Written answers

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

  • Department of Finance
    • Universal Social Charge
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering abolishing USC for workers earning less than €100,000 in order to help workers with increases in costs of living. [68656/26]
    • Business Regulation
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the proportionate application of Revenue fixed penalty sanctions for administrative measures as recommended by the report of the Cost of...
    • Farm Costs
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the farmer VAT flat rate addition, given concerns that it places financial pressure on smaller farmer incomes; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the current total excise (carbon and non-carbon component) on home heating oil, petrol, diesel and green diesel; the amount received by the Exchequer from...
    • Business Supports
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum report that come under the remit of his Department. [68453/26]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve transparency for SME business customers in relation to fees, charges and bills for banking and payment services. [68502/26]
    • Budget 2027
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider increasing taxes on wealth and capital in Budget 2027, in view of recent research by an organisation (details supplied) that predicts...
    • Legislative Reviews
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on plans to amend the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 and other legislation to facilitate the adoption of tokenisation...
    • EU Budgets
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount contributed to the EU MFF by Ireland in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the total receipts; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional VAT receipts accruing to the Exchequer for each one cent per litre increase in the pre-tax price of petrol and diesel; and the total additional...
    • Fuel Prices
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed proposals for a mechanism under which no further VAT or excise would be applied to petrol and diesel once the retail price...
    • Financial Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he plans to take further to his Department’s Funds Sector 2030 review recommending developing a pathway to the adoption of tokenisation....
    • Tax Collection
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to reform deemed disposal tax rules for Irish Investors. [67872/26]
    • Budget 2027
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give a commitment that an issue (details supplied) will be specifically considered as part of the Budget process, rather than relying solely on...
    • Financial Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the development of the new State-backed savings and investment scheme for ordinary investors. [68199/26]
    • Insurance Industry
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in reducing the cost and improving the availability of public liability insurance for community and voluntary organisations,...
    • Tax Credits
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is intending to make any changes to the Section 481 Film Tax credit in the upcoming budget in view of the recommendations of the Budgetary Oversight...
    • Tax Collection
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the introduction of a windfall tax for large energy companies. [65222/26]
    • Budget 2027
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance whether, in the context of Budget 2027, he will consider measures through the taxation system to recognise the significantly higher transport costs faced by...
    • Tax Exemptions
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if investment by the providers of planned new personal investment accounts using moneys invested through the new accounts will be subject to deemed disposal...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to increase the uptake of State-supported finance by SMEs in the western region; the geographical distribution of lending supported...
    • Tax Reliefs
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans tax changes to support first time buyers. [68538/26]
    • Departmental Policies
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will act to reduce the cost of appealing Revenue assessments as recommended by the report of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum. [68413/26]
    • Budget 2027
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the scope in Budget 2027 for income tax measures to support working people and ensure that increases in earnings translate into meaningful...
    • Fuel Prices
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the tax treatment of home heating oil. [68451/26]
    • Tax Collection
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that workers on average pay a greater proportion of their wage in income related taxes than businesses pay in corporate taxes; and his plans to...
    • Tax Reliefs
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance to amend the standard capital superannuation benefit guidelines (details supplied) so that standard non-cash benefits-in-kind (such as health insurance)...
    • Tax Credits
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that film producer companies in receipt of section 481 Film Tax Credit, claiming that they are providing quality employment and training,...
    • Credit Unions
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Government has made in supporting credit unions to expand their capacity for mortgage and business lending. [68404/26]
    • Financial Instruments
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the measures being considered as part of Budget 2027 are intended to increase housing supply and support delivery, while avoiding unintended...
    • Disability Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department's role in the proposed replacement of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers’ scheme and the move away from the...
    • Data Centres
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase taxation on data centres in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68600/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessments he has carried out on the current maximum help to buy scheme relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68540/26]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the enhanced reporting requirement for SMEs. [68406/26]
    • Business Supports
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax measures being considered for Budget 2027 to support SMEs facing increased costs and to encourage small businesses to invest, grow and create...
    • Financial Instruments
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the latest Wealth Tax Report (details supplied); and if he is considering introducing a similar wealth tax to broaden the tax base and fund...
    • Tax Collection
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he has given to using changes to USC as a means of reducing the tax burden on workers in preparing Budget 2027; and the way in which this...
    • Financial Instruments
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to support more retail investment in the funds sector. [68362/26]
    • Fuel Prices
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider further measures to reduce the cost of green diesel to protect agriculture, construction, and other sectors from soaring costs. [68626/26]
    • Tax Credits
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out analysis into persons that ultimately benefit from the renters’ tax credits when no ban on rent increase is in place....
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      189. To ask the Taoiseach if it is proposed to have an extensive information campaign in advance of Census 2027 emphasising that it is a legal requirement to particulate in the Census; and the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of the 2025 budget allocation that was spent on the salaries of staff that are based at each Irish Embassy and or Consulate...
    • Passport Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if the passport application can be expedited as a matter of urgency due to...
    • Human Rights
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has raised the situation of human rights defenders in West Papua in the context of the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the official or diplomatic links or engagements Ireland has with North Korea. [68224/26]
    • EU Regulations
      197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If she will raise at EU level concerns regarding the operation of the EU’s 50% duties on steel imports, particularly where a...
    • EU Agreements
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the potential advantages and the operational nature of the proposed Associate Membership of the European Union for Canada. [68531/26]
    • Passport Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [68579/26]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagements between her Department and the government of Indonesia in 2025, and to-date in 2026. [68655/26]
    • Passport Services
      204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for a child (details supplied) that was applied for on 17 August 2026 will be processed in time for a travel date in October...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regards to SEAI's warmer homes scheme, if there are plans to raise the year of construction and occupation from 2006...
