Written answers

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Business Supports
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the current review of the Memorandum of Understanding between the IDA and Enterprise Ireland which is currently being...
    • Employment Rights
      12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm the progress that has been made toward introducing statutory paid leave for early pregnancy loss/miscarriage; and when it...
    • Departmental Strategies
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress update on the Government's Market Diversification Strategy. [66862/26]
    • Copyright Infringement
      16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the measures, if any, he has taken or intends to take to implement the will of the Dáil as expressed in...
    • Tourism Schemes
      18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the supports available to communities included in the Wild Atlantic Way initiative. [66482/26]
    • Work Permits
      20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if as part of the 2025 review of the employment permit occupation lists published in May 2026, the Department considered the...
    • Data Centres
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he will respond to reports that a report commissioned by his department (details supplied) on the value of data centres...
    • Departmental Policies
      23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that are being undertaken by his Department and by agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to secure a future for...
    • Export Controls
      24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether issues with the process around the issuing of dual use export licences to end users in Israel (details supplied) has been...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has assessed the implications of recent CSO findings which indicate significant differences in AI understanding...
    • EU Presidency
      27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in the context of Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council, the action he is taking to drive forward simplification measures to...
    • Redundancy Payments
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he would consider measures to compel profitably companies to pay redundancies above the statutory cap when redundancies are...
    • Budget 2027
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an implementation plan will be published for the 63 recommendations contained in the Cost of Business Advisory Forum's final...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any engagement he has had with the major tech companies that are operating in Ireland in relation to the...
    • Departmental Data
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the operation of the Enterprise Ireland innovation voucher scheme; the number of vouchers issued and redeemed; the list of...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to attract new IDA-supported investment and employment to Cork North-West, particularly Mallow, Kanturk,...
    • Tourism Promotion
      33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to increase tourism to the heritage town of Kells in County Meath [66584/26]
    • Departmental Data
      34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list the number of sites held by the IDA in Cork County; the number of protected structures, monuments or historically protected...
    • Departmental Policies
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the plans, if any, for the development of the vacant IDA site at Ballyadam, Carrigtwohill, County Cork. [66899/26]
    • Tourism Policy
      36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the implementation of the Government's tourism strategy and tourism development plans, if he will consider introducing specific...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with recent calls from AI industry leaders for greater caution around the pace of AI advancements, the measures being taken to ensure...
    • Business Supports
      38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress update on the Government's efforts to assist start-ups become scale-ups; the policy actions being undertaken to deliver...
    • Tourism Policy
      39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to cultivate cross-border tourism. [66909/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken by his Department to support the adoption of artificial intelligence by SMEs; the supports available through...
    • Tourism Industry
      41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions his Department is taking to address tourism capacity constraints, including accommodation shortages and infrastructure...
    • Departmental Reports
      44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a report commissioned by his Department (details supplied) did not include a section on the potential for higher...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for reducing the regulatory burden and supporting SMEs. [66660/26]
    • Departmental Reports
      46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale for not including a cost-benefit analysis of redirecting investment and infrastructure support for data centres to...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department is supporting Irish SMEs to adopt artificial intelligence, given Ireland’s position as the EU...
    • Economic Growth
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to consider the decentralising of Government Departments to Iveragh and South Kerry to boost economic growth in these areas; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) and its employees; and the supports they will be able to...
    • Employment Support Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department will consider the creation of a dedicated unit aimed at promoting workers rights, providing workers with the...
    • Tourism Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of the Tourism Policy Oversight Group. [66658/26]
    • Departmental Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the stakeholder working group established to assist implementation of the eight areas of reform and modernisation...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he will increase the minimum wage for apprentices. [66904/26]
    • Business Supports
      57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the number of jobs currently supported by Enterprise Ireland in each of the midlands counties. [66655/26]
    • Departmental Reviews
      58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his engagement with relevant stakeholders in the healthcare sector regarding the “50:50 rule” in the Employment Permits...
    • Tourism Industry
      59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the development of a new Tourist Accommodation Strategy [66883/26]
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department monitors whether these salary requirements result in Irish or EU workers receiving lower wages than...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the progress of the Action Plan to Promote Collective Bargaining. [66948/26]
    • Redundancy Payments
      63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he will consider increasing the maximum rate of payment of statutory redundancy which is capped at €600 per week to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's position on the usage of artificial intelligence programmes during hiring processes. [66606/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the recommendations of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council as set out in Ireland’s...
    • Departmental Strategies
      66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the rollout of the €4.7 billion capital investment plan for enterprise, innovation, tourism and...
    • Tourism Industry
      67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department’s efforts to promote tourism in east County Galway. [66481/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans his Department has to bring further legislation regulating the use of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the Bill to amend the 50:50 rule under the Employment Permits Act 2024 for the health and social care sector;...
    • Business Supports
      71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to help small businesses contend with rising employment costs. [66932/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on implementation of the White Paper on Enterprise 2022–2030. [66639/26]
    • Site Acquisitions
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the purchase of a site (details supplied) in County Longford; and projected timeline for building. [66931/26]
    • Industrial Development
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the plans, if any, for the development of the vacant IDA sites in Fermoy, County Cork. [66902/26]
    • Ferry Services
      77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide funding for a feasibility study for a passenger ferry between Dingle and Valentia/Cahersiveen; and if he will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is considering to address the increasing cost of doing business for SMEs in the North West region; and...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any Department-led initiative in relation to future proof employment legislation in the ever-changing jobs...
    • Traffic Management
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has conducted an analysis on the impact of traffic congestion on businesses across Dublin. [66603/26]
    • Departmental Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people employed by IDA Ireland client companies in the life sciences sector in Cork city and county in each of the years...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports that will be provided to small businesses in rural towns and villages that are facing increased energy,...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      84. To ask the Taoiseach the number of overseas visitors to Ireland in each of the years from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [66305/26]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken by the Government to express its dissatisfaction with the way in which women and girls are being treated in...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian aid that has been made available to the people of Venezuela since the earthquake earlier in 2026; and if she will make a...
    • International Relations
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Ambassador based in Thailand has visited the City of Pattaya since her appointment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      89. 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
    • Environmental Schemes
      90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the SEAI will inspect properties worked on under the warmer homes scheme, where a homeowner contacts them to...
    • Energy Prices
      91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the engagement he has had major energy suppliers in Ireland in relation to price hikes on standing...
    • Electricity Generation
      94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of proposals to alter or discontinue payments to domestic microgenerators for surplus renewable electricity...
    • Just Transition
      95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of jobs created under the Just Transition Fund that are expected to be long term sustainable roles rather than...
    • Departmental Funding
      98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to resolve the match funding barriers that have prevented community and local authority...
    • Just Transition
      99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a full cost breakdown of the Just Transition Programme to date, including administrative costs, consultancy...
    • Departmental Meetings
      102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities' Decision Paper on the Sharing of Maximum Export Capacity behind a...
    • Electricity Generation
      103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to discontinue payments for excess electricity exported to the grid by domestic solar PV users; the assessment...
    • Fuel Poverty
      104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of people or households on a register (details supplied), broken down by county, in tabular form. [66803/26]
    • Waste Management
      105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's recommendation to establish an independent...
    • Energy Prices
      108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the revenue generated from the cap on market revenues; to provide a breakdown on the revenue that has been...
    • Electricity Grid
      109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider accelerating delivery of hybrid grid connections and shared connection arrangements. [66786/26]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of riding instructor posts currently filled within Defence Forces Equitation School; the number of riding instructor posts currently...
    • Naval Service
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched in Quarter 4 2026. [67080/26]
    • Ambulance Service
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to review a request from the HSE in relation to leasing a building (details supplied) for an ambulance base in County Kerry; and if she will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Transport Authority
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will liaise with the NTA to ensure the existing local-link service from Tullamore to Athlone (route AL12), diverts to...
    • Bus Éireann
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the KPIs associated with Bus Éireann service delivery; the rate at which they adhered to such in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each...
    • Public Transport
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will work to ensure that there is a public transport service provided for the area of Ardclough village for its...
    • National Transport Authority
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider working alongside the NTA to run more late night train services of DART and rail lines to commuter areas...
    • Rail Network
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the improvements to rail services between Galway and Limerick that are anticipated under the Rail Project Prioritisation Strategy...
    • National Transport Authority
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the fees budgeted and paid to date to consultants by the NTA as part of the national mobility hubs scheme, by local authority,...
    • Bus Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is guaranteed for the core bus corridor works in Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin 8; and the timeframe on construction for same....
    • Departmental Schemes
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review an application for the RTSS scheme (details supplied). [66636/26]
    • Pension Provisions
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposal agreed between CIÉ management and trade unions regarding the future of CIÉ pension schemes;...
    • Bus Éireann
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric buses that are currently not in use due to a lack of charging facilities for them; the cost of storage per month...
    • Driver Licences
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government have any plans to allow a driving license exchange with all US States; and if not, can you please provide the rationale...
    • Rail Network
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will require the NTA and Iarnród Éireann to preserve direct Howth services when the future DART+ Coastal...
    • Bus Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider providing a bus stop for Bus Éireann and Citylink services at a location (details supplied). [66918/26]
    • Road Network
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline and schedule of stages to deliver the Second Liffey Bridge and Southern Relief Road in Newbridge; and the expected...
    • Departmental Programmes
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a school (details supplied) will be included in Round 5 funding of Safe Routes to School Programme given the recently completed risk...
    • Bus Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider the establishment of a new Local Link bus service to serve from Glencullen/Kilternan to Dundrum. [66963/26]
    • An Garda Síochána
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding Gardaí gaining access to driving licence photographs from his driver file database as the National Vehicle...
    • Rail Network
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he still expects construction on the Luas Finglas to begin in 2028 as per a news report (details supplied). [67022/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of an application under the road haulage transport supply scheme (RTFF2026) submitted in March 2026 by a person...
    • Road Projects
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the N72/N73 Mallow Relief Road; the anticipated timeline for the project to go to planning, CPO of lands associated with...
    • Greenways Provision
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the decision by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) not to extend the proposed greenway beyond Clonmacnoise to...
    • Driver Licences
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Is there currently a mechanism by which an Irish category B licence holder can obtain code 96; and if so, the process. [67039/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of applications received for the eSPSV26 scheme this year; and whether the scheme will reopen in 2026. [67038/26]
    • Driver Test
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment that has been made of the number of BE driving tests carried out; and whether a B96 training route could reduce demand on...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE staff, by job title currently, working within the marketing department of CIE. [67076/26]
    • Departmental Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers carried on each morning peak service between Wicklow and Dublin in the most recent month for which data is...
    • Bus Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update regarding the funding requested by the NTA to provide for the updated timetable and additional frequency for the 410...
    • Rail Network
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would support the inclusion of a feasibility study into the viability of a Shannon airport to Limerick rail link using the Western...
    • Departmental Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of capital and current transport investment allocated and drawn down by region (including NUTS 2 regional assemblies:...
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on passenger services (details supplied); and if he supports the policy objective and ambition of restoring passenger...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of park and ride services at Ballysimon, Limerick; and specifically if the NTA have identified a site....
    • Public Transport
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected annual cost of eliminating all passenger fares on public transportation and funding services solely through public funding....
    • Haulage Industry
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of an application under the road transporters support scheme (RTSS) in the case of a business operating in County...
    • Active Travel
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether an element of a project (details supplied) will remain part of the overall scheme. [67137/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a payment due to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67194/26]
    • Driver Licences
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the mandatory driver-number validation rules implemented under the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 for the Irish...
    • Air Safety
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he stands over his repeated position (details supplied); whether he will honour the commitment confirmed by the Minister’s...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise the income limit for those aged 65 years and over when it comes to paying tax on income to allow them to keep more of modest occupational...
    • Tax Reliefs
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a GP infrastructure investment tax relief scheme in Budget 2027, allowing individual GPs and GP partnerships to write off qualifying...
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has considered applying a reduced rate of VAT to alcohol-free beers, wines, spirits and other non-alcoholic adult beverages as part of Budget 2027;...
    • Tax Reliefs
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has considered the introduction of a personal tax relief for gym and swimming pool memberships to encourage greater participation in physical...
    • Tax Code
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any lands owned by an organisation (details supplied) are included on Residential Zoned Land Tax maps; the number and area of such lands; whether...
    • Departmental Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under schemes managed by the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in...
    • Financial Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the average waiting period for claim adjudication by the Financial Services and Public Ombudsman. [66762/26]
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the taxation issues faced by Irish employees who receive share options as part of their employment via existing unapproved share option schemes;...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of enforcement notices issued by the Revenue Commissioners under the residential zoned land tax, by local authority area and year, in tabular form....
    • Electric Vehicles
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the practicality of electric vehicle usage for workers operating in rural and regional areas was examined prior to changes being made to...
    • Universal Social Charge
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the USC surcharge on self-employed income for those earning more than €100,000. [67033/26]
    • Departmental Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of hectares of agricultural land that is leased long term for the purpose of rental income tax relief on agricultural land for...
    • Customs and Excise
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance whether Customs officials will consider a proposal (details supplied) as regards notification for post opened during customs inspections. [67073/26]
    • Departmental Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively for companies claiming an amount equal to 25% of qualifying expenditure...
    • Customs and Excise
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns in relation to the risk of privacy related to the manual opening of letters by customs officials rather than them being scanned. [67139/26]
    • Tax Credits
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider, in the context of Budget 2027 and in consultation with (details supplied) the introduction of a permanent 8% regional uplift to the Section 481...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new Garda station in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if a review of the operational requirements has been completed by...
    • Flood Risk Management
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to install a river level gauge at a location (details supplied) as part of the flood prevention measures in East Cork. [66372/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026 to include public healthcare facilities within its scope, with a view to...
    • Pension Provisions
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average time taken to process a pension-increase proposal submitted under Circular 16/2021; the longest period taken to reach a...
    • Heritage Sites
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working at the Blasket Centre, Kerry. [66563/26]
    • Office of Public Works
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has plans to restore and reinstate the historic railings at Carlow Courthouse; the stage the project is...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Tourism Industry
      207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the list of projects under the coast-to-coast capital investment scheme; the status of those projects; and the expected delivery...
    • Work Permits
      211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dates on which the critical skills occupation list has been updated since 2023; the changes made in each instance; and the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the importance of digital infrastructure, including data centres, to the Irish economy. [66520/26]
    • Patent Applications
      214. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline Ireland's engagement with the European unified patents system; and his plans for a referendum to join the system. [66519/26]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Ireland’s current regulatory and enforcement framework is adequately equipped to address the rapidly...
    • Tourism Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding is available through his Department or Fáilte Ireland for the development of feasibility studies for tourism...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence on regulated and...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      221. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment what steps are being taken to ensure that social enterprises have equal...
    • Industrial Development
      224. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total employment in IDA Client companies in Laois for each of the past five years; and the number of new jobs created in each of...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      225. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he plans to introduce to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in managing rising labour costs; and if he...
    • Industrial Development
      227. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department will work with the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Cork County Council to identify and service additional...
    • Business Supports
      228. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific measures are being considered to assist long-established family businesses in rural communities with succession...
    • Tourism Promotion
      229. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full time advertising and consumer engagement co-ordinators posts filled by gender and location, employed by Tourism...
    • Consumer Protection
      230. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to PQ63192/26 of 7 September 2026, the duties a manufacturer has when it receives a formal product-safety complaint and...
    • Rental Sector
      231. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current legislative timeline for the full implementation of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 and the establishment of...
    • Business Supports
      232. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the growth and sustainability loan scheme (GSLS) will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Data Centres
      233. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will conduct a cost benefit analysis of the value to the economy of operational roles related to data centres...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure by her Department on campaigns to promote teaching as a profession and to encourage teacher recruitment in each of the...
    • State Properties
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the transfer of lands at Magee Barracks, County Kildare to her Department; the expected timeline for its completion; to...
    • School Transport
      236. 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; and if the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a new school project (details supplied); and a timeframe for next steps. [66343/26]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or the Teaching Council has surveyed registered Irish teachers currently resident outside the State to determine the factors...
    • Departmental Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teaching positions that required re-advertisement because a suitable candidate was not appointed following an initial...
    • Special Educational Needs
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide guidance to the parents of a child with additional needs who is experiencing difficulties in their current school placement (details...
    • School Enrolments
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any back up plans in relation to the provision of school places in Cherrywood, County Dublin if a new school is not in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a timeline for the development of a new secondary school in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she is concerned that the...
    • School Management
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of management in a school (details supplied) in relation to the failure of her Department to...
    • School Admissions
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents and management in a school (details supplied) in relation to the lack of secondary...
    • School Staff
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the basis for the requirement for secondary school teachers to complete Croke Park hours has been negotiated with the relevant teacher unions;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) who applied for the climate action summer works scheme in 2025 will be included in Tranche 2 funding given they...
    • School Staff
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement for secondary school teachers to complete Croke Park hours is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Facilities
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific funding streams available through her Department for national schools that wish to develop or upgrade outdoor facilities within...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied). [66404/26]
    • School Transport
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will review the requirement under the school transport scheme that pupils must attend their nearest school, having regard to ethos...
    • School Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teacher vacancies identified in each county in the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 school years, by subject; the number of...
    • State Examinations
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns raised by parents regarding the Leaving Certificate scheduling which resulted in maths paper 2 and Irish paper 1 being held...
    • Schools Building Projects
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify when the construction phase will commence for the Cork Educate Together Secondary School at Douglas Co. Cork. [66487/26]
    • School Staff
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether an existing permanent AP1 teacher must permanently relinquish their substantive, secure AP1 position to take up the...
    • Departmental Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will consider providing funding to assist in the completion of centre (details supplied). [66530/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to maximise participation in the Summer Programme 2027; and to ensure that the highest possible number of students can...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills [66419/26]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale of the 30 September date for pupil enrolments in determining teacher allocations for schools; if the date will be reviewed, given...
    • School Staff
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of teachers currently participating in job-sharing arrangements at primary and post-primary level; and the number who...
    • School Transport
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a parent can access the school transport scheme for children with special educational needs; and to make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the increased demand for special classes, if her Department has plans to designate a special class for children with Autism in a school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed redevelopment of (details supplied); the current status of the project; the next steps required to advance the...
    • School Curriculum
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department permits State-funded primary schools to outsource mandatory school-day curriculum delivery to private contractors at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is satisfied that the current teacher education framework adequately supports individuals with substantial experience in special...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the urgent funding options that are available or are being considered to address the roofing defects in a...
    • State Examinations
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the junior cert results will be released. [66825/26]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on new build and refurbishment works for a school (details supplied); if her Department's review is complete; and if this project...
    • Departmental Strategies
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the Youth Workforce Development Strategy; the number of submissions that were received to the...
    • Youth Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings she has had with her Ministerial colleagues over the summer on the resources, services and supports for children and young people...
    • Departmental Schemes
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of the UBU scheme undertaken by her Department; the stage the review is at; if her Department has...
    • Departmental Reviews
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on research that is currently being funded by her Department in respect of youth work and youth affairs. [66819/26]
    • EU Presidency
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that are being made available under her Department to support activities and initiatives under the EU Presidency. [66818/26]
    • Departmental Strategies
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise on when the new set of actions for Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024 –...
    • Mental Health Services
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which schools engage with CAMHS and other relevant professionals when a child with additional needs is experiencing significant...
    • Schools Building Projects
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress update on the construction of the new school building (details supplied); the current status of the works...
    • School Transport
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a school transport place is provided for a pupil (details supplied). [66994/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in County Kerry (details supplied) will be successful in their appeal for a much needed special needs assistant position; and if she...
    • School Transport
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the school transport case of a person (details supplied); if she is aware that three children have been unable to secure...
    • Teacher Training
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the DEY funded eight week block courses for teacher professional learning in inclusive and special education. [67013/26]
    • School Transport
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she will ensure a school bus ticket is awarded to a person (details supplied). [67011/26]
    • School Staff
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of current teacher shortages across primary and post-primary levels. [67095/26]
    • School Transport
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school transport route could be changed to address a safety issue (details supplied). [67084/26]
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills To provide an update on the ongoing review and data re-evaluation of the DEIS Plus identification model; how she will address the concerns of...
    • School Enrolments
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for post-primary school places in County Wicklow for each of the next five years; and the additional places currently in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a comprehensive breakdown of the total number of modular school units delivered across primary and post-primary schools in each year from...
    • Education Policy
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide guidance for the parent of a child with specific medical needs who is having difficulty attending school due to issues with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the funding shortfall facing schools with sanctioned SEN classes, where the standard capital and start-up grants do not cover...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66552/26]
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when he is next scheduled to meet the Director General of TG4. [66723/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the interventions or remediation schemes planned to address premises trapped in BLUE commercial areas due to direct buried...
    • Culture Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to list which of the 36 actions remain outstanding from the Nighttime Economy Taskforce 2021. [66839/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the international sporting events taking place in Ireland that are being supported by his Department until 2030, by...
    • Sports Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will now reconsider a project's application (details supplied) submitted under the 2024 Large Scale Sport...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport given the significant increase in subscription fees (details supplied), if he will consider introducing a content levy on...
    • Sports Funding
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to Sport Ireland towards the cost of paying salaries of coaches of athletics...
    • Departmental Schemes
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when applicants for the basic income for the arts scheme will be informed regarding the outcome of their application. [67069/26]
    • Postal Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a new Eircode they have applied for processed, approved and...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he is aware that local authorities are only providing tenant moves from the private rental sector, and signing first...
    • Planning Issues
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the Monard Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) in Cork; and the proposed timelines and targets regarding...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed connection of 69 residential properties in a location (details supplied) to the public wastewater...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66503/26]
    • Housing Schemes
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will review the exclusion of local authority tenants living in homes acquired under Part V of the Planning and...
    • Tourism Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available through his Department or The Heritage Council for the development of feasibility studies for tourism...
    • Fire Service
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of an occasion recently where a fire engine was unable to access Gabhla Island in County Donegal in an...
    • Housing Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has estimated the level of pent-up housing demand in the State; the current estimate of that demand; and the...
    • Electoral Commission
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of the issue of the voting age that was examined by An Coimisiún Toghcháin...
    • Planning Issues
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated timeline on the forthcoming new planning guidelines in relation to the rear of property buildings; if he...
    • Property Registration
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current average length of time taken by Tailte Éireann to process applications for the first registration of land or...
    • Housing Schemes
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has provided any guidance or instructions to local authorities regarding the financial contribution scheme...
    • Planning Issues
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines available to planners within local authorities to assess the impact of a high concentration of renewable energy...
    • Disability Issues
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons with an intellectual disability currently on the local authority housing waiting list in areas (details...
    • Housing Schemes
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current plans for retrofitting all local authority homes including the timeline and estimated cost per year; the number of...
    • Housing Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the construction cost of building one, two, three, four bed homes on local authority land; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Schemes
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of planned Part V purchases under Housing for All, by year; the projected cost per unit for one-, two-,...
    • Local Authorities
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and size of homes bought by each local authority in 2021 and the first two quarters of 2022; and the cost of these...
    • Housing Schemes
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes outside Dublin under the buy and renew scheme; and to make...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost to the exchequer of increasing income limits for social housing by 20%; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-year cost of the Traveller Accommodation Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67162/26]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of the emergency accommodation centres for homeless people in Dublin; the number of places in each; the cost...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the estimated full-year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless people in Dublin in 2022; and if he...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Weather Events
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the humanitarian assistance scheme is still open for applications from Storm Éowyn. [66348/26]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the income supports available to people who are unable to work, or whose capacity to work is significantly reduced, as a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for requiring a person undergoing a review of their disability allowance to provide details regarding other...
    • School Meals Programme
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance available to a school when no catering provider is willing or able to serve its area for school meals; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for when he or his Department expects to issue the next round of community services programme, CSP, funding for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the interaction between illness benefit, one-parent family payment and working family payment for parents...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection If his Department has assessed the impact of the 18.5-hour weekly employment limit for carer's allowance recipients on their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a review of the jobseeker's pay-related benefit application of a person (details supplied). [66592/26]
    • Departmental Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total expenditure by his Department on ICT contractors and consultants in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Pension Provisions
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the application for a contributory State pension for a person (details supplied), which has been under...
    • Departmental Reviews
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will undertake a comprehensive review of the financial and social protection supports available to family carers,...
    • Pension Provisions
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department's plans to establish equivalent structures (details supplied) to provide occupational pensioners with a...
    • Tax Rebates
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has examined the cost and feasibility of introducing a temporary employer PRSI rebate for recognised...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that consideration would be given to including an increased income threshold in the Fuel Allowance for those with...
    • Departmental Reviews
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person; and if he will provide an update on the application. [67037/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection estimated additional annual cost of increasing fuel allowance by €20 per week for current recipients. [67030/26]
    • School Meals Programme
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for his Department to engage with a school (details supplied) to roll out the School Meals Programme. [67010/26]
    • Departmental Surveys
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any plans or research that has been carried out into the merits of providing a family payment scheme...
    • Pension Provisions
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to allow workers enrolled in the National Auto Enrolment/My Future Fund pension scheme to make small additional...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will urgently review the high rate of study visa refusals issued to Palestinian students from Gaza who have secured fully...
    • An Garda Síochána
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of allegations of penalisation arising from the making of a protected disclosure by a member of Garda personnel...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure incurred by his Department, and any body under the aegis of his Department, in connection with the visit...
    • Legislative Measures
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in commencing the Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department maintains a consolidated implementation register in respect of recommendations concerning the treatment and...
    • Family Reunification
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider an application for a family reunification for family members (details supplied) given they are Gazan refugees and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by Gardai within Kerry Division for having no tax in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date...
    • Legal Aid
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way he defines "a case" in the new flat fee payment model for criminal legal aid introduced on 1 July 2026; and the way...
    • An Garda Síochána
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that are currently fully trained and licensed in the use of drones. [66722/26]
    • International Protection
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeals currently pending before the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT). [66789/26]
    • Residency Permits
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an IRP card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the repeal the Dance Halls Act 1935 and replace with a new Sale of Alcohol Bill as per the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that are being moved from stations around the Country to cover EU presidency events. [66842/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms that were put in place to allow United States Secret Service operatives to carry firearms...
    • Prison Service
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following a course with the Open University at the present time in each institution; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a location (details supplied) will be returned to community use; when the security fencing surrounding the site will be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times spiking was mentioned on the Garda PULSE system for the years 2021 to 2026. [66965/26]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed changes to the Irish...
    • Legislative Process
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the commencement of part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023, in view of his...
    • Residency Permits
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify if the residence years from five to eight include transitional provisions for people already lawfully resident here;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2216 of 28 July 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda Authorities...
    • Visa Applications
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds upon which a visa application for a person (details supplied), who was selected to receive a year-long scholarship...
    • Departmental Data
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all women’s refuges in the country and the full year cost of running each of them; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Schemes
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will outline in relation to the 2026 scheme of investment aid for innovation and diversification in horticulture,...
    • Forestry Sector
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if EU fines will be imposed if Ireland fails to meet afforestation targets in the future; if so, the expected amount those fines will...
    • Ministerial Communications
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings held between his Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, and organisations within the forestry...
    • Forestry Sector
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected levels of afforestation for 2026 and 2027, based on applications received by his Department. [66430/26]
    • Animal Slaughtering
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of halal slaughter and processing activity taking place in a factory (details supplied); the number and...
    • Forestry Sector
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance arrangements that are in place to ensure that persons who report alleged illegal forestry, and persons affected by...
    • Agriculture Industry
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible to include a requirement for Irish-grown grain to be used in whiskey marketed as Irish whiskey in the revised Irish...
    • Forestry Sector
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gross profit margin before interest and tax used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to...
    • Animal Diseases
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who are affected by TB in their animals and face loss of animals or wipe out of herds are advised and given information as...
    • Fodder Crisis
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure the National Fodder & Food Security Committee is reconvened to provide a clear pathway of actions around a fodder...
    • Agriculture Supports
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the maximum national co-funding under the European Commission's recently announced €540 million fertiliser...
    • Agriculture Industry
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he is concerned that the current TAMS rules regarding internal slurry agitation points may unintentionally exclude older but...
    • Fuel Prices
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the remaining funds of the fuel income support scheme will be distributed and allocated, in view that approximately...
    • Food Security
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has identified any fruit or vegetable supply chains where Ireland is particularly dependent on countries or...
    • Planning Issues
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to assess the impact of a high concentration of renewable energy infrastructure on rural land; the person or...
    • Land Issues
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat land designated as areas of natural constraint land; and the number of hectares in each category....
    • Agriculture Industry
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been a decline in the number of mushroom growers in Ireland; and the strategies he is taking to encourage more...
    • Energy Conservation
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he will provide funding in Budget 2027 for a dedicated Agricultural Emissions Reduction Pilot Fund to support the testing and...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Departments plans to address recruitment and retention within the early years sector. [66308/26]
    • Education Schemes
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children receiving AIM supports in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026,...
    • Legislative Programme
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to advise when the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 will be progressed. [66367/26]
    • Ministerial Communications
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine correspondence (details supplied). [66361/26]
    • Social Welfare Code
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to raise paid paternity leave to eight weeks to improve the lives of young families and facilitate the relationship...
    • Childcare Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration has been given to creating a system that would allow for parents to be paid the NCS subsidy directly in cases...
    • Child Abuse
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration will be given to providing a redress mechanism for persons who were boarded out as children and who are not...
    • Departmental Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to introduce multiannual funding Department funded services. [66511/26]
    • Departmental Programmes
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the planning undertaken regarding the demand, supply and funding of service delivery across regions. [66510/26]
    • Childcare Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the building blocks grant extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66582/26]
    • Disability Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approved staffing complement for each children’s disability network team; the number of sanctioned, filled and vacant...
    • Childcare Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the next round of funding under the building blocks capital programme will be announced. [66995/26]
    • Disability Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staff vacancy rate for children’s disability network teams in CHO7 as of 31 August 2026, in tabular form. [67082/26]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the potential to provide co-located state led early years provision at the location of a planned school (details supplied). [67188/26]
    • Disability Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of safeguarding referrals or notifications relating to people in disability services, the number recorded under each...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality is there any update on the ratifying of the second optional protocol of the UNCRC. [67217/26]
    • Childcare Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality If she will consider the salient points raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Kildare based childcare provider who...
    • Child Abuse
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria used by the Government when deciding to establish a public inquiry into cases involving historical sexual abuse;...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Transfers
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from County Mayo transferred from Mayo University Hospital to other hospitals due to bed capacity constraints in each of the past three...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people waiting for MRI scans, by county, by duration of wait, zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months, 12 months plus,...
    • Health Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will provide an update on the HSE EEPR review on Hip Dysplasia; and if she will provide a timeline on when it may be completed. [66340/26]
    • Cancer Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which oncology service provision at Naas General Hospital aligns with the objectives of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 regarding integrated...
    • Hospital Staff
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce recruitment delays at Naas General Hospital; and the average time taken from advertisement to appointment for nursing posts...
    • Mental Health Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in CAMHS Wexford South, CAMHS Enniscorthy and North Wexford, in tabular...
    • Medicinal Products
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will assess a medication (details supplied) for availability and reimbursement here as a viable treatment option for phenylketonuria; and if...
    • Health Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will introduce a no wait card for those with medical conditions requiring urgent access to toilets; and if so, when she expects that it will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires an MRI scan and has yet to receive this appointment. [66388/26]
    • Healthcare Policy
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a multi-annual funding framework for the health service that reflects demographic change, healthcare inflation, agreed pay costs and...
    • Health Services Staff
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy will be revised to take account of safe staffing requirements, projected patient demand and the workforce needed to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish quarterly reports on the net number of additional acute hospital, mental health, rehabilitation and community nursing beds opened, broken...
    • Hospital Procedures
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if outpatient surgeries were cancelled in St. James Hospital on 31 of August 2026; and if so, the number and the reason. [66420/26]
    • Departmental Priorities
      536. To ask the Minister for Health her views that regulation is needed to protect autistic people from unscientific and unregulated products / protocols that can cause serious harm, such as...
    • Nursing Homes
      537. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new 60-bed Community Nursing Unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; whether the site selection process and associated report, which...
    • Disease Management
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expand the Chronic Disease Management Programme to all adults with eligible chronic conditions, regardless of whether they hold a medical card or...
    • General Practitioner Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase and reform the dedicated funding available to GP practices serving remote rural communities and areas of urban deprivation; and if she...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider funding increased access to ICS-formoterol combination inhalers prescribed as maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) in Budget...
    • Health Service Executive (1 comment)
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE review of the Huntington’s Disease Care Pathway; when she expects the pathway to be approved; and whether she will provide...
    • Health Services Staff
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthoptists employed in the acute hospital system and across all health services, respectively. [66518/26]
    • Health Service Executive
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts the HSE have made to deploy HSE owned buildings for the development and relocation of primary care services. [66515/26]
    • Hospital Transfers
      549. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) to remain in Dingle Community Hospital, where the person has been a resident since March 2026; and if she...
    • Health Services Staff
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment process for the vacant professorial consultant post associated with Cork University Hospital and University College Cork will take account...
    • Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were under skin cancer surveillance at Cork University Hospital at the time the service ceased; of that number, the number whose...
    • Health Services Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Health in circumstances where the clinical nurse specialist post responsible for patient communication, coordination and safety-netting at Cork University Hospital...
    • Medicinal Products
      554. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE monitored the substitution between nebulised products (details supplied) during the supply shortages affecting these medicines in 2025 and...
    • Health Services Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the HSE of providing uniforms to Healthcare Assistants over the past five years, in tabular form; whether any assessment has been...
    • Departmental Consultations
      559. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the public consultation on the mandatory fortification of non-wholemeal flour with folic acid launched on 13 July 2026; including the...
    • Health Services Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the arrangements 2026 General Nursing graduates in respect of their entitlement to the permanent HSE contracts outlined in HR Memo 013/2026; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [66571/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and hip replacement surgery based at Kerry University Hospital as of 14...
    • Hospital Facilities
      572. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of feasibility study for the new renal dialysis unit at Sligo University Hospital; and an update on the Development Control Plan...
    • Ambulance Service
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of delays in progressing the National Ambulance Service Student Paramedic Apprenticeship competition (NRS14980), which opened in September...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the delay with a person (details supplied) in receiving a hospital bed at home. [66585/26]
    • Home Help Service
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home support workers employed, by CHO area under the home support service for older people; and the number of vacancies, by CHO area. [66642/26]
    • Departmental Budgets
      576. To ask the Minister for Health to consider an organisation (details supplied) submission and ensure adequate funding to support the measures outlined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Donegal waiting for approved home support hours, by area; the length of time they are waiting; and reason for delay, in tabular form....
    • Healthcare Policy
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if she will include asthma to the long-term illness scheme; to ensure better supports and access to medications; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      579. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current stage on the HSE assessment of a medication (details supplied); to confirm when the HSE's Drugs Group will issue their recommendation to...
    • Departmental Data
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who completed specialist training in public health medicine in 2026; the number currently employed in consultant public health medicine...
    • Hospital Staff
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist neurology nurses who are employed at Tallaght University Hospital in comparison with the national guidelines. [66715/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant rheumatologist at St James's Hospital for a first appointment. [66714/26]
    • Home Care Packages
      584. To ask the Minister for Health when approved home support will commence for an older person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is aware a community hospital bed is taken up because...
    • Health Services Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has commenced research into the development of a safe medical staffing framework; the work carried out to date; and the timeline she is...
    • Budget 2027
      586. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a pre-budget submission (details supplied). [66719/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per week CT scanning services are operational and fully facilitated for patients at Ennis hospital; the operating hours of the service on...
    • Medicinal Products
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the reason tirzepatide (Mounjaro), despite being authorised for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, is not currently covered under the medical card, long-term...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment to see a consultant neurosurgeon at Cork University Hospital; and the average waiting times to see the...
    • Hospital Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrar in anaesthetics posts filled at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 1 September 2026; if she will provide the same...
    • Health Services Staff
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for approval to take up a nursing community post in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Equipment
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the details of major hospital equipment stock which has a use in diagnostics, such as various scan or lab test machines, and the level of throughput for each...
    • Hospital Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of use of virtual ward technology across each public hospital, requested from each hospital, including the amount of units available, the average...
    • Mental Health Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of CAMHS consultations which are conducted in person and remotely for each year 2020-2026, by CAMHS team, in tabular form; and the...
    • Health Services Staff
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists working in each CAMHS team by contract type and tenure, in tabular form; the number of whole time equivalent; and the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of opened and staffed high-dependency unit beds that are available in each model 4 hospital as of 14 September 2026, in tabular form. [66716/26]
    • Medical Indemnity Cover
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under the clinical indemnity scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by HSE...
    • Disability Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on one-to-one, two-to-one or three-to-one supervision, or other enhanced observation, for children and adolescents with an intellectual...
    • Health Services Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, nationally and broken down by HSE health region; and, where not...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting an appointment for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66746/26]
    • Departmental Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff employed in excess of the approved 2026 staffing allocation or employment ceiling in each HSE health region and...
    • Health Services Staff
      607. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to seeking approval for backfilling a post once a staff member leaves, the wait time for approval. [66796/26]
    • Departmental Data
      608. To ask the Minister for Health to list the hours and days of operation for each of the perinatal mental health units within the 19 maternity units across the country. [66826/26]
    • Departmental Properties
      610. To ask the Minister for Health To ask the Minister for Health whether any progress has been made in relation to the future plans for the current Children's Hospital site on the Davitt Road,...
    • Pharmacy Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the policy with respect to a prescription for a ‘months’ worth of drugs; whether this represents a generic 28 days work of drugs, or can it...
    • Health Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66856/26]
    • Home Care Packages
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if the Department or the HSE maintains any estimate of unmet need for home support, including persons who have not applied owing to known delays in the...
    • Departmental Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in acute hospitals whose discharge is currently delayed pending the commencement of a home support service by hospital and by HSE health...
    • Departmental Schemes
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the mother and infant care scheme commenced; and when it is due for completion. [66809/26]
    • Departmental Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons assessed and approved for home support who are currently waiting for the service to commence by HSE health region and, where available,...
    • Mental Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions to CHI run hospitals on the grounds of mental health for each of the year 2016 to 2025. [66811/26]
    • Community Care
      621. To ask the Minister for Health If she will outline the processes in place for private property owners to offer suitable residential premises to the HSE for use as supported or community...
    • Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health to outline and clarify charges regarding GMS patients for routine blood tests; and the steps her Department are taking to make sure people are not being...
    • Mental Health Policy
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing dedicated funding for mental health and wellbeing supports for people living with diabetes, and their parents or...
    • Departmental Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of invoices for €100 issued in respect of ED attendances without a GP referral letter; and the number paid for each of the years between 2019...
    • Medicinal Products
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress of the Full Health Technology Assessment (HTA) for a drug (details supplied) for the treatment of eosinophilic...
    • Departmental Policies
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if she will remove the specific criteria of “insulin initiation from the start” that is preventing approximately 500-700 people with a clinical...
    • Hospital Staff
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, held interviews with new graduate nurses for nursing posts this year; if a panel was formed; if so, when was it...
    • Departmental Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of total knee replacement surgeries carried out at Galway University Hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026 in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      632. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the staffing capacity of each adult ADHD service; by LHO, in tabular form. [66976/26]
    • Departmental Properties
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the floor area of a now disused building (details supplied); and the intended use of the building since its residents were relocated. [67034/26]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a day-care oncology unit in the space designated beneath the new 42-bed ward currently under construction at Sligo University...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a patient (details supplied) given the very serious and urgent medical circumstances. [67057/26]
    • Departmental Bodies
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to implement the findings of the Health Research Board annual bulletin on people engaging with disability services, produced using the National...
    • Vaccination Programme
      639. To ask the Minister for Health Who will be getting the shingles vaccine for free. [67101/26]
    • Health Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health If her Department has reviewed the findings of the 2015 independent report into Midwest public orthodontic services; if she will verify allegations that...
    • Hospital Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic outpatient clinics that are held at Beaumont hospital each week; the hours each clinic is available; the names of consultants and or...
    • Health Services Staff
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement she has had with the HSE and relevant bodies regarding concerns raised in relation to the lack of permanent posts being offered to new nursing...
    • Hospital Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the issues of staffing and capacity at the University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UNMHL) where patients have faced consecutive days of necessary...
    • Mental Health Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for HSE-funded nurse-prescriber training in mental-health services; whether nurses employed by Section 39 organisations providing...
    • Health Services Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nursing post offers issued this year in the HSE West & North-West; when were these offers issued; the number of these offers that...
    • Health Promotion
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the proposed compulsory addition of folic acid to non-wholemeal flour, she can assure those who may be required to avoid folic acid due to...
    • Nursing Homes
      662. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in respect of safeguarding referrals or notifications relating to residents of nursing homes, the number recorded under each category of...
    • Health Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of completed Cross-Border Directive reimbursement applications currently awaiting payment; the date of receipt of the oldest outstanding completed...
    • Health Service Executive
      664. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the national budgetary restrictions or expenditure controls currently limiting the HSE’s ability to fill essential frontline posts in...
    • Health Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health whether Cross-Border Directive reimbursement applications continue to be processed in the order in which they are received; whether there are circumstances in...
    • Health Service Executive
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address staff burnout, sickness levels and the sustainability of current staffing arrangements at Riada House Community Nursing...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      670. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an appointment for a scoliosis patient (details supplied). [67222/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      671. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the consideration for medications (details supplied) to be included in the drugs payment scheme, specifically in relation to their usage for...
    • Healthcare Policy
      675. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will request or support a Health Technology Assessment by HIQA examining the extension of continuous glucose monitoring access to people with other...
    • Trade Data
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of flour used in Ireland that is imported from the United Kingdom, distinguishing between imports from Great Britain and Northern Ireland; her...
    • Health Services Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are concerns that the policies and the bureaucratic burden placed on clinical staff operating within the CAMHS framework may be having an impact...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Grant Payments
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the mature dependent category in SUSI and treat all those over the age of 23 as independent regardless of their living...
    • Education and Training Provision
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals in conjunction with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, to support employers and workers through training,...
    • Departmental Reviews
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next review of SUSI income thresholds is due to take place. [67018/26]
    • Education and Training Provision
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is support with transport costs for a person starting out on a 1st year electrical apprenticeship. [67118/26]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Grant Payments
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason grants for Men’s Sheds are not proceeding in 2026; if he will reconsider the decision in view of the important...
    • Legislative Programme
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when his Department will commence section 4 of the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024. [66390/26]
    • Grant Payments
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the grant for Men's Shed running costs is being cut in 2026; the total cost of this grant scheme in 2025; and if he is...
    • Departmental Funding
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons behind the decision to halt the specific Men's Sheds grant funding allocation for the 2026–2027 period. [66438/26]
    • Local Authorities
      702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next allocation of funding under the local improvement scheme (LIS) will be announced for counties Cavan and Monaghan;...
    • Departmental Funding
      704. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he will amend the reporting requirements for...
    • Budget 2027
      705. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether provision will be made in Budget 2027 for 30...
    • Library Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a progress update on the construction of the €18.18 million Newbridge Library following the commencement...
    • Departmental Policies
      711. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will reconsider the decision not to proceed with the Men’s Sheds Grant for 2025/2026; if interim funding will be...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      712. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review the correspondence (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the matter [67132/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      713. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the ending of grant funding to Men's sheds and similar organisations across the country; and whether a new grant...
    • Local Authorities
      714. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht which cities have Town Regeneration Officers; and the reason Cork City does not have such a role. [67117/26]

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