Written answers
Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Climate Change Policy
8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report issued by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council titled the Hidden Costs of Inaction...
- Energy Policy
9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to urgently address Ireland's isolation in the context of oil and gas and all aspects of energy demands and expedite the...
- Energy Conservation
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the work being done to introduce high temperature heat pumps in the UK; and if he will consider...
- Electricity Generation
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on small scale renewable electricity generation; if he is satisfied with progress being made; and if he...
- Weather Events
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to prepare Ireland for increasingly extreme weather; the concrete measures that have been...
- Environmental Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he and his Department are taking to establish serious offences for environmental damage, creating personal...
- Climate Change Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to a recent United Nations Environment Programme report which concluded that global warming is certain to...
- Energy Prices
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to support consumers financially burdened by rising energy prices. [65973/26]
- Energy Conservation
25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether consideration is being given to the introduction of a boiler replacement or scrappage scheme for households that do...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding developing guidelines for solar...
- Climate Change Policy
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding transferred from the NORA levy to the Climate Action Fund (CAF) in each of the years from 2020...
- Data Centres
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commission a report into the number of data centres that the Irish energy grid and water networks can handle;...
- Energy Conservation
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken to reduce waiting times under the warmer homes scheme; the target waiting time for applicants by...
- Renewable Energy Generation
30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to ensure that local communities are provided with clear, accessible and...
- Energy Prices
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expand the role of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to regulate retail consumer energy prices. [65840/26]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input his Department has had into the development of wind energy development guidelines as initiated by the Department...
- Electricity Transmission Network
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the up-to-date position in relation to the implementation of additional legislative measures to protect electricity...
- Wind Energy Generation
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions being taken to address delays in the development of offshore wind energy projects; the reasons a number of...
- Energy Prices
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that are being taken to reduce household electricity bills. [65958/26]
- Electricity Generation
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the general scheme of the Private Wires Bill 2025; and when he expects legislation to be...
- Electricity Transmission Network
40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that investment in electricity generation and grid infrastructure keeps pace with...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input his Department has had into the development of the revised Wind Energy Guidelines. [65691/26]
- Energy Production
42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the plans, to 2030, for the development of district and communal heating systems. [65853/26]
- Climate Change Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the particular challenges associated with decarbonising rural homes that remain dependent on oil...
- Waste Management
46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he, or his senior officials, have had any meetings with National Waste Collection Permit Office since March 2025; the...
- Climate Change Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role he envisages for sustainable bio-liquids, renewable liquid fuels and other lower carbon heating solutions in...
- Energy Prices
49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current number of consumers in arrears regarding electricity bills; and the cadence at which such data is reported to...
- Energy Conservation
50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that are being taken to reduce the applications backlog in the warmer homes scheme. [65851/26]
- Data Centres
51. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in implementing the requirement that new data centre developments match at least 80% of their electricity...
- Litter Pollution
53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is proposed to implement additional measures that would assist in the reduction of littering in public places and...
- Data Centres
54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has read a report (details supplied); and to outline his plans to deal with the increased costs of electricity for...
- Energy Prices
55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department hopes to introduce as part of the budget to reduce energy costs for businesses. [65852/26]
- Energy Conservation
56. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of grants that have been awarded for geothermal heat pump systems, by county, for each of the years 2024, 2025...
- Energy Prices
57. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional supports he is considering to help families cope with increasing home-heating oil prices. [65816/26]
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Childcare Services
63. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made towards the Programme for Government's commitments to further reduce childcare costs for families;...
- Public Services Provision
73. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment her Department has made of the potential discriminatory impact of the increasing move by Government Departments and...
- Disability Services
74. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she considers it acceptable that the HSE has been unable to provide complete national data on the distance from home at which...
- Parental Leave
77. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the unfair situation where parents working in private industry are limited to parental leave to the age of 12 for their...
- Mother and Baby Homes
78. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will expand the mother and baby institutions payment scheme to include survivors who are currently excluded. [65898/26]
- Childcare Services
79. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is exploring mechanisms to ease the administrative burden on childcare providers who are in core funding. [65704/26]
- Disability Services
80. 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. [64901/26]
- Disabilities Assessments
81. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting on an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, by county; and the longest length of...