    • Energy Prices
      210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 16 September 2026, to report on each of the dates his officials met with...
    • Trade Unions
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the meeting of his departmental officials with four recognised trade unions concerning the employee share ownership...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the findings of the independent analysis on repowering and lifetime extension will inform the forthcoming...
    • Departmental Strategies
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the publication of the communications strategy as part of the National Biomethane Strategy. [68520/26]
    • Budget 2027
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department’s allocation in Budget 2027 will make provision for the estimated €220 million in...
    • Departmental Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department's input into the regulatory framework governing the biomethane sector in Ireland; to...
    • Electric Vehicles
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts his Department have made to encourage better take-up of the solar PV scheme by electricity providers. [68695/26]
    • Departmental Schemes
      220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government If he will outline the current wait times for works through the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and the number of applications...
    • Electricity Grid
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions taken since Storm Éowyn to improve the resilience of the electricity distribution network; and to provide...
    • Waste Management
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of recyclable material collected in Ireland that was exported for recycling or reprocessing in each of the past...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available to small businesses and enterprises regarding the rising cost of energy. [68944/26]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      227. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions she is taking to address proposals that soldiers are seeing their rations cut (details supplied); and if she believes that this is...
    • Departmental Data
      229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total costs of the two P70 class ships (LÉ Aoibhinn and LÉ Gobnait) since they were purchased from New Zealand, broken down by...
    • EU Presidency
      230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget that has been allocated to the Conference on Defence Industry her Department is organising as part of Ireland's EU presidency. [68163/26]
    • Defence Forces
      232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether four members of the legal team originally appointed to the Defence Forces Tribunal (details supplied) ceased to act during the latter...
    • Emergency Planning
      236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will provide the full cost of the be emergency ready information booklet; to include a breakdown of consultancy used; and the design...
    • Defence Forces
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence her response to recent media reports that soldiers’ rations, radar systems and naval guns are among a number of areas to be curtailed by...
    • Flood Risk Management
      238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a local flood warning service will be available for communities. [68841/26]
    • Office of Government Procurement
      239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 64325/26 of 16 September 2026, to confirm whether the figures provided for 2022 to 2025 relate solely to...
    • Air Corps
      240. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 64320/26 and 64321/26 of 16 September 2026 (details supplied), the overall Air Corps fleet availability...
    • Flood Risk Management
      241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the persons on the subgroup to develop the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Service; the frequency with which they have met since the...
    • Naval Service
      242. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the current status of each of the State's naval vessels; whether they are currently at sea; the details of hours sailed...
    • Defence Forces
      243. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the numbers of personnel within the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Forces; the figures at each year...
    • Emergency Planning
      244. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the membership of the Government task force on emergency planning; and how often the task force has met in 2025 and in 2026, in tabular form....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland have plans to introduce road safety and traffic calming measures at the entrance to Mallow Hospital...
    • Rail Network
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend rail services to Park West and Cherry Orchard station on weekends. [68030/26]
    • Transport Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the Transport Security Force Bill; and when this Bill will progress to the next stage. [68054/26]
    • National Monuments
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s policy on consultation with the National Monuments Service and The Heritage Council, with regards to protected...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a review of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 that would restrict the permission of private clamping companies to...
    • Dublin Bus
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Transport Authority has fined Dublin Bus for bus routes 15, 27a, 27b, H1, H2, H3, and 6 not meeting NTA service...
    • Rail Network
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Transport Authority have fined Iarnród Eireann for not meeting service delivery targets for the DART. [68276/26]
    • Bus Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans for the introduction of BusConnects to Waterford; the date the BusConnects plan is to commence; the requirements which must be...
    • Driver Test
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration has been given to the difficulties faced by learner drivers whose insurance renewal date falls after their...
    • Road Projects
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to take into consideration the most dangerous section of the Ring of Kerry, National Secondary road by requesting TII to provide...
    • Airport Policy
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to review and broaden access to the Residential Sound Insulation Grant Scheme (RSIGS) for homes experiencing noise...
    • Rail Network
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans for interim traffic arrangements during the Dart+ west construction programme. [68196/26]
    • Road Safety
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether additional funding has been allocated to the RSA to expand existing road safety education programmes; if yes, the amount of...
    • Bus Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport To ask the Minister for Transport why the 00:20 Expressway service from Dublin Airport to Drogheda failed to operate on September 13, why...
    • Road Safety
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Whether any funding has been allocated to establishing the new "Road Safety Ambassadors Programme" as announced by his Department...
    • Driver Test
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has the RSA considered reforming the current driving-test format, including a more supportive or modular assessment model, while...
    • Driver Licences
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application to renew a driving licence can be made on-line; and if not, if he will indicate the process an applicant has to follow....
    • Public Transport
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Luas Finglas and to provide an updated timeline for the project to commence construction. [68324/26]
    • Road Safety
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that will be used to identify, prioritise and select locations for the deployment of new traffic enforcement cameras under...
    • Airport Policy
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of enforcement notices issued under Part 4 of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; and the number of...
    • Rail Network
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that cash payment options remain on rail services, particularly for free travel pass holders who may not have access to...
    • Airport Policy
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the aircraft noise competent authority's independence of the airport authority is achieved for the purposes of Article...
    • Driver Test
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm through the Road Safety Authority the number of driving tests that have taken place to date at the recently opened Drogheda...
    • Rail Network
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on correspondence (details supplied). [68421/26]
    • Airport Policy
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory basis on which the outcome of a review of the competent authority's performance under section 3(9)(a) of the Aircraft Noise...
