Written answers
Thursday, 24 September 2026
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Budget 2027
15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is considering an increase in the living alone allowance in the context of Budget 2027. [67244/26]
- Social Welfare Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has benchmarked child benefit against comparable family-support payments in other European countries;...
- School Meals Programme
17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the dieticians' report on the nutritional standards for the hot school meals scheme. [67383/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions his Department is taking to extend access to the heating supplement. [67655/26]
- General Register Office
20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for the introduction of baby loss certificates. [67535/26]
- Community Employment Schemes
21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessment he has made of the contribution made by community employment and related schemes to the provision of services...
- Social Welfare Appeals
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications refused in Cork to date in 2026; and the number of these granted on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure access for the self-employed to income support when they become ill. [66974/26]
- State Pensions
24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which his Department is preparing for the long-term impact of an ageing population on the sustainability and...
- Budget 2027
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline his intentions to reduce the means testing for people who apply for carer's allowance; the provisions he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons combined who are actively claiming job seekers benefit, job seekers allowance and job-seekers pay...
- State Pensions
27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement he has had on providing a State pension for foster carers; and the timeframe on this. [66968/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to make changes to and increase the Household Benefits Package in the coming months. [67521/26]
- Energy Prices
29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department is considering to assist households facing high energy costs as winter approaches, particularly in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he consideration will be given to review the minimum 16 hours weekly worked hours to qualify for carer’s benefit;...
- Social Welfare Payments
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has considered providing any additional social protection payment supports specifically for households who...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been an increase in the number of persons qualifying for the carers allowance on each of the occasions when the...
- Social Welfare Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the new working age payment. [66686/26]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current refusal rates for first-time applications for carer's allowance, domiciliary care allowance and disability...
- Social Welfare Payments
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to increase the Working Family Payment in the coming months. [67520/26]
- General Register Office
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on the work of the General Register Office regarding the development of a process to recognise early...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will grant full rate carer’s allowance to applicants in receipt of other social protection payments. [67665/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to increasing the amount of time that an individual in receipt of disability allowance can...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will consider reforming the Carer's Support Grant to provide for two qualifying dates and biannual payments or an...
- Social Welfare Appeals
48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals received and decided by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2025 and to date in 2026; the proportion of...
- Departmental Funding
49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason organisations (details supplied) remain in operation following the cessation of referrals to the JobPath programme...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he is satisfied that the eligibility criteria for the rural social scheme continues to reflect the needs of rural...
- State Pensions
52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider allowing persons aged 66 years and over who continue to provide full-time care to retain a full-rate...
- Social Welfare Benefits
53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements and supports available to families caring for a person with a disability who will require lifelong care, in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to ensure that families who may previously have been ineligible for carer’s allowance are...
- Departmental Reviews
57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on any review carried out by his Department of social protection supports aimed at reducing energy...
- Social Welfare Payments
58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in Dublin Bay North who availed of the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance payments this year....
- School Meals Programme
59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the dietician report into the nutritional standards of the hot school meals scheme, including recommendations...
- Social Welfare Benefits
60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the supports in-place for self-employed people who must reduce their hours; the adequacy of these supports...
- Social Welfare Payments
61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason exceptional needs payments for boiler replacements are being refused by DSP when local authority schemes do not...
- Programme for Government
62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government commitments to support pensioners. [67416/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to increase the weekly rate of Carer's Allowance Benefit to €325 to recognise the additional cost of...
- Public Transport
64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has engaged with public transport operators in relation to these operators charging free travel pass holders booking...
- Social Welfare Benefits
65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether, given the Government's stated ambition to support entrepreneurship and small business growth, he believes that the...
- Pension Provisions
66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on MyFutureFund following the recent opt out window. [67284/26]
- Social Welfare Appeals
67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of Disability Allowance application refusals overturned on appeal in 2025 and to date in 2026. [66589/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the level of service his Department already provides within the town of Shannon in County Clare; the way in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on the impact to date of the change in income disregards for the carer’s allowance which came into...