- Health Service Executive
82. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of disability residential and respite properties operated by the HSE, section 38 organisations and section 39...
- Childcare Services
83. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider reforming the administration of the national childcare scheme to ensure that parents are not financially...
- Disability Services
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for the Children's Disability Network Team services in Galway and nationally; the vacancies that currently...
- Health Service Executive
93. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE Single Point of Access for children's services has launched; the HSE regions it is operational in; the number of...
- Child and Family Agency
95. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure Budget 2027 invests in not-for-profit residential care for children in the care of the State. [65904/26]
- Disability Services
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing multi annual funding arrangements for capital projects undertaken by disability service providers...
- Detention Centres
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a resolution has been agreed with her Department and a union (details supplied) on the ongoing industrial action in Oberstown...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
103. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment undertaken of childcare capacity in Galway East; the measures being taken to create additional childcare places in...
- Childcare Services
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on her consultation with childminders. [65901/26]
- Disabilities Assessments
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the implementation of the new Autism Assessment and Intervention Pathway Protocol; and the number of the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase the availability of afterschool childcare spaces. [65745/26]
- Disabilities Assessments
111. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the urgent additional measures are being taken to bring down the number on waiting lists for assessment of needs in County Mayo....
- Early Childhood Care and Education
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria applied in prioritising projects for the current phase of the State-led Early Learning and Childcare Capital Programme;...
- Disability Services
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to increase day services for adults with intellectual disabilities in County Meath; the number of new...
- Health Service Executive
119. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the targets that have been established for the new Autism Assessment and Intervention Pathway Protocol in relation to the number of...
- Disability Services
123. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Budget 2027 will include a multi-annual funding framework for disability services, covering both current and capital...
- Disabilities Assessments
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Cavan and Monaghan that received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe in the years 2024 to...
- Children in Care
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline measures to encourage greater numbers into fostering. [65731/26]
- Childcare Services
127. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the latest update on the Programme for Government commitment to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200...
- Child and Family Agency
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress of the restructuring of special care; and whether consideration is being given to dealing with...
- Disability Services
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to improve transport supports for persons with disabilities accessing respite care services. [65693/26]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to deliver a reduction in childcare costs towards the Programme for Government's target of €200 per...
- Disability Issues
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline measures to increase employment opportunities for those with learning disabilities. [65729/26]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to increase foreign aid funding for an organisation (details supplied). [66137/26]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Policies
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will...
- EU Regulations
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR); and a timeline for its implementation here....
- Departmental Schemes
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households receiving fuel allowance that qualify for the warmer homes schemes; the number of fuel allowance...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, since when has the National Train Control Centre project appeared on the register;...
- Driver Licences
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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...
- Road Safety
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the sale of e-scooters will be regulated; the penalties to wholesalers, retailers or other businesses for selling...
- Departmental Policies
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a...
- Traffic Management
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the congestion on the M1; if he has plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66101/26]
- Taxi Regulations
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the regulatory assessment of dispatch operator licensing in Ireland in the context of ensuring that the...
- Bus Services
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA are reviewing the timetables for the 350 and 351 bus services; if he will consider changing the timetables following customer...
- Coast Guard Service
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual value of the fixed-wing element of the Irish Coast Guard search and rescue aviation contract (details supplied), separately...
- Departmental Schemes
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of recipients and the total value of payments made under the 2026 road transporters support scheme to operators based in...
- Bus Services
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of providers with addresses in County Offaly awarded contracts to provide Local Link services in each of the years...
- Departmental Advertising
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 14 May 2026, for a breakdown of each figure as provided by an organisation (details...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
171. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the current inheritance tax rules for people inheriting a family home are under review in light of rising house prices. [66106/26]
- Financial Services
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding retailers, vendors and event organisers refusing to accept cash for payment (details supplied) [66140/26]
- Housing Schemes
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by amending the help-to-buy scheme to reduce the LTV ratio 85% with a maximum relief of €30,000. [66208/26]
- Banking Sector
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the lack of retail banking branch services on the northside of Limerick city following consecutive branch closures in recent years; the...
- Financial Services
178. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 8 May 2025, to provide updated information on the total number and value held in dormant authorised funds, that...
- Tax Code
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the income tax exemption limits for persons aged over 65 years of age to €22,000 for a single person and...
- Official Engagements
180. To ask the Minister for Finance If he had a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Finance Minister at the most recent G20 meeting in the Unites States. [66271/26]
- Prize Bonds
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of prize bonds prizes that are unclaimed or could not be claimed due to the person who held them being deceased, by county of residence last known,...
- Tax Credits
182. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider the Ireland active budget to allow a tax credit on gym and pool memberships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66334/26]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Projects
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the status of the Financial Management Shared Service Project; the outcome of the full review of the potential...
- Budget 2027
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a pre-Budget submission (details supplied); if he will give consideration to the asks therein; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policies
185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a...
- Public Services Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has plans to introduce a 'tell us once' approach whereby people would be able to inform a single public body...
- Public Procurement Contracts
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procurement process by which the contractor for the retrofit of Áras an tSáile, Renmore, Galway, was appointed, including...
- Public Sector Pay
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to correspondence (details supplied), the engagement he or members of his Department has had with an organisation on the topic...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on applications by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66090/26]
- Departmental Policies
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place could be provided for a child (details supplied). [66027/26]
- School Staff
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of teachers who have taken up roles in primary schools possibly being left waiting six to eight weeks to be paid post...
- School Transport
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of specialised school transport for a person (details supplied); if a new service will be implemented; and...
- Schools Building Projects
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the proposed building extension for a school (details supplied). [66145/26]
- Schools Amalgamation
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has specific plans to amalgamate schools (details supplied). [66216/26]
- School Transport
211. 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 transport ticket application; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has specific plans to undertake building works to a school (details supplied) in the future. [66213/26]
- School Staff
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will review the policy whereby the first 40 days of substitute teaching undertaken by teachers on career break are paid at a flat...
- Schools Building Projects
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has specific plans to undertake building works to expand a school (details supplied) in the future. [66210/26]
- School Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for retaining a 90-day limit on substitute teaching by qualified teachers on career break while no equivalent restriction applies...
- School Transport
217. 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 issue; and if she will address...
- School Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to aligning the deadline for career break applications with the publication of policies relating to...
- State Examinations
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the State Examinations Commission website is fit for purpose and provides students, parents and teachers with clear and...
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport for a breakdown of the sports grants available from his Department for local sports clubs, from local authorities for local...
- Gender Equality
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the outcome of his discussions with representatives of associations (details supplied) in relation to their integration...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review a situation regarding apartments (details supplied) that have been refused access to the Fire Defects Remediation...
- Local Authorities
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carer's allowance and carer's benefit is disregarded from income assessed for local authority housing; and the income that...
- Defective Building Materials
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 will take place; if it will be published; if there is a timeline for...
- Departmental Data
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make...
- Departmental Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications approved, in progress and refused under the Land Acquisition Fund; by local authority, by year to...
- Housing Schemes
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a dwelling being disposed of by a lender, receiver, mortgagee-in-possession or pursuant to a court judgment, can be...
- Legislative Programme
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to progress section 47 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024; and if...
- Departmental Reviews
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the departmental review on income thresholds is due to be completed. [66056/26]
- Vacant Properties
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that a building which was not previously used as a dwelling is eligible for the Vacant Property Refurbishment...
- Departmental Funding
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the third call under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund announced on 28 May 2024; if the funding to...
- Water Supply
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any private investment for the Water Supply Project Eastern and Midlands Region has been sought, negotiated, or secured...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Budget 2027
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will give a commitment in the upcoming budget to eliminate and publish a definitive timeline to abolish the carer's...
- Employment Schemes
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers that availed of the wage subsidy scheme for those with disabilities in 2025; the number of employees;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to increase the weekly rate of carer's allowance and carer's benefit to €325 to recognise the additional...
- Home Care Packages
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to address the shortfall in respite services, and the promised statutory home support scheme; and if there will be...
- Social Welfare Benefits
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of the hardship caused when carers reach pension age and are in receipt of carer’s allowance; if he...
- Departmental Data
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Schemes
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received by the Community Welfare Service for basic supplementary welfare allowance, for...
- Social Welfare Offices
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseeker signing and certification appointments conducted in person at each Intreo centre and branch office in...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timetable for the extension of online appointment booking for Public Services Card registration to all offices at which...
- Departmental Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff assigned to each Intreo Centre and Branch Office, expressed in whole-time equivalents and broken down by...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is eligible for the widow's pension when there is a safety order in place at the time of the death of their...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a Public Services Card processed at each Intreo centre, branch office and dedicated PPSN and...
- Pension Provisions
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to allow for the purchase of AVCs or similar schemes as part of the auto enrolment pension scheme; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Schemes
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged between 60 and 65 years-of-age who are in receipt of full carer’s allowance, by year; and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of a new online tool (details supplied) to assist people with income supports and information on same; if he...
- Social Welfare Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the financial supports currently available to assist low-income households with healthcare-related access...
- Social Welfare Benefits
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of a carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision is...
- Social Welfare Schemes
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in Offaly consisting of a person aged over 70 who are entitled to claim the Household Benefits...
- Social Welfare Payments
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in County Offaly that have become eligible for fuel allowance in 2026 as a result of the extension...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Illicit Trade
272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the remit of Operation Tombola; if it will be in operation this year; the start date; if an earlier start date will be...
- Departmental Functions
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make...
- Immigration Status
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any analysis has been undertaken by his Department, the immigration service or any agency under his remit regarding the...
- Immigration Policy
276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he agrees that an Irish child should have the same rights for a parent to be resident in Ireland as a child who is citizen...
- Naturalisation Applications
277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Government's approval of priority drafting of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, the...
- International Protection
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any flexibility to the moving date for families (details supplied). [66031/26]
- Prison Service
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to advise if there are protocols for prisoners during their time in prison for a crime (details supplied) regarding access to...
- Legal Aid
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has conducted any workforce planning exercise, manpower assessment, service-capacity review or similar...
- Peace Commissioners
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the processing of a peace commissioner application for a person (details supplied). [66196/26]
- Prison Service
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the costs incurred to date, together with the total estimated expenditure for phases 1 and 2, of...
- Departmental Data
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 26 November 2025, if he will confirm the current status of the office (details...
- An Garda Síochána
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by Gardaí on replacing musician instruments for the Garda band in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Diseases
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that have been tested for bluetongue virus since 1 January 2026 to date; and the number that have come back as...
- Agriculture Supports
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on changes to agricultural grants from 2028; and if pensioners will still be able to access grants....
- Departmental Functions
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a...
- Hare Coursing
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report referred to in a debate (details supplied) will be released publicly. [66121/26]
- Agriculture Schemes
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in relation to a review of the eligibility criteria for the Succession Planning Advice...
- Departmental Policies
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to comment on his Departments engagement with the Department for Health in relation to examining the fair deal scheme to ensure it...
- Agriculture Schemes
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress made to date by his Department in relation to the establishment of a farm succession scheme....
- Common Agricultural Policy
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in detail the engagement his Department has had with relevant stakeholders in relation to Generational Renewal policies,...
- Fuel Prices
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agricultural and forestry contractors based in County Offaly who applied for support under the 2026 fuel income support...
- Agriculture Supports
304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial support will be provided to farmers in respect of the purchasing of chemical fertiliser. [66256/26]
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Departmental Records
306. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if she will make a...
- Child and Family Agency
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications made by Tusla for special care orders since 2016, by year, in tabular form. [66033/26]
- Disability Services
317. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of the €25 million allocated for respite services in 2026; the proportion of this funding allocated to...
- Child and Family Agency
324. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently placed in care outside the State, by jurisdiction, by whether residential or foster care; and the...
- Residential Institutions
325. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2844 of 28 July 2026, to specify in exact terms, the "additional oversight on Out of State...
- Child and Family Agency
326. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether the statutory visiting intervals are being met in full for every child currently placed outside the State; and...
- Health Service Executive
327. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress of a case (details supplied). [66083/26]
- Disability Services
329. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the continuing difficulties faced by children and families in South Tipperary in accessing timely disability...
- Department of Health
- Medicinal Products
330. To ask the Minister for Health if she will please give consideration to adding the medication (EURNeffy) (details supplied) which is used to treat life threatening allergies to the list of...
- Protected Disclosures
331. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3747 of 7 September 2026, the number of protected disclosure allegations upheld or partially upheld during 2025 in...
- Departmental Policies
336. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
337. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE contracted printer will resume the printing of plastic medical cards/GP cards. [66022/26]
- Health Services Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Health if general nursing graduates are being phased into employment over the coming months; the reason for this; and the criteria being used to determine when...
- Health Service Executive
344. To ask the Minister for Health the statutory grounds under which she has suspended autonomy for day-to-day spending from several HSE regions; to detail the consultation she has had on this...
- Primary Care Centres
347. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify which services listed by the HSE as being available through Arklow Primary Care Centre are physically delivered from the centre on a regular basis;...
- Dental Services
348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of school-aged children in the Arklow area who received routine HSE dental screening and examinations in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in...
- Primary Care Centres
349. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity and availability of children's early intervention services in Arklow Primary Care Centre; the number of full-time equivalent staff providing...
- Primary Care Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children resident in the Arklow area who were required to attend appointments outside Arklow during 2025 and to date in 2026 for occupational...
- Primary Care Centres
351. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of services currently operating from Arklow Primary Care Centre, County Wicklow; the number of full-time equivalent staff...
- Health Service Executive
352. To ask the Minister for Health if an update can be provided for an application (details supplied) submitted in April for reimbursement under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme....
- Hospital Facilities
353. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure additional car parking is included in any future developments on the Connolly Hospital campus. [66048/26]
- Health Service Executive
354. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the requirement for sleep apnoea patients to submit monthly CPAP reimbursement claims by post and receive repayments by cheque; and whether...
- Home Care Packages
355. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently allow nursing home care for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66119/26]
- Industrial Disputes
356. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an ongoing industrial dispute (details supplied). [66084/26]
- Medicinal Products
357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding legal actions involving a medication (details supplied) and associated costs paid from 2018 to 1 July 2026. [66063/26]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
358. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the funding required to provide free access to ICS-formoterol combination inhalers when prescribed as maintenance and reliever...
- State Claims Agency
359. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has paid out over each of the last ten years for misdiagnosis of cancer patients. [66138/26]
- Health Service Executive
360. To ask the Minister for Health for an up to date financial position for the HSE South West area in accordance with budget 2026. [66133/26]
- Hospital Staff
362. To ask the Minister for Health whether the oncology nurse coordinator post at Naas General Hospital has been discontinued, reassigned or reconfigured; the reasons for any such decision;...
- Medicinal Products
363. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by patients and families affected by phenylketonuria (PKU) regarding access to a medicinal product (details supplied); if...
- Health Screening Programmes
367. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending bowel screening to those aged between 50 and 57. [66172/26]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
368. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3148 of 28 July 2026, if she intends to progress any long-term supports for healthcare workers with long Covid; and to...
- Departmental Schemes
369. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the inclusion of an emergency treatment for severe allergic reactions under the drugs payment scheme (details supplied)....
- Medicinal Products
370. To ask the Minister for Health the name of each cancer specific drug that was submitted to the HSE’s EMT for approval for each of the years 2019 to date in 2026. [66169/26]
- Emergency Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer of each of the three helicopter emergency medical services operated by, or on behalf of, the National Ambulance Service...
- Medicinal Products
372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new cancer specific drugs approved for reimbursement by the HSE for each of the years 2019 to date in 2026. [66166/26]
- Home Care Packages
373. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of home support provision by type, region and integrated healthcare area (details supplied). [66223/26]
- Health Promotion
374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Healthy Ireland Framework following the conclusion of the Healthy Ireland Framework 2013–2025; the reasons for the delay in its...
- Medicinal Products
375. To ask the Minister for Health the names of cancer specific drugs being administered via a clinical trial in 2026. [66189/26]
- Health Screening Programmes
376. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration, if any, her Department has given to targeted, risk stratified cancer screening for lung cancer for persons. [66188/26]
- Medicinal Products
377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer specific drugs being administered via a clinical trial for each of the years from 2019 to date in 2026. [66187/26]
- Health Screening Programmes
379. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration her Department has given to targeted, risk stratified cancer screening for breast cancer for persons under the age 50. [66185/26]
- Emergency Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions that a request for helicopter emergency medical service was not met because the request was made outside the hours of operation of the...
- Health Strategies
392. To ask the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming National Cardiovascular Health Strategy will be developed as a comprehensive National Cardiovascular Health Strategy that builds upon...
- Health Services Staff
393. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if all new graduate nurses will be offered permanent posts in named clinical areas across all HSE regions, following the withdrawal of previously...
- Primary Care Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health the projected growth in demand and associated cost, across all existing primary care services for 2027. [66197/26]
- Departmental Meetings
402. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation following their request for an urgent meeting (details supplied). [66195/26]
- Clinical Trials
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer drug clinical trials operated in acute hospitals for each of the years from 2019 to date in 2026. [66194/26]
- Home Care Packages
404. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the funding provided to each approved provider of home care in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and the...
- Cancer Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health to list the pilot cancer screening programmes in operation; the start date and end date for each, in each of the years between 2019 and 2026. [66192/26]
- Health Services Staff
407. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3889 of 28th July 2026, to provide a copy of the job specification for a role (details supplied); and the date at which...
- Hospital Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute voluntary hospitals that have yet to sign off on their service level agreement for 2026. [66205/26]
- Health Services Staff
409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new roles approved by the HSE between January and August 2026, by month and grade. [66204/26]
- Health Service Executive
410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute voluntary hospitals that signed off on their service level agreement by each of the following dates, month end February 2026, April 2026...
- Departmental Expenditure
411. To ask the Minister for Health the projected growth in demand and associated cost, across all existing acute health services for 2027. [66202/26]
- Health Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the HSE Telehealth Roadmap 2024–2027; the number and percentage of outpatient consultations delivered via...
- Medicinal Products
414. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reimbursement of belzutifan, for the treatment of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, by the HSE; whether the application is being assessed...
- Hospital Services
415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in the State in receipt of dialysis treatment in each of the years 2021-2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by type of treatment, in...
- Medicinal Products
416. To ask the Minister for Health whether the pharmacoeconomic and reimbursement assessment of belzutifan for von Hippel Lindau disease takes account of the full long-term healthcare costs...
- Health Services Staff
417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant registered general nurses within the Kildare area as of 8 September 2026; and the steps being taken to fill these vacancies. [66276/26]
- Health Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes currently receiving insulin-pump therapy through the public health service, by adults and children, HSE health...
- Disease Management
420. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development and implementation of a national care pathway for Huntington's disease, including the estimated annual cost of fully...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes currently awaiting commencement of insulin-pump therapy, by HSE health region and hospital; the number waiting less...
- Hospital Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health to list each acute hospital diabetes service in the State which currently has the capacity to initiate adult patients with type 1 diabetes onto insulin-pump...
- Health Strategies
424. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation framework to complement The Diabetes Policy and Services Review; A strategy for Better Care. [66259/26]
- Hospital Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes ordinarily resident in County Offaly who are currently receiving insulin-pump therapy, by adults and children; the...
- Health Services Staff
427. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on recruiting foreign doctors through the HSE relocation package for both EU and non-EU applicants in each of the years 2020 to 2025...
- Flexible Work Practices
428. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the current cost-of-living pressures cited by health sector unions (details supplied) in the lead-up to planned industrial action, the extent...
- Health Services Staff
430. To ask the Minister for Health of the 74 posts identified for agency conversion in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, the number that have been converted to HSE posts to date. [66161/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Functions
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Artificial Intelligence
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether Government has undertaken an assessment of the potential implications of advances in artificial intelligence for Ireland’s future...
- Third Level Admissions
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the points raised (details supplied) in relation to the DARE scheme. [66139/26]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Men's Sheds
434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the annual €3,000 grant scheme for men's sheds was not made available this year; the reason for its...
- Community Development Projects
435. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht If he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the community investment fund application...
- Departmental Functions
436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a...