    • Legislative Measures
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his response to recommendation 9 of the Joint Committee on Transport's report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of...
    • Noise Pollution
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department maintains that noise abatement procedures in Ireland are fully consistent with Regulation (EU) No 598/2014 having...
    • Public Transport
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to contact the people involved who approved a 15% in public transport to reconsider the decision and to reverse this increase in view of...
    • Traffic Management
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on the National Safety Camera Strategy and the rollout of additional traffic enforcement cameras; the timeline for...
    • Legislative Measures
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an anticipated timeline for the progression of the National Vehicle and Driver File, Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2026;...
    • Public Transport
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed progress report on connecting the train station and bus station in Killarney, County Kerry; and will he make a...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether local authorities can issue fines for failure to display a tax disc. [68514/26]
    • Rail Network
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed update in relation to actions taken on the rail project prioritisation strategy early intervention actions. [68512/26]
    • Bus Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the delivery of the 127 bus route from Dublin city centre to Kildare, currently operated by a company (details...
    • Road Safety
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statistics his Department has for collisions or road incidents along the N85 between Ennis and Ennistymon each year since 2016, in...
    • National Transport Authority
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the National Transport Authority to review the proposed public transport fare increases due to take effect from...
    • Public Service Obligation
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Transport Authority has estimated would be required in 2027 to maintain public service obligation fares at 2026...
    • Public Transport
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to identify towns and population centres in Meath west where current public transport provision does not...
    • Bus Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask the NTA to review the frequency and reliability of route 115 serving Enfield and Dublin, with reference to peak commuter...
    • Public Transport
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to enhancing the frequency and capacity of direct public transport services from Athboy and Trim to...
    • Bus Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either the NTA or Bus Éireann record the number of occasions on which passengers on the NX Navan-Dublin route are unable to board...
    • Haulage Industry
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the appeals process will open for the road transport operators scheme. [68793/26]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the legal and statutory basis upon which the decision taken by the CIÉ board in 2009 not to provide increases...
    • Departmental Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary question No. 65444/26, to reconcile the figures provided, in circumstances where 1,195 parliamentary questions...
    • Disability Issues
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the development of the vehicle adaptation scheme; when the details of this scheme will be published; and when the...
    • National Transport Authority
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a service issue (details supplied); and if he will ask his officials to engage with the NTA about improving services...
    • Rail Network
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Irish Rail collects data on passengers left behind due to full trains; and if so, to provide the details for the past year at the...
    • Ports Policy
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to the full implementation of developments for new cruise facilities at Dublin Port; to explore alternative approaches...
    • Public Transport
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress to improve the availability and accessibility of TFI LEAP cards at Dublin Airport, including the provision of...
    • Rail Network
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether an assessment has been undertaken of the vulnerability of the Rosslare rail corridor to coastal erosion, storm surge and...
    • Bus Services
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposals contained in the Athenry bus routes consultation conducted by the National Transport Authority;...
    • Rail Network
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason commuters using rail services in the Galway metropolitan area do not benefit from fare structures equivalent to those...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed Park and Ride facility in Kilpedder, County Wicklow; the amount expended on the project to date;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected on fuel, by fuel type from 2024 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [68101/26]
    • Insurance Coverage
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of reports that different properties on the same street or development are receiving different treatment by the same insurers in terms of flood...
    • Tax Reliefs
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax relief to counselling and psychotherapy fees. [68241/26]
    • Economic Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance for the following economic data in relation to the years 2005-2015: (A) - GDP €bn at constant market price. (B) GNP €bn at constant market...
    • International Sanctions
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to efforts by Russia or Russian backed financial technologies or financial companies, to move money through financial...
    • Tax Code
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance will he restore the 9% VAT rate for the letting of camping and touring pitches to tourists using their own camping equipment at Fáilte Ireland-registered...
    • Housing Schemes
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance If he will consider increasing the property value for the help to buy scheme from €500,000 in light of the increase in construction costs and so on....
    • Employment Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will act to improve the employment investment incentive scheme as recommended by the report of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum. [68415/26]
    • Tax Reliefs
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the removal of VAT on counselling and psychotherapy. [68240/26]
    • Tax Code
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance if he his Department consider a reduction in the VAT rate for the beauty industry in the upcoming budget (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the application of VAT, customs-related charges and import administration fees to MedicAlert bracelets imported by individuals; whether...
    • Insurance Coverage
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the current legislative and regulatory framework governing mortgage protection insurance adequately protects creditworthy...
    • Prize Bonds
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance if prize bonds are subject to the criteria for dormant accounts. [68785/26]
    • Tax Code
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the proposals to establish a double taxation agreement with Barbados. [68733/26]
    • Tax Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to the Exchequer to date in 2026 of the temporary reductions in excise duties on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil; the estimated benefit per...
    • Disability Issues
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who availed of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the Exchequer cost in each year;...
    • Housing Schemes
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the upper purchase price limit of the help to buy scheme for homes in Dublin, where the average price of new builds is higher...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Transport Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will designate the TEN-T Priority Improvement Project Donegal as a critical infrastructure project, as requested by Donegal County...
    • Departmental Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if companies (details supplied) are currently on the Office of Government Procurement framework to provide security and or steward...
    • Protected Disclosures
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the adequacy of the safeguards under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 against penalisation, and against the...
    • Office of Public Works
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 7 September 2026, seeking to establish the proportion of earned revenue that is reinvested...
    • Departmental Budgets
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide respectively the Departmental gross voted capital allocations for 2026 following the Revised Estimates; the cause of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated completion date for the Whitechurch stream flood alleviation scheme; if temporary flood barriers will be erected ahead of...
    • Pension Provisions
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the January 2024 pay increase paid to medical scientists following restoration of parity with biochemists was not...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the proposed replacement tender for the provision of a service (details supplied) and associated services following the...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil aon phlean ann chun na fostaithe atá dátheangach (Gaeilge agus Béarla) a úsáid nó a spreagadh go...
    • An Garda Síochána
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he will preserve the option for existing Garda members to retire at age 62 without an additional pension penalty arising from a...
    • Office of Public Works
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a detailed and definitive update on the long-delayed Turoe Stone project in Bullaun, Loughrea, Co. Galway; the current status of the...
    • Public Appointments Service
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Public Appointments Service records the source through which applicants for HSE consultant posts learned of the vacancy; the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department can confirm the permanent defence measures in place to protect an area of county Clare (details supplied) from...
    • EU Presidency
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 65398/26 of 16 September 2026, the allocation and provisional expenditure to the end of August...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Contracts
      347. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of external HR companies that are contracted to provide services to his Department in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the...
    • Tourism Industry
      348. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department advises companies against advertising services in occupied territories as if they were within the sovereign...
    • Tourism Promotion
      349. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to increase tourism to the historically significant town of Ferns, County Wexford, particularly in the context of 2027...
    • EU Presidency
      350. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what budget has been allocated to the AI Summit being organised by the Department for the 14th of October as part of Ireland's EU...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      351. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work of the AI Office of Ireland since its establishment earlier this year. [68166/26]
    • Programme for Government
      352. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a new national life sciences strategy; and the expected timeline...
    • EU Presidency
      353. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget that has been allocated to the High Level Conference on The Future of Work being organised by his Department as part of...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      354. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that have been undertaken by Government to support the agreement of international treaties on the development of...
    • Employment Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the fact that the Central Bank quarterly report of September 16 noted that all net new jobs created in second...
    • EU Agreements
      357. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will prepare an impact assessment and transition plan to support those impacted in Ireland by the recent decision...
    • Business Regulation
      358. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any review of the requirement for company directors to make publicly available their name, date of birth,...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      359. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether retail businesses, including mobile phone accessory shops and vape shops, are eligible for local enterprise office start-up...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      361. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that are in place, or his plans for measures, concerning the use of agentic AI with financial services and products in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Schemes
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a school can apply for a home liaison officer. [68039/26]
    • School Staff
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to specifically intervene in the case of a school (details supplied) whereby their allocation of secretary hours has...
    • Capitation Grants
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation grant for schools in the budget. [68003/26]
    • School Admissions
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure a student (details supplied) can avail of a suitable secondary school place in order that he can complete his...
    • School Facilities
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the rotten wooden utility covers outside of (details supplied). [68117/26]
    • Education Policy
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need to distinguish between exception and twice exception students as part of the Saibhriú pilot programme as outlined in...
    • School Staff
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If this principal can be given consideration for retaining her administrative time by 80% even though her enrolment has increased and an ASD...
    • Residential Institutions
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) for the formal education grant under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional...
    • School Transport
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will provide an update on school transport for a child; if a tender for the relevant route...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of all building and remedial works taken place at a school (details supplied) in 2025 and to date in 2026; and to provide a...
    • Education Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot 2023-2026, following the publication of its evaluation report in August 2026; if her...
    • School Facilities
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the possibility of a JCSP Library and Librarian for a school (details supplied). [68174/26]
    • School Attendance
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to a child in a primary school with no home-school liaison who is experiencing school refusal. [68171/26]
    • School Enrolments
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected enrollment figures for a school (details supplied) for each year from 2027-2032 inclusive, in tabular form. [68195/26]
    • Schools Building Projects
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the plans with timelines and details of type of buildings; the access to the school and a complex (details supplied); and the parking...
    • Special Educational Needs
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number of primary and secondary school children and children travelling to special schools from the Donabate and Portrane area in...
    • Education Policy
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (detail supplied). [68309/26]
    • School Transport
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with a family and school to assist in providing school transport assistance for a pupil (details supplied) due to...
    • School Staff
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations given to recognising service prior to 1 May 2015 in calculating the ex‑gratia lump sum for school secretaries and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to fast-track home tuition funding approvals currently delayed in the Department's section in Athlone, which are leaving...
    • School Transport
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport provision for students (details supplied); and whether arrangements will be in place when these students...
    • Iontrála Scoile
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills [68356/26]
    • School Transport
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full review of the school transport scheme has been scheduled; when this will be carried out; the scope and criteria of this review; and if...
    • School Staff
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher will be added to her Department's payroll and commence receiving their salary; the reason for the delay; and whether payment of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the commencement of the next phase of a school building project (details supplied) and preparatory works being undertaken by her...
    • School Transport
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review and increase capacity on the post-primary school transport route serving Burncourt and surrounding areas to schools in Mitchelstown, in...
    • School Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she is aware that the new initiative allowing newly qualified teachers to secure contracts of indefinite duration may disadvantage experienced...
    • Special Educational Needs
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department would consider a dedicated activity and inclusion grant for special classes participating in the Summer Programme, based on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update to this Deputy in relation to application for an extension for a school building in County Cork (details supplied);...
    • Scéimeanna Oideachais
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an líon páistí atá ag foghlaim ón mbaile i mbliana; an líon iarratas a rinneadh gach bliain le cúig bliana...
    • School Staff
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review or assessment available for a school (details supplied) in relation to their allocation under the home school...
    • Capitation Grants
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year costs should the basic capitation rate be increased to €310 per pupil. [68650/26]
    • School Curriculum
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to criticisms in relation to the new leaving cert maths curriculum (details supplied); and if she can outline the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding requirement for the rollout of DEIS plus in 2027; to provide an itemised breakdown of the projected additional costs; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the status of the proposed building extension at a school (details supplied); the reason this project was omitted from the Department's...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a county by county breakdown of the number of pupils availing of the school transport scheme for primary, secondary and special...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve the data used to identify schools for the DEIS plus scheme, including the use of administrative data held by...
    • State Examinations
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formal, alternative infrastructure the State examinations commission is establishing to authenticate additional assessment components of...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Action 3.1.1 of the DEIS Strategy Implementation Plan 2026–2028, which provides for a review of the allocation model for...
    • School Transport
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65106/26 of 16 September 2026, the rationale for the difference in the level of fuel support provided to...
    • School Costs
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65399/26 whether her Department has carried out or will carry out an assessment of the average cost...
    • Schools Building Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a building project for a school (details supplied) to expand on site facilities which will include a kitchen. [68828/26]
    • School Staff
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify when a teacher (details supplied) will have their wages rectified; and if her Department will look into this case as a matter...
    • School Enrolments
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide guidance to a parent who cannot secure a school place for their child in their new locality and has exhausted all application...
    • Budget 2027
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68553/26]
    • School Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application for school transport for a student (details supplied). [68271/26]
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the Solar for Schools Programme specifications to facilitate the installation of battery storage in schools, thereby allowing...
    • School Transport
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the recommencement of a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68219/26]
    • School Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of SNA’s employed in special class and special school settings; and to make a statement on the matter. [68903/26]
    • Special Educational Needs
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [68929/26]
    • School Staff
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the staffing ratio for teachers, special needs assistants (SNAs), and therapeutic staff in all newly established special education...
    • School Curriculum
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the NCCA/SEC and other appropriate bodies to ensure that American football and other minority sports are designated as...
    • State Examinations
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the State Examinations Commission will authenticate Additional Assessment Components for home educated and medically vulnerable...
    • Special Educational Needs
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils with SEN who had no suitable school place in the last school year; and to make a statement on the matter. [68899/26]
    • School Staff
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full annual cost of providing one classroom teacher per 20 pupils at second level; and to make a statement on the matter. [68894/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total annual figure for increasing the secondary school capitation grant to €500 per pupil; and to make a statement on the matter....
    • Teacher Training
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who carried out CPD through Oide and the NCSE, respectively; and the mechanism that exists within her Department to...
    • School Transport
      446. 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....
    • Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills [68686/26]
  • Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
    • Departmental Staff
      449. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above within his Department as of 18 September 2026,...
    • Arts Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the capital and current budget allocation for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, in each of the years 2025 and 2026, in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      451. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport what budget was allocated to Ireland’s EU Presidency Conference on Online Safety for Children and Young People in...
    • Church-State Relations
      454. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to mark the sesquicentenary of the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland as the State Church in 1869. [68223/26]
    • EU Regulations
      455. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to outline the extent Ireland complies with the EU Digital Networks Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Media Sector
      457. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he has considered proposals seeking additional funding for TG4 in Budget 2027; and the approach being taken by his...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      459. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the measures introduced since Storm Éowyn to improve the resilience of mobile phone and broadband networks during...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      461. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the expected timeline for the procurement process to begin for the cell broadcast public warning system CB-PWS; the...
    • Arts Funding
      462. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of the basic income for the arts scheme; the number that applied; how many were...
    • Culture Policy
      463. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport If he will clarify whether books and purchases from local bookshops will be eligible under the proposed culture card...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine introducing stronger statutory safeguards for residential property bidding, including requirements to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive the test results and remediation option for dwelling (LK_ES1381) regarding the...
    • National Parks
      468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on progress on the Dowth National Park project; when the park masterplan will be published; if there will...
    • Turf Cutting
      469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants who have availed of the €24,100 lump sum payment under the cessation of turf cutting...
    • National Development Plan
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the national planning statement on solar energy under the new Planning and Development Act 2024; and...
    • Housing Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the funding in 2026 for the rightsizing element of the Social Housing Acquisitions Programme;...
    • Housing Policy (2 comments)
      474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that the application of SI 612/2024 is leaving some elderly people unable to access grants for much needed...
    • Defective Building Materials
      476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the statutory review of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022...
    • Urban Development
      477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement has he and his Department had with Dublin City Council to find a way to facilitate the community indoor market...
    • Emergency Planning
      478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which communities will be informed, in an emergency situation, of where to find their nearest community support...
    • Departmental Projects
      481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authorities with limited resources, that serve economically disadvantaged counties, such as Donegal County...
    • Coastal Protection
      484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government following the review of Storm Éowyn, the coastal communities that have been identified as being at significant risk from...
    • Water Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessments undertaken of critical water infrastructure vulnerabilities that were identified during Storm Éowyn; and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who qualifies for the State Pension and continues to provide full-time care is only entitled to a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit that were refused at first decision in each of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied). [68064/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2027 if the child support programme for children aged under 12 years-of-age was increased to €64...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the factors taken into account in determining child benefit entitlement in cases involving a shared-care arrangement; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare claims that have been detected through data matching with Revenue before any payment was issued;...
    • School Meals Programme
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind the new DEY guidelines, whereby uneaten food supplies under the hot lunch scheme will not be sent home...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to expedite a Domiciliary Care Allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68237/26]
    • Employment Schemes
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on engagements between Mid-West Mental Health services and Tipperary Employability to source backfill for the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who has appealed a disability allowance decision will receive an update on the decision....
    • International Protection
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants who had reckonable earnings, and made PRSI contributions in each of the...
    • School Meals Programme
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list the companies contracted to provide school meals under the scheme and to provide details of the sources of beef and...
    • Pension Provisions
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that the new methodology to calculate pension payments for those who turned 65 in March of 2025 is resulting...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) can access social protection payments; the specific supports are in place to...
    • Departmental Staff
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff in his Department, by grade that are processing new applications for State pension (contributory) and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the introduction of pay-related parent's benefit; and when the public consultation will be issued. [68671/26]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of previously unsuccessful applicants for Carer’s Allowance who have subsequently reapplied and qualified...
    • Departmental Policies
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure that the design of the Cost of Disability payment recognises the additional transport and service-access...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 65399/26 of 16 September 2026, which compared the back to school clothing and footwear...
    • Business Supports
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has or is considering reducing employer PRSI in retail to help combat the cost of business increases. [68095/26]
    • Gender Recognition
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a report on the work of the interdepartmental working group on a non-binary gender; and when the report will be...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider allowing family carers who are aged over 66 years and are in receipt of a State Pension to receive the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the comprehensive review of means testing within the social protection system commenced; the current status of that...
    • Departmental Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of domiciliary care allowance, by county, for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether Stamp 0 residence accumulated prior to the commencement of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026...
    • An Garda Síochána
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of each category of firearm training course that was held in either Garda headquarters or Garda training course in...
    • Visa Applications
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa appeal for a student accepted on the Ireland Palestine Scholarship Programme will be decided. [68066/26]
    • Residency Permits
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to reintroduce or extend the travel and employers notices regarding renewal IRP applications; and if delays remain...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the formal consultations has Cuan undertaken directly with victims and survivors of domestic violence; the number of victims...
    • Assisted Suicide
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation or review of the 38 recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted...
    • Gambling Sector
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify if online prize-competition operators marketing to Irish consumers are required to comply with Irish gambling...
    • Crime Prevention
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he is aware of the number of petrol bombings in Cork in recent months; and the action he intends to take. [68130/26]
    • EU Presidency
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget that was allocated to the Digitalisation of Justice Conference being organised by his Department as part of...
    • Protected Disclosures
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether any arrangements exist between the Department and the Protected Disclosures Commissioner whereby information concerning...
    • Legal Aid
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he ruled out mediation in the criminal legal aid dispute on the basis of ongoing judicial review proceedings, given...
    • International Protection
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents of International Protection Accommodation Service IPAS accommodation who have been victims of fatal...
    • Immigration Policy
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the research, analysis or comparative assessment was undertaken by his Department in determining that the qualifying period of...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projects that have received funding under the Ireland Against Racism Fund in each year since 2023, including the name of...
    • Gambling Sector
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the operational implementation of the Gambling Regulation Act 2024; the sections of the Act that remain to be...
    • International Protection
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure on accommodation contracts for IPAS centres in each of the past ten years; and the estimated proportion...
    • Probate Applications
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average and median processing time for applications for grants of probate, broken down by solicitor applications,...
    • Prison Service
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 16 September 2026, (details supplied), to identify the statutory, delegated,...
    • Probate Applications
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the Courts Service is examining the use of artificial intelligence, automation or other digital technologies in the...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the declaration-of-interest and conflict-of-interest safeguards that apply where an officeholder is professionally involved in...
    • Visa Applications
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications received from Palestinian students seeking to undertake third-level education in the State in...
    • Deportation Orders
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons subject to deportation orders currently in the State; the number of deportation orders signed, enforced...
    • Protected Disclosures
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the way in which the protected disclosures process has been carried out in An Garda Síochána over the...
    • Family Reunification
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the significant backlog in processing of join family visas at the Abu Dhabi office; whether...
    • Departmental Properties
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a full and itemised list of all land, property and buildings owned or otherwise held by his Department and by each...
    • Residency Permits
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) in renewing their Stamp 4 permission...
    • Citizenship Applications
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify if a person (details supplied) who is currently on a stamp 4 visa, can apply for citizenship; to clarify the steps...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the online portal for uploading evidence of road traffic offences will be in place. [68513/26]
    • Visa Applications
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for permission to remain in the State as the spouse of an Irish citizen and parent of Irish...
    • An Garda Síochána
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the Garda motorcycle fleet that also have off-road capabilities. [68642/26]
    • Departmental Data
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pending criminal prosecutions in County Tipperary in which drugs seized have been submitted for forensic...
    • International Protection
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) currently awaiting an oral hearing before...
    • An Garda Síochána
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alcohol test purchases that Gardai within Clare-Tipperary division carried out on pubs, clubs and restaurants to...
    • Court Procedures
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Further to PQ64808/26 and PQ64809/26 of 16 September 2026, in which the Minister stated that officials have been asked to...
    • Departmental Reports
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will a prepare an impact assessment and transition plan to support licensed shotgun owners in Ireland who...
    • Legal Aid
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the totals paid out in expenses for solicitors on the free legal aid scheme, for each of the past ten years, to...
    • International Protection
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accommodation centres contracted by the State for the provision of accommodation to International Protection...
    • Missing Persons
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether discussions have taken place, or are planned, between An Garda Síochána, Government Departments, the HSE,...
    • Deportation Orders
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 64811/26 of 16 September 2026, which stated that the Garda National Immigration Bureau...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 65390/26 of 16 September 2026 (details supplied), the specific measures in place or...
    • Immigration Policy
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 65832/26 of 16 September 2026, (details supplied) the number of notices of intention to...
    • Crime Prevention
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his proposals to prevent retail crime. [68942/26]
    • Citizenship Applications
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of cyber-attacks carried out by artificial intelligence models; the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Grant Payments
      608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the expansion of TAMS farm solar grants is being examined to assist reduce agricultural & horticultural cost bases,...
    • Agriculture Supports
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to ensuring that small and part-time farmers who have incurred fertiliser costs can access the payment...
    • Forestry Sector
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of forestry owners including companies/corporations that have forestry holding of less than five...
    • Agriculture Supports
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of individuals and companies/corporations that are in receipt of premiums of less than €5000,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on funding secured for the proposed upgrade of the crane at Kilmackillogue, County Kerry; and the amount...
    • Grant Payments
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target payment date operated by his Department for each CAP-supported scheme, including BISS, CRISS, Eco-Scheme, ANC, ACRES and...
    • Energy Policy
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department's input into the regulatory framework governing the biomethane sector in Ireland; to outline...
    • Fuel Prices
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason unsuccessful applicants under the fuel income support scheme are not currently being notified that their applications were...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the impact of delays in processing grant applications on project costs...
    • Grant Payments
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under BISS, CRISS and Eco-Scheme who had not received their full scheme payment within four, eight, 12 and...
    • Trade Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the top ten countries by volume and value from which Ireland imports Turkish products in 2025 and for the first half of 2026; and the...
    • Live Exports
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number of horses exported for slaughter to date. [68731/26]
    • Animal Welfare
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number of thoroughbreds rehomed through Treo Eile and the Irish horse welfare trust in 2026. [68732/26]
    • Coillte Teoranta
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the breakdown of facilities, that is, toilets, eating areas with benches, caravan parking, showers and so on, in...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give a detailed report in relation to the action being taken to tackle the ever increasing number of accidents involving deer on...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Health Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what supports are currently available through the HSE for families of children who are at significant risk of wandering or...
    • Childcare Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the Programme for Government commitment to bring home-based childcare within a regulated and grant-accessible...
    • Disability Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 56219/26, with regards to staffing in North Tipperary CDNT and the recent unsuccessful basic...
    • Childcare Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of early years providers that are not in receipt of core funding, disaggregated by urban and rural location,...
    • Disability Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2830 of 28 July 2026 with regards to staffing in North Tipperary CDNT, for an update on...
    • Childcare Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine concerns raised by an early years provider (details supplied) regarding the new one-per-room restriction on AIM...
    • Disability Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality with regards to recruitment efforts in Cashel CDNT, for an update on the Senior Occupational Therapist campaign, has a panel been...
    • Industrial Relations
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality has she engaged with the staff or union (details supplied) regarding a number of staff that have been put on leave by management due...
    • Irish Sign Language
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the second report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 pursuant to Section 10 of that Act; when the...
    • Disability Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when service users attending occupational therapy or speech and language therapy in North Tipperary CDNT, if efforts are made to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      654. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details regarding any audit or quality control applied to a company (details supplied) for any work carried out on behalf...
    • Health Service Executive
      656. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps the HSE are taking to provide additional respite capacity in county Clare. [68654/26]
    • Childcare Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the national childcare scheme attendance and under attendance provisions are currently under review; whether greater flexibility...
    • Paternity Leave
      658. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has plans to extend statutory paid paternity leave beyond the current entitlement; and if any review or...
    • Childcare Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the NCS attendance and under-attendance are currently being reviewed (details supplied). [68698/26]
    • Child and Family Agency
      662. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality If Tusla will consider seeking an interim care order or any other appropriate protective measures in respect of children (details...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      663. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications for an assessment of need in county Cavan that are awaiting completion, in tabular form; the number...
    • Disability Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in county Cavan who, having completed an assessment of need, are currently awaiting each service or...
    • Departmental Policies
      669. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a blanket one-maintenance of reduced ratio-per-room rule would prevent a service needs review from recommending a further...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      670. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and will her officials investigate the case. [68737/26]
    • Library Projects
      671. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will provide funding to allow the continuation of childhood development initiative's Dolly Parton imagination library,...
    • Disability Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing multi annual funding arrangements for capital projects undertaken by disability service providers...
    • Family Law Cases
      676. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns regarding the use of private, unregulated supervised-access providers in family law proceedings (details...
    • Family Resource Centres
      677. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being considered by her Department to support family resource centres in Budget 2027; if consideration is being given...
    • Human Rights
      681. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the arrest of 47 people in Turkey (details supplied) following a series of raids on gay bars and the homes of...
    • Pension Provisions
      682. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the legal basis for Tusla's interpretation of section 66 of the Child Care Act 1991 regarding superannuation eligibility for staff...
    • Disability Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has plans to set up a dedicated disability service for adults living with autism in CHO8. [68931/26]
    • Child Safety
      684. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports, services and safeguarding measures that are currently available through the HSE for children who are considered at...
    • Health Services Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of case manager positions relative to acquired brain injury patients that are funded by the HSE; her plans to provide...
  • Department of Health
    • Ambulance Service
      687. To ask the Minister for Health in light of ongoing concerns regarding ambulances being delayed in traffic approaching and leaving Letterkenny, what analysis has been carried out to determine...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      688. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) awaiting a procedure in University Hospital Limerick. [68038/26]
    • Health Strategies
      689. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Government will commission research into the relationship between Down syndrome and the development of Alzheimer’s disease; and whether...
    • Health Service Executive
      691. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on a matter (details supplied); and the actions taken by the HSE to address the matter. [68004/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for appointments and operations in Cavan General Hospital broken down by category. [68002/26]
    • Departmental Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse events have occurred in Cavan General Hospital in each of past five years broken down in tabular form. [68000/26]
    • Hospital Facilities
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that are currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; and when each of those capital works projects will be completed, in tabular form....
    • Health Services Staff
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to Bloomfield Hospital Rathfarnham in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [68052/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting assessment for approval and implantation of deep brain stimulation therapy; the average waiting times at each stage of...
    • Medical Inquiries
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the examination of the Health Products Regulatory Authority pharmacovigilance processes is being carried out in light of the recent British Medical Journal...
    • Health Services Staff
      699. To ask the Minister for Health whether all memory care staff promised in 2023 have now been recruited; the current number; the number considered a full cohort; the number currently employed...
    • Health Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 63241/26, the work that has been carried out by the Mid West specialist eating disorder team thus far to develop a clear...
    • Home Help Service
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the travel allowance for home help workers. [68113/26]
    • Health Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on podiatry services within County Westmeath; her views that there have been substantial cuts to this service in Westmeath over...
    • Health Services Staff
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether there are plans to offer permanent or fixed-term employment opportunities to persons currently on the HSE staff bank in County...
    • Health Strategies
      707. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of proposals to withdraw private maternity services, the specific criteria that will be used to risk-stratify women as normal, medium or high...
    • Health Services Staff
      708. To ask the Minister for Health to outline why there is currently a recruitment freeze on midwifery posts in University Hospital Galway (details supplied); and the rationale for not filling...
    • Legislative Measures
      711. To ask the Minister for Health to consider bringing forward legislation to provide free universal access to blister packs for patients from pharmacies. [68183/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and relevant professional bodies to establish a timeline for reviewing accreditation requirements, rather than waiting for the...
    • Emergency Departments
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address prolonged waiting times in the emergency department at University Hospital Kerry; the current staffing and bed capacity...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      719. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an orthopaedic appointment for Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; and if the referral is...
    • Disease Management
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision for reimbursement support under the community drug scheme for a continuous glucose monitoring device will be extended beyond patients with...
    • Dental Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the number of students who graduate each year in dentistry/orthodontics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68279/26]
    • Psychological Assessments
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for counselling and psychological services; the current waiting times for psychiatric assessment where such assessment is...
    • Hospital Facilities
      728. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the plans to close unit 1 (dementia unit) and relocate patients from another ward in Sarsfield Court, whether she is aware that a similar unit...
    • Mental Health Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1184 of 16 September 2026, staffing in Nenagh CMHT, ongoing recruitment efforts for the Social Worker post, and with...
    • Disease Management
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available to Parkinson’s patients in the South East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68160/26]
    • Departmental Data
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers of Parkinson’s disease sufferers known to the HSE in the South East, including specific breakdowns for...
    • Health Services Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which her Department and the HSE are ensuring that statutory minimum rates of pay and other conditions of employment for workers employed in the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      734. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that there are sufficient dementia care beds in Cork, if there are any planned closures and what alternatives will be put in place for...
    • Hospital Staff
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in hospital laboratory services, including haematology, microbiology and biochemistry departments, in each acute hospital; the...
    • Emergency Departments
      736. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has examined the introduction or expansion of routine blood sampling at patient triage in emergency departments to ensure laboratory results...
    • Hospital Facilities
      740. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to locate a Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Unit at Cork University Hospital. [68296/26]
    • Medical Cards
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to alter the income limit threshold for over 70 medical cards, that was last set in November 2020. [68287/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of corneal specialists who cover the north Dublin area; and if funding will be provided to increase this number. [68298/26]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intra-operative neuromonitoring devices available to hospitals in the Dublin area; and if the Minister is aware of surgeries being postponed due...
    • Home Help Service
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for HSE home support in each month of 2025 and to date in 2026 in the east Clare HSE community health network. [68177/26]
    • Mental Health Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1184 of 15 September 2026, and staffing in Nenagh CMHT, for a further update on the mental health OT post; and if a date...
    • Planning Issues
      749. To ask the Minister for Health to what extent her Department was consulted on the potential health effects of the Planning Design Standards for Apartments: Guidelines for Planning...
    • Hospital Facilities
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for tender applicants for the shop-café at Louth County Hospital (details supplied) being advised that the minimum acceptable...
    • Pharmacy Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the level of fees collected by pharmacies for services provided under the common conditions scheme, in tabular form; the number of consultations and other...
    • Hospital Staff
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified nurses and midwives who have been offered jobs in hospitals on completion of their studies this year; the number of newly...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      753. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an orthopaedic appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if the person is on the routine...
    • Hospital Staff
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant midwifery positions in University Maternity Hospital Limerick; and the timeframe for these vacancies to be filled. [68366/26]
    • Health Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals in child primary care psychology services since processing disabilities was introduced; and the number currently on waiting lists....
    • Mental Health Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times statewide for psychiatric assessment where clinically required; the reassessment or interim supports that are available to a...
    • National Children's Hospital
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a significant issue with the modular bathrooms in the new children's hospital; the total number of bathrooms affected; whether this issue is...
    • Departmental Funding
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding streams within the palliative care sector for volunteer support and volunteer support programmes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publishing of the national plan for hearing care. [68468/26]
    • Nursing Education
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline when the HSE will be providing a nursing practice programme for currently registered childcare nurses who have a gap in service and require...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult and paediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes currently on a waiting list to commence insulin pump therapy, specifically including hybrid...
    • Ambulance Service
      765. To ask the Minister for Health whether a national policy governs specifically when a hospital should engage a private ambulance provider in place of the National Ambