the company and HSE in relation to this land;...
    • Departmental Data
      3899. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine, emergency medicine registrars and senior house officer in emergency medicine that were on duty each night...
    • Women's Health
      3900. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the dedicated additional funding invested into Women's Health since 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      3901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed in Portlaoise Hospital for each of the following years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and will she...
    • Health Services Staff
      3903. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter relating to psychiatric nurses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63432/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      3904. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under her Department’s remit who were considered to be public...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      3906. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by her Department on an annual and county basis since...
    • Dental Services
      3907. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the issues raised by Dublin Dental University Hospital (details supplied); and urgently implement the Smile agus Slainte plan; and if she...
    • Health Services Staff
      3908. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment process for the OT post in both adult disability and paediatrics in Longford; and the timeline for when the post is...
    • Health Services
      3909. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of proposals to withdraw private maternity services, the maternity care pathways that will be available to women assessed as being at normal...
    • Mental Health Services
      3910. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Q2 2025 and q2 2026 per health region; per those waiting under three months, and greater than 3 months,...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3911. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the €24 million committed by Government for the building of a level 3 inpatient facility in Tullamore remains available for the completion...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3920. To ask the Minister for Health the formal relationship exists between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied); whether the HSE has been consulted regarding the content and speakers...
    • Ambulance Service
      3925. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the decision by the National Ambulance Service to restrict newly qualified community paramedics in Clare and other regions to daytime-only...
    • Health Services Staff
      3926. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department holds data on the gender composition of psychiatric and general nursing workforces, in the period enhanced psychiatric nursing pension...
    • National Children's Hospital
      3927. To ask the Minister for Health the current total sanctioned and projected final cost of the National Children's Hospital; the amount expended to date; the total value of contractor claims...
    • Health Services Staff
      3930. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 37 nurses who are due to complete their internships in September have been left without a position in UHK. [63620/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3931. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an operation for a person (details supplied). [63647/26]
    • Hospital Services
      3932. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CCU beds in each coronary centre that have ‘live connected real time monitoring’ to the coronary care unit control centre...
    • Health Services Staff
      3934. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses per CHN in September 2024, 2025, and 2026; the total population serviced by each public health nurse team per CHN; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      3936. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists and senior psychologists posts that were filled at Donegal CAMHS services as of 18 August 2026; if she will provide...
    • Health Services
      3937. To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services currently available to Donegal based adults and children at Letterkenny University Hospital; if there are plans to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals currently waiting for complex menopause services in County Donegal, by the length of time waiting that is up to 3 months, between...
    • Medicinal Products
      3939. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she has had with the HSE in relation to the eligibility of a drug (details supplied) for rebate or coverage for people...
    • Ambulance Service
      3940. To ask the Minister for Health whether any review has been carried out into ambulance resource levels, staffing requirements or fleet capacity in County Donegal in light of population...
    • Health Services
      3941. To ask the Minister for Health the current live caseload for public health nursing teams per each CHN; the list of the teams per CHN where the HSE National Caseload Prioritisation Procedure...
    • Ambulance Service
      3949. To ask the Minister for Health if community paramedics will be permitted to work NAS shift patterns that reflect local patient demand and not just day time hours. [63699/26]
    • Health Services
      3950. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding for a transport application (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63720/26]
    • Hospital Equipment
      3952. To ask the Minister for Health the progress achieved to date in regards of upgrading the radiology equipment at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown as outlined in the 2025 HSE Capital Plan....
    • Health Services
      3953. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that have been allocated to implementing the Hereditary Cancel Model Of Care in each of the years 2023 to date in 2026, in tabular form....
    • Health Services Staff
      3955. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 861 of 7 July 2026, the status of the verification exercise being conducted by the HSE to ensure compliance with the...
    • Hospital Services
      3956. To ask the Minister for Health the average time to admission, the waiting time distribution, and the number of patients leaving without being seen in all emergency departments, by site, in...
    • Health Service Executive
      3958. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a single consolidated figure for total HSE expenditure on agency and locum staffing across all statutory and voluntary (Section 38) services in...
    • Health Services
      3959. To ask the Minister for Health to provide records for all outsourced procedures in 2025 for certain specialist areas (details supplied); the overall cost per speciality area; the individual...
    • Health Strategies
      3961. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3870 of 28 July 2026, to provide an update on the development of the two-year action plan to guide the implementation of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      3962. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 8 July 2026, if she will respond to a request for a meeting (details supplied). [63796/26]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      3963. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried out to identify children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) at the earliest stage of life to limit the development of...
    • Health Services Staff
      3964. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1231 of 26 May 2026, which did not include the supplier breakdown requested, to provide the ten highest paid agency and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3965. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed primary care centre (details supplied); if it has progressed from the early planning stage, as outlined in the Comptroller and...
    • Health Services
      3967. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the policy with respect to the use of artificial intelligence in consultations; and the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3969. To ask the Minister for Health to provide copies of the documents issued to members of the Mid West Health Planning Board which sets out its remit, powers, responsibilities, reporting...
    • Health Services
      3970. To ask the Minister for Health if a digital sovereignty assessment has been, or will be, carried out as part of the procurement process for the National Electronic Health Record (EHR)...
    • Health Service Executive
      3971. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 902 of 14 July 2026, to provide an update on the review of the clinical director role, commissioned by the HSE's Chief...
    • Mental Health Services
      3972. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time equivalent staff specifically assigned to acute and crisis mental health services, including emergency department liaison...
    • Hospital Services
      3976. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify whether due to a lack of neurosurgeons in Galway, individuals who suffer a traumatic brain injury whose closest hospital is Galway University...
    • Health Services Staff
      3977. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time equivalent staff working in adult mental health services, by staff grade and health region; the number of approved posts...
    • Medicinal Products
      3978. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department is considering reimbursing the cost of GLP-1 drugs for preventative uses such as in cases where a person is pre-diabetic or suffers...
    • Health Services
      3981. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports currently available to assist low-income households with the costs of travelling to and accessing healthcare services, including travel...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3985. To ask the Minister for Health whether plans are in place to increase the number of GPs in North Kildare given the increase in population that is due over the coming years; and if she will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3986. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Phase 2 of the Single Point of Access (SPoA) model for children's disability, primary care and child and adolescent mental health...
    • Ambulance Service
      3988. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service personnel who have recently qualified as community paramedics but have not yet been deployed in those roles; the...
    • Medical Cards
      3989. To ask the Minister for Health the income thresholds which now apply for the medical card and the GP-only card; the current level of population eligible for each scheme; and the way in...
    • Health Services Staff
      3990. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that Ireland has only one dedicated specialist HD nurse for the entire national population (details supplied); if she will contrast this lack...
    • Care Services
      3992. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams currently available to providers of supported care homes to undertake essential repair, maintenance and health and safety works; the total...
    • Health Service Executive
      3993. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to reduce its continued reliance on paper-based patient records and administrative documentation across the health service;...
    • Home Care Packages
      3994. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting home care supports at the end of Q1 2026 within the catchment area of each level 4 acute hospital within each HSE region; and...
    • Care Services
      3995. To ask the Minister for Health the reason recorded for each delayed transfer of care at each level 4 and level 3 hospital within each HSE region, disaggregated by category (details...
    • Departmental Data
      3997. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of inpatient beds available at each level 4 and level 3 hospital within each HSE region in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in...
    • Health Services Staff
      3999. To ask the Minister for Health the reason fully qualified paramedics currently sitting on active HSE and NAS recruitment panels have not been offered formal positions to fill critical...
    • Hospital Facilities
      4001. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request that the Saolta University Health Care Group review the utilisation of the cystic fibrosis unit at Mayo University Hospital, with a view...
    • Hospital Staff
      4011. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure by Cork University Hospital on agency staff and overtime respectively, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by staff category; and if she will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      4012. To ask the Minister for Health the normal weekly operating hours of CT scanning services at Cork University Hospital; the number of hours of capacity lost in 2025 and 2026 to date due to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      4013. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a paediatric neurology appointment at Cork University Hospital; the number of appointments cancelled or postponed in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      4014. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments, procedures and diagnostic appointments at Cork University Hospital cancelled or postponed in 2025 and 2026 to date...
    • Health Services Staff
      4015. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved and funded whole-time equivalent posts at Cork University Hospital which are currently vacant, by grade and profession; the number...
    • Healthcare Policy
      4016. To ask the Minister for Health the digital sovereignty considerations that are being applied to the procurement of the National Electronic Health Record system, in view of a matter (details...
    • Health Services Staff
      4017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts, of the 74 posts identified for agency conversion in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, that have been converted to HSE posts to date, by...
    • Health Service Executive
      4018. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted a formal patient-safety or service-risk assessment arising from concerns communicated by senior management at Cork University...
    • Nursing Homes
      4019. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to monitor the quality, nutritional value and adequacy of food provided to residents in both public and private nursing homes; whether...
    • Hospital Services
      4021. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the current neonatal capacity at the Midlands regional Hospital Mullingar; specifically the number of neonatal cots available at...
    • Nursing Homes
      4022. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration is being given to increasing the frequency of unannounced inspections of nursing homes by HIQA and other relevant authorities, including...
    • Hospital Transfers
      4023. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients identified as clinically suitable for transfer from Cork University Hospital to Mallow General Hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      4024. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to the 24 additional inpatient beds opened at Mallow General Hospital since their opening, by month; the number transferred...
    • Departmental Data
      4025. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from the midlands region of counties county Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford who travelled to St. James's Hospital Dublin for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      4026. To ask the Minister for Health the number of total hip replacements and total number of knee replacement procedures carried out at the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore in 2024, 2025 and...
    • Disability Services
      4029. To ask the Minister for Health the number of blind or visually impaired children and young people currently receiving support from children’s disability network teams and primary...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Bodies
      4030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59570/26]
    • Medical Research and Training
      4031. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason diagnostic radiography students are not getting the same financial support for travel and accommodation as nursing and midwife...
    • Third Level Education
      4032. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to support integration between Maynooth University and the surrounding community, including transport links and student...
    • Research and Development
      4033. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of citizen science applied by his Department and by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland for policy, funding and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4041. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was...
    • Research and Development
      4042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether Ireland has proposed the inclusion of citizen science or citizen-generated data in the Council Conclusions being advanced during its...
    • Departmental Advertising
      4046. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the...
    • Freedom of Information
      4047. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      4048. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for students undertaking Level 9 postgraduate qualification in play therapy, as the course is only available part time in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      4049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time it took from Phase 1 to completion each apprenticeship, by trade in County Louth in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular...
    • Research Funding
      4051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the concerns raised (details supplied) to research funding in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60137/26]
    • Further and Higher Education
      4052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Government of Ireland scholarships granted for 2026/2027; the country of origin of all recipients; if all recipients have obtained...
    • Third Level Education
      4053. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with organisations (details supplied) and relevant accreditation bodies following the closure of a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      4055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided in relation to the recent liquidation of a training college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure incurred by his Government Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years, broken down by...
    • Disability Issues
      4057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      4058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a detailed up-to-date report on a site (details supplied) in Killarney which is earmarked for development as a training college for the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      4059. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person in County Laois (details supplied) is not being offered a full time tutoring contract; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      4060. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person has visited a school (details supplied) to date in 2026; and if so the purpose of the visit. [61510/26]
    • Visa Applications
      4061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take to address concerns related to the approval of visa applications made by Palestinian students (details supplied); and...
    • Third Level Costs
      4062. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which income earned by students during the summer period is treated in SUSI assessments; if he accepts that summer employment is...
    • Public Sector Staff
      4069. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the number...
    • Visa Applications
      4071. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any engagement he has had with Higher Education facilities in relation to the approval of visa applications made by...
    • Further and Higher Education
      4073. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that projects (details supplied) are adequately funded. [61987/26]
    • Education and Training Provision
      4074. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to Skillnet Ireland in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; the accumulated surplus in the National Training Fund...
    • Further and Higher Education
      4075. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will revert directly to the person raising these issues; and if...
    • Third Level Fees
      4077. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of a ‘second chance’ provision to ensure students undertaking a repeat year or changing...
    • Third Level Costs
      4078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the management company of a facility (details supplied) charge students for service charges, utilities and so on; the amount which...
    • Education Schemes
      4079. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the development of a youth exchange scheme with Canada allowing young people and second level schools to engage in such exchanges;...
    • Student Accommodation
      4081. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commissioned research into the current market rents for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) units; to provide the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      4082. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently examine a matter and allow for a path forward to diploma for students affected by the liquidation of a company (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4083. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62942/26]
    • Third Level Admissions
      4084. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that apply to Hear/Dare; the number that were accepted; the number that are given ineligible rejected from 2020 to 2026,...
    • Departmental Functions
      4085. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five years. [62989/26]
    • Third Level Fees
      4086. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reintroducing a €1,000 college-fee reduction, in light of the ongoing financial pressures facing families due to the...
    • Education Policy
      4087. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education concerning induced lactation in men forms part of any accredited qualification or continuing professional development programme...
    • Departmental Staff
      4092. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      4093. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the student contribution charge for free eligible students was reduced from €2,500 to €2,200; and...
    • International Protection
      4094. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department has considered any specific arrangements for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine who entered the State as...
    • Departmental Bodies
      4096. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were considered...
    • Industrial Relations
      4097. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the pay claim agreement arrived at with respect to community training centre staff following negotiations with an...
    • Education and Training Provision
      4098. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason State funding for Skillnet business networks has not increased in line with inflation despite a National Training Fund surplus...
    • Third Level Fees
      4103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for clear guidance for higher education institutions regarding applying EU fee status to students living here under...
    • Education Policy
      4104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63898/26]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      4105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeship options which will be available for enrolment in the coming academic year; and the level of respective...
    • Grant Payments
      4106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maintenance grant rates and income thresholds for the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63910/26]
    • Education and Training Provision
      4107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of courses and places available in the upcoming academic year under Springboard and under the human capital initiative; whether new...
    • Grant Payments
      4108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will become eligible for maintenance payments for postgraduate study in 2026. [63908/26]
    • Further and Higher Education
      4109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying occupational therapy, dietetics, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, psychology and psychotherapy in...
    • Education Standards
      4110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on works to create a loan scheme for medical students that will see their debts written off if they choose to stay working...
    • Student Visas
      4113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with Irish higher education institutions regarding Palestinian students who have secured places on...
    • Education and Training Provision
      4114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the provision of new facilities at Magee College, Derry following the allocation of Shared Island Funding and the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      4115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to PQ Nos. 6899/26 and 50256/26, the timeframe for the appointment of a design team (details supplied). [64115/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of each capital project over €1 million in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Bodies
      4118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Education Schemes
      4119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a detailed progress report in regards to the RRDF scheme for Cahersiveen town in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Library Projects
      4121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received a proposal from Cork City Council for funding of a temporary location for a new library in the Mahon Blackrock...
    • Departmental Schemes
      4122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department offers funding schemes for local authorities to develop or refurbish parks used for skateboarding; and if he...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      4124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will meet with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60182/26]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      4126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web...
    • Departmental Schemes
      4127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the local improvement scheme in each of the years 2025 to 2026; the proposed...
    • Freedom of Information
      4128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in...
    • Departmental Staff
      4129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff and units that comprise his Department. [59879/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      4130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to support an application for the upgrading of equipment to ensure rescue operations are carried out with the latest and most...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      4132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding to an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      4133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he can assist the Killarney Innovation Centre with funding for an important project in County Kerry (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amounts paid by his Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date...
    • Disability Issues
      4138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken...
    • Departmental Funding
      4139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding (private roads) to County Kerry to address issues...
    • Departmental Policies
      4141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available to a person under 65 years-of-age who requires a personal monitored alarm but is ineligible for...
    • Departmental Staff
      4143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      4144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht [59574/26]
    • Local Area Plans
      Is fiú a nótáil go dtagann cúrsaí a bhaineann le pleanáil agus tithíocht sa Ghaeltacht faoi réim an Achta um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2024. Dá...
    • Departmental Schemes
      4146. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide multi year certainty for SICAP funding to allow for workforce planning in counties experiencing increased...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      4147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if County Offaly will receive a rural recreation officer; the expected timeline for appointment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      4149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of CAP and LEADER programme arrangements relating to County Offaly; the expected timeline for issuing updated...
    • Rural Schemes
      4153. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if targeted supports or alternative funding pathways will be provided for groups in County Offaly that were unsuccessful due to...
    • Departmental Funding
      4155. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan and Monaghan...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      4156. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the decision to deem the preliminary application of the...
    • Rural Schemes
      4157. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is aware of delays in project approvals arising from uncertainty around LEADER transitional arrangements; the impact this...
    • Departmental Schemes
      4163. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to introduce minimum notice periods for changes to SICAP or IPAS related funding streams to ensure adequate...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4164. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years....
    • Departmental Data
      4166. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details regarding the organisations that register with his Department to apply for Government grants (details...
    • Rural Schemes
      4168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to expedite RRDF funding for the Killorglin town centre project from Laune Bridge to Bunkers Roundabout; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      4169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      4170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      4171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an...
    • Departmental Schemes
      4172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available under each measure of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme 2026; the maximum allocation available...
    • Rural Schemes
      4173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding available statewide under CLÁR 2026; the total value of applications received; the amount sought in...
    • Community Development Projects
      4176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided to women’s groups, clubs, networks and women’s sheds through schemes administered by his...
    • Hedge Cutting
      4178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider bringing forward a grant scheme to assist community groups in carrying out hedge and verge cutting on routes...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      4179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le bonneagar cuain a fhorbairt ar Inis Meáin agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [63930/26]

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