- State Pensions
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will amend the current weekly means limit for the increase for qualified adult allowance for recipients of the State...
- Social Welfare Appeals
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress his Department has made in reducing the waiting times for processing social welfare appeals. [67654/26]
- Social Welfare Benefits
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether consideration would be given to introducing a support specifically for older people to help with the cost...
- Departmental Reviews
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the review carried out by his Department on the system of means tests for all schemes in his Department; and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to implement a disregard of carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit in the assessment of income for other social...
- Social Welfare Application Forms
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to remove financial and administrative barriers faced by people when obtaining medical evidence and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer's allowance payments are included in the calculation of income when deciding the eligibility for the BSCFA...
- Social Welfare Benefits
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to enhance and expand Social Welfare and Intreo Services in County Laois to match local population growth...
- Departmental Reviews
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the review of means testing in the social protection system will be completed this quarter; and if he will make a...
- School Meals Programme
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection If he will provide a county breakdown of the numbers of students receiving a hot school meal every day. [67249/26]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in Cavan Monaghan that are eligible for Fuel Allowance. [67384/26]
- Departmental Policies
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he is considering advocating, as part of the pre-budget process, for targeted employer PRSI relief measures for SMEs,...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to the way that eligibility reviews are communicated to persons in receipt of the State...
- Budget 2027
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has had any engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to Budget 2027. [67198/26]
- Youth Unemployment
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to tackle youth unemployment. [66583/26]
- Social Welfare Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has assessed the impact of the child benefit payment rate remaining unchanged since 2016; and whether...
- Programme for Government
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the next steps in terms of progressively increasing the weekly rates of Carer's allowance and Carer's Benefit as committed to...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures are being taken to ensure that social welfare recipients can transition into further education, apprenticeships...
- Employment Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will undertake a review of opportunities for people to stay on employment schemes after they have turned 65 years...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on invalidity pensions are eligible for fuel allowance; to outline the criteria for fuel allowance; and if any...
- Social Welfare Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the possibility of a disability payment that is an entitlement for each person with a disability in the...
- Social Welfare Rates
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will increase carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit to €325 per week. [67667/26]
- Social Welfare Application Forms
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for the job seekers allowance or job seekers benefit who listed their previous...
- Social Welfare Payments
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider extending the continuation period for social welfare payments from six weeks to 12 weeks. [67652/26]
- Budget 2027
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in the context of Budget 2027, he will consider further reform of Carer’s Allowance, including increasing the weekly...
- Social Welfare Fraud
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process used by his Department to identify and investigate suspected social welfare fraud; the number of cases of social...
- Social Welfare Benefits
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline his plans to reform the domiciliary care allowance. [66685/26]
- Departmental Policies
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration is being given to increasing investment in digital inclusion measures, particularly for older persons,...
- Budget 2027
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the added measures his Department hope to introduce in Budget 2027 to help families with the cost of living. [67635/26]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the qualifying eligibility and the rate of the living alone allowance. [67326/26]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the proposed removal of the direct 126D bus service to Dublin City University as part of the revised 126 corridor;...
- Dublin Airport Authority
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason €20 million was spent by Dublin Airport Authority insulating homes in the noise preferential route of the North runway...
- Fuel Prices
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for updates on the fuel subsidy support schemes. [66662/26]
- Rail Network
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Dart+West; and whether Irish Rail plans on engaging with the local community on the closure of level crossings. [67496/26]
- Public Transport
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update as of September 2026 on the proposed increased fares on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress being made by the National Transport Authority towards a public consultation during the second half of 2027...
- Transport Policy
136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the establishment of a Strategic Integrated Transportation Office in Cork city. [67327/26]
- Road Safety
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the introduction of a multidisciplinary investigation model for fatal and serious road collisions, similar to the...
- Traffic Management
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will visit Letterkenny to meet with Donegal County Council and local representatives to see at first hand the severe traffic...
- Public Transport
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on accessibility on public transport; if he is aware of concerns that many bus stops and train platforms remain inaccessible;...
- Rail Network
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will undertake a feasibility study on the development of a north Drogheda railway station and a new railway station in...
- Bus Services
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of lost kilometres on the Ratoath-Dublin 103 bus service for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the efforts he...
- Public Transport
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the proposed Transport Hub in Nenagh. [67647/26]
- Road Projects
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied). [67617/26]
- Public Transport
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he is considering intervening to halt proposed increases in public transport fares. [67405/26]
- Rail Network
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the western rail corridor project. [67225/26]
- Road Projects
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update of the northern ring road for Kilkenny. [67470/26]
- Rail Network
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure an earlier train service for students and patients travelling to Sligo from Boyle in County Roscommon. [66979/26]
- Road Projects
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a progress update on the N-M20 Cork to Limerick, N72-N73 Mallow Relief Road, Cork City Northern Transport Project, N25 Carrigtwohill...
- Public Transport
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any initiative his Department is progressing to improve passenger safety on public transport. [66653/26]
- Departmental Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the roads and public transport funding he plans to make available to services in County Waterford. [67607/26]
- Rail Network
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Luas green line extension to Tyrrelstown. [67562/26]
- Urban Development
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the latest update and timeline of construction for the Finglas village renewal scheme, given there are reported delays to the project...
- Bus Services
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration is given to school and education-related travel demand when planning and expanding Local Link services in rural...
- Road Safety
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans to introduce registration requirements for e-scooters; to outline the work being undertaken in developing...
- Rail Network
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the proposed DART+ network northwards beyond Drogheda to include Dunleer, County Louth; if his Department...
- Bus Services
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the three BusConnects Cork sustainable transport corridor schemes approved by Government, including the date on which the...
- Rail Network
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the delivery of MetroLink. [67227/26]
- Road Safety
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the need to provide funding to local authorities for traffic cams and pedestrian crossings in rural towns and villages, including those...
- Rail Accidents
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to introduce effective safety measures at rail level crossings in an effort to protect individuals...
- Public Transport
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed increase in public transport fares; if this will be reconsidered in the budget; and when the fares will come...
- Bus Services
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it would be possible for bus route 891 to include Hugginstown along its route. [67471/26]
- Road Projects
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the bypass for Granard and Ballymahon. [66933/26]
- National Transport Authority
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has authority over the National Transport Authority, NTA; and if the NTA is accountable to his Department. [67016/26]
- Road Safety
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools that will be included in round 5 funding under the Safe Routes to School programme. [66977/26]
- Road Projects
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme; and when it is envisaged that this project will be completed. [66617/26]
- Bus Services
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could outline what actions are being taken to improve the reliability of the Dublin Bus Network in light of serious issues of 130...
- Rail Network
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the hourly train to Wicklow; and steps being taken to ensure the promised 2029 deadline is achieved. [67657/26]
- Bus Services
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can outline how they liaise with the NTA on introducing new bus routes and schedules in areas of growing population and...
- Rail Network
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rollout of new DART carriages; and the additional capacity each individual carriage provides. [67544/26]
- Greenways Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding greenways; to provide an update on the Listowel to Tralee delivery; to report on a projected timeline for...
- Transport Policy
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his work to improve transport connections in north Louth. [67412/26]
- Road Safety
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed development and introduction of safety measures on a road (details supplied). [67599/26]
- Departmental Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he will provide increased funding to Cork County Council for the restoration and maintenance of regional and local roads in Cork as...
- Road Safety
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to reduce road collisions and road fatalities. [66587/26]
- Rail Network
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns of severe overcrowding on the Oranmore to Galway train part of the Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail Dublin...
- Road Projects
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed development of a road (details supplied). [67590/26]
- Cycling Facilities
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the status of the Glanmire to Cork city cycle route phase 2; and the progress made to date since the Public...
- Bus Services
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider adding a stop on the 126 route in Athgarvan considering that the village is poorly serviced by public transport in...
- Rail Network
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the immediate actions being taken to address severe overcrowding on Galway commuter rail services, particularly between Athenry, Oranmore...
- Bus Services
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delay in the roll out of the Bus Connects network redesign in Dublin and when the required additional current...
- Rail Network
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to examine the feasibility of establishing a dedicated shuttle bus service along the emerging preferred route...
- Road Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the current status of the M20 Cork–Limerick motorway; the anticipated timeline for the project to go to planning, CPO...
- Public Transport
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an overview of the soon-to-be-launched Ennis town public bus service; the hours of operation; the extent of bus stops;...
- Air Services
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the timeline for the long awaited restoration of the Derry to Dublin airlink. [67365/26]
- Bus Services
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on double-decker buses due to be deployed across the State in 2026 and 2027; when they will be deployed in Galway...
- Public Transport
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the analysis undertaken by his Department regarding the impact of the recent NTA announcement on public transport fare changes...
- Departmental Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure funding for the N24 and N25 upgrades. [67606/26]
- Bus Services
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed enhancement of the NX Navan-Dublin service; the date on which the proposed 24% increase in peak-time...
- Road Projects
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the latest update and timeline of construction for the Finglas Roundabout projects at St Margaret's Road and McKee Avenue, given...
- Transport Policy
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on progress towards the establishment of a transport security force; and the anticipated timeline for its...
- Public Transport
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the fact that public transport connections to Dublin Airport are being significantly increased and improved, his plans to...
- Departmental Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will support funding for an orbital bus route for residents of Kinsealy in order that they can access Portmarnock and...
- An Garda Síochána
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the Minister for Justice; Home Affairs and Migration and An Garda Síochána on the urgent strengthening...
- Bus Services
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on BusConnects Galway; when the new network will be implemented; if it is still on track for 2028; and if not, the...
- Road Signage
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been made available to local authorities to install, replace and update speed limit signage arising from changes to...
- Departmental Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that increased funding will be provided in 2027 for the non national road network taking into account the urgent need...
- Road Safety
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to safeguard motorists from wild deer on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67582/26]
- Rail Network
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocols which are in place when a train is late departing its departure station; the way in which the information regarding the...
- Road Projects
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Athenry relief road project. [67226/26]
- Public Service Obligation
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the public service obligation, PSO, programme discussions in relation increasing the 132 bus service and improving the...
- Road Safety
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined any additional infrastructural road safety measures on motorways following a number of incidents in recent...
- Disability Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to ensure that all public transport is fully accessible for people with disabilities. [66652/26]
- Rail Network
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the independent feasibility study for a metro to south-west Dublin. [66691/26]
- Road Safety
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 15 January 2026, whether his Department has had any engagement with the UNECE Working Party...
- Rail Network
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made by the National Transport Authority and Iarnród Éireann in improving the provision of real-time...
- Road Network
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update as of September 2026 on the Mallow relief road project, including if the timeline of the project progression is being met;...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to provide funding for a route (details supplied). [67371/26]
- Rail Network
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the introduction of catering services, particularly on long services, such as the Mayo to Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her response to raids and arrests targeting the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey; and if she has contacted the Turkish Embassy in Dublin to convey...
- Passport Services
230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if the application for a first-time passport will be expedited. [67709/26]
- Foreign Birth Registration
231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on an application under foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67805/26]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the rural link bus services nationwide; the measures being taken to improve service frequency, extend operating hours...
- Rail Network
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the funding that has been invested in existing train services from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 in Dublin West, by...
- Bus Services
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the funding that has been invested in new bus routes versus existing services from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 in...
- Transport Policy
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport infrastructure projects, service enhancements and capital investments planned, funded or under consideration for Newbridge...
- Bus Services
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals under consideration by the National Transport Authority to introduce additional direct bus services between Newbridge and...
- Rail Network
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration is being given by the National Transport Authority and Iarnród Éireann to increasing the number of...
- Public Transport
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if free travel passengers are now being treated differently than paying customers, specifically, that free travel passengers cannot book...
- Driver Licences
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered measures to reduce the barriers faced by Irish citizens returning from the United States who hold valid US driving...
- Driver Test
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average driving test waiting time at each Road Safety Authority driving test centre nationally, for each of the years 2022, 2023,...
- Driver Licences
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular format, the number of driving licence and learner permit applications processed at each National Driver...
- Road Safety
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to carry out emergency measures to prevent deer from causing death and serious injury to motorists and all road users; and if he will...
- Driver Licences
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the matter. [67879/26]
- Road Safety
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to introduce legislation to compel the registration of E Scooters and Bikes and a licencing system for users. [67757/26]
- Road Projects
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to increase funding for CIS (Community Involvement Investment) in Laois to carry out works in local authority housing estates as some of...
- Coast Guard Service
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 55313/26, to provide an update on the development of the Arklow Coastguard Station; and if he will...
- Driver Test
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reform the driving test including the introduction of transparency and technology in Irish driving tests; his views on...
- Dublin Bus
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current recruitment program of drivers overseas for Dublin Bus; if recruitment targets have been met; whether additional recruitment...
- Public Transport
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an update on the NTA’s consideration of a route (details supplied); and for a decision to be made at the nearest opportunity given...
- Rail Network
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the railway order has been granted, to outline a timeline for when works on the Luas Finglas line will commence;...
- Traffic Management
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Mayo County Council regarding traffic congestion issues in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, particularly at the Clare...
- Departmental Schemes
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a fuel income support scheme application (details supplied); and the timeframe for funds to issue to the eligible...
- Tax Reliefs
267. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual tax units that have benefitted from the childcare services relief scheme in each year since its introduction; and the annual cost for...
- Financial Services
268. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to protect mortgage holders whose loans have been sold to non-bank entities and who are being charged interest rates in excess of 6%;...
- Crime Prevention
271. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners, including through the Criminal Assets Bureau, have identified organised criminal involvement in the importation, distribution or...
- Prize Bonds
277. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on widely expressed concerns of long-term holders of prize bonds in relation to the inadequate current variable rate of interest and also taking...
- Customs and Excise
278. To ask the Minister for Finance the four scheduled stages by which the temporary excise reductions on petrol and diesel are to be restored from 1 November 2026 to the end of February 2027,...
- Budget 2027
279. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in advance of any change to the rate of the e-liquid products tax in budget 2027, his Department has assessed the effect of a rate increase on the size of...
- Tax Yield
280. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected full year yield of the carbon tax increase to €78.50 per tonne scheduled for 2027; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of deferring that...
- Tax Code
281. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the carbon tax increase on home heating fuels that was deferred from 1 May 2026 to 14 October 2026; the average effect of that increase...
- Tax Yield
282. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional VAT accruing to the Exchequer for each 10 cent increase in the average retail price of a litre of petrol and diesel; the total VAT...
- Illicit Trade
284. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department received or considered any independent analysis, including analysis prepared by an organisation (details supplied), on the likely effect of...
- Tax Code
288. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering introducing a tax equivalent to Luxembourg's long established "taxe d'abonnement" in relation to funds domiciled in Ireland; and the...
- Illicit Trade
290. To ask the Minister for Finance if counterfeit toys seized by customs are assessed for child-safety and CE compliance and referred for destruction where a serious risk is identified; and the...
- Tax Reliefs
296. To ask the Minister for Finance if counselling and psychotherapy treatments and services qualify for tax relief for health expenses, where the individual providing that service is qualified...
- Active Travel
297. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department have explored expanding the bike to work scheme to include third-level students. [67940/26]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Projects
299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors to an OPW Heritage site (details supplied) for each of the years 2021-2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form....
- Departmental Expenditure
302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been spent on the Financial Management Shared Service Project to date; the Departments or Votes that have indicated...
- Employment Rights
303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the mandate for staff members in the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) to work two days per week in office rather than the...
- Health Service Executive
304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the statutory grounds under which he has suspended autonomy for day to day spending from several HSE regions; to detail any consultation...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Regulations
305. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations his Department has undertaken for the implementation in Ireland of the EU REACH restrictions on the use of lead...
- Tourism Industry
306. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department was consulted or informed regarding Fáilte Ireland's decision to support the 12th International Conference on...
- EU Directives
307. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the process concerning the transposition of Directive (EU) 2025/2450 of 26 November 2025 amending Directive...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation of a first year student (details supplied) who is currently without a school place without the learning supports...
- Schools Building Projects
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an Emergency Works Grant application for a school (details supplied). [67687/26]
- Irish Language
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide for immersive Irish medium provision in Brussels according to the demand for same and in line with her powers under the...
- Teacher Training
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reopening Route 4 recognising prior learning and experience of individuals wishing to qualify as teachers; and if she has...
- School Transport
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend a post primary school transport route to collect a student (details supplied) who is attending a special class from her house....
- School Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support a unions request to provide immediate investment to address teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms (details supplied); and if...
- Schools Building Projects
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school building (details supplied); and the reason Stage 2A is taking longer than expected. [67938/26]
- School Transport
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question 64517/26, if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will address the particular...
- Educational Disadvantage
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have been reclassified from DEIS Urban Band 2 to DEIS Urban Band 1 since the conclusion of the 2022 DEIS...
- Schools Building Projects
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a capital project for a school (details supplied). [67848/26]
- Special Educational Needs
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she will urgently review the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has been refused home tuition scheme hours on the basis...
- Schools Building Projects
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a recent emergency works application for a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will ensure contact is made from her...
- Special Educational Needs
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the case of a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism and a moderate intellectual disability who, despite...
- Schools Building Projects
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67804/26]
- School Funding
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the financial pressures facing primary schools arising from increased costs such as heating, electricity, insurance and...
- School Accommodation
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67799/26]
- Schools Building Projects
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the tender process for a school (details supplied). [67796/26]
- Teaching Qualifications
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the policy on incremental credits; and whether it adequately assesses...
- Schools Building Projects
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give the go ahead for the addition of the construction of an extension and a safe car park at a school (details supplied). [67981/26]
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Sports Funding
344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of Sports Capital Grant Funding will be open for applications. [67832/26]
- Pension Provisions
345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm if his Department has appointed a suitably qualified individual to carry out an assessment of the issues faced...
- Sports Organisations
346. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to assist an organisation (details supplied) to obtain Govern Body status; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Broadband Plan
349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when all broadband black spots in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67869/26]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Election Management System
357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a firm deadline for the completion and publication of any report recommending changes to local electoral...
- Mother and Baby Homes
358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason guidelines for local authorities on local memorialisation of former Mother and Baby Home and County Home sites...
- Wildlife Protection
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's policy on the commencement of work on sites where ecological impact assessments are over five years old and...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) no longer send a representative to attend a committee (details...
- Septic Tanks
367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for homeowners who need grants to help update their small group septic tank systems (details...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person aged under 66 years-of-age who moved from receiving an invalidity pension to a bereaved partners...
- Pension Provisions
371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the final number of participants in MyFutureFund who were eligible to opt out during the first opt-out window ending on 31...
- School Funding
373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) can qualify for funding to support the provision of a breakfast club in the school which is...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2026, if any person who holds any period of reckonable residence on the day...
- International Protection
376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the recognition or appeal-success rate for international protection appeals to date in 2026, by year, nationality,...
- Deportation Orders
378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that have been revoked by his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- Peace Commissioners
379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all Peace Commissioners appointed from 20 June 2024 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on current processing times for stamp 0 permissions; if he is aware that there is a person (details...
- International Protection
381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial reviews that were undertaken by asylum seekers against IPAT rulings for each of the past five years; the...
- Visa Applications
382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding join family visa applications (details supplied). [67813/26]
- An Garda Síochána
383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda strength assigned to the Mayo Garda Division, including community policing personnel; the number of Garda...
- Antisocial Behaviour
384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to address repeat offending and anti social behaviour in towns and rural communities; the number of...
- Northern Ireland
385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda vetting process does not allow for Northern Ireland to be selected as a birthplace, given Northern Ireland...
- International Protection
386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality To ask the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Department, or any agency under the Department's aegis,...
- Drug Dealing
387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of criminal damage, arson and threats to kill or cause serious harm recorded in the Cork City division...
- Regional Airports
389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave to land at each airport in the State outside Dublin Airport in 2024, 2025 and to date in...
- An Garda Síochána
390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current whole-time-equivalent strength of the divisional drugs units in the Cork City and Cork/Kerry divisions in each of...
- Equality Issues
395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the process by which the Special Rapporteur on Racial Equality and Racism was appointed; the term of the...
- Legal Aid
398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a county by county breakdown of the payments made to barristers in criminal legal aid payments for the individual...
- Student Visas
401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to urgently issue visas to Gaza students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67882/26]
- Departmental Correspondence
406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider and reply to correspondence from an organisation regarding the points relevant to his Department (details...
- Visa Agreements
408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the suspension of visa free travel for Israeli citizens; and the mechanisms by which he ensures that...
- Antisocial Behaviour
409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made for public order offences within Galway city in each month for 2025 and to date in 2026. [67842/26]
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Public Services Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanism that exist to ensure that the digitisation of public services across Government does not result in persons who are...
- Equality Issues
423. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the guidance her Department has issued to public bodies concerning their obligations under the Public Sector Equality and Human...
- Childcare Services
424. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered childminders in their own home, by county, in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [67905/26]
- Disability Services
425. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality as part of the HSE’s National Service Plan 2026 to outline the location by county and by town/village of the proposed new 152...
- Health Services Staff
427. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the share of expenditure spent on agency staff for every section 39 organisation. [68024/26]
- Childcare Services
428. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the development of Shaping the Future Phase 2; and when it will be published in 2026. [67979/26]
- Home Care Packages
429. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that home support will be provided for a person (details supplied) in the week where they are not currently receiving...
- Department of Health
- Legislative Measures
430. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to publish the Heads of a Bill on adult safeguarding; whether the published framework for adult safeguarding in the health and social care sectors...
- Medicinal Products
431. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the roll out of insulin pumps at the diabetic clinic based at the midlands regional hospital Mullingar; if the clinic currently has the...
- Hospital Services
432. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the position of the diabetic clinic at the Midlands regional Hospital Mullingar; if the clinic will be closing temporarily from 1 October...
- Health Services
433. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the newly approved Huntington’s Disease Care Pathway, following the approval notification issued by the...
- Healthcare Policy
434. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in Ireland on umbilical cord donation for stem cell collection and treatment; and if her Department has considered the creation of a public cord...
- Health Services
435. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the severe delays in neurology review appointments for degenerative conditions, with specific reference to cases where...
- Health Promotion
436. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Tobacco Free Ireland Policy Review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67688/26]
- Health Services Staff
437. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide new funding to Diabetes Ireland to employ two psychologists to further support delivery of its Mental Health and Wellbeing Programmes to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
438. To ask the Minister for Health if she will sanction a HIQA Health Technology Assessment on the effectiveness and long term health benefits of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for people...
- Health Services Staff
440. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide new funding to provide a new registered advanced nurse practitioner post in each young adult diabetes clinic in all level 4 hospitals to...
- Ambulance Service
441. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of an incident (details supplied); and the measures she will take to increase ambulance personnel and vehicle capacity in County Meath. [67722/26]
- Pharmacy Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration will be given to issuing clear and nationally consistent guidance to pharmacies and non-pharmacy retailers regarding the sale of...
- Disability Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the entirety of funding for a person (details supplied) to attend an adult disability day placement will urgently be made available due to the...
- Nursing Homes
449. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome if a home subject to the fair deal scheme was not insured and damaged by fire; and the way in which the contribution to the fair deal scheme will...
- Healthcare Policy
450. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has plans to raise the mileage rate for HSE workers, especially those working caring for patients in more rural areas and who have to travel...
- Health Services
451. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will seek an update from her officials. [67819/26]
- Mental Health Services
454. To ask the Minister for Health when a family will receive an offer of primary care psychology intervention (details supplied). [67737/26]
- Medical Cards
456. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the printing of physical medical cards; and if there is an update on when the issues will be addressed. [67923/26]
- Ambulance Service
457. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for an ambulance in the County Meath region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67727/26]
- Health Services
460. To ask the Minister for Health when a payment in respect of the Cross Border Directive will be paid to a person (details supplied). [67723/26]
- Departmental Funding
462. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on...
- Addiction Treatment Services
463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential addiction treatment beds available to residents of the Cork/Kerry region in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and...
- Hospital Staff
465. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been granted to Cork University Hospital to recruit the staff required to operationalise 21 additional acute inpatient beds, due to be...
- Mental Health Services
470. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place for the care and supervision of patients presenting with acute psychosis while awaiting psychiatric assessment in emergency departments;...
- Medicinal Products
473. To ask the Minister for Health to advise on matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [67884/26]
- Health Services Staff
474. To ask the Minister for Health if staff from existing HSE sites are to be redeployed to commission the HSE South West Surgical Hub; if so, the number of staff, broken down by grade and...
- Health Services
476. To ask the Minister for Health If she will review the case of a person (details supplied). [67751/26]
- Hospital Services
478. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the services currently available in Monaghan Hospital. [67857/26]
- Hospital Facilities
479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards currently in use in Monaghan Hospital and what they are used for. [67858/26]
- Hospital Staff
480. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of staff employed in Monaghan Hospital, by department. [67859/26]
- Hospital Facilities
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available in Monaghan Hospital for both in-patient and outpatient services. [67860/26]
- Hospital Equipment
482. To ask the Minister for Health if she could provide a list of the diagnostic equipment in Monaghan Hospital. [67861/26]
- Hospital Procedures
483. To ask the Minister for Health if she could provide a list of theatre procedures done in Monaghan Hospital. [67862/26]
- Hospital Facilities
484. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of rooms in Monaghan Hospital; the number that are in use and number that are unused. [67863/26]
- Hospital Staff
486. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff in cardiology allocated to Monaghan Hospital. [67865/26]
- Health Services
489. To ask the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting times from diagnosis of a cerebral aneurysm to definitive treatment in each of the past five years; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cerebral angiogram procedures cancelled at Beaumont Hospital in each of the past five years due to a lack of available inpatient or recovery...
- Artificial Intelligence
495. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has researched AI therapy chatbots or mental health tools; and if her Department is exploring options for the regulation of AI tools...
- Health Services
496. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of completed Cross-Border Directive reimbursement applications currently awaiting payment; the date of receipt of the oldest outstanding...
- Health Services Staff
497. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of an advance nurse practitioner (details supplied) who is still being paid at the candidate ANP rate despite being formally registered as...
- Disability Services
499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a two-year waiting list for an speech and language therapist for children has been allowed to develop; the number of children that are currently...
- Health Services
500. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [67791/26]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
501. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) whose scheduled spinal surgery has been cancelled ten times. [67789/26]
- Health Services Staff
506. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of adult speech and language therapists has been filled for HSE North and North West and specifically for Leitrim and Sligo. [67990/26]
- Medical Cards
508. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the qualifying income thresholds for a medical card for those over the aged of 70. [67784/26]
- Health Services Staff
509. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if staff recruited by acute hospitals to achieve baseline implementation of Phase 1 of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix are...
- Hospital Staff
510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded radiographer posts from 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 which remain vacant in Cork University Hospital; the number for which approval has...
- Medicinal Products
511. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1661 of 18 March 2026, to confirm that a drug (details supplied) is to be discontinued from January 2027; and the plans...
- Hospital Facilities
512. To ask the Minister for Health for any plans the HSE have to increase the parking capacity at Merlin Park Hospital Galway. [67840/26]
- Health Services Staff
513. To ask the Minister for Health to list for every section 39 organisation the share of expenditure spent on agency staff. [68025/26]
- Seirbhísí Sláinte
514. To ask the Minister for Health [68020/26]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the case of a student (details supplied) who has completed the academic component of a PLC course and has now received...
- Budget 2027
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give detailed consideration to the requests outlined by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Further and Higher Education
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the manner in which the recruitment of 25 professor positions for the TU sector will be advanced, including the timeline for recruitment; whether...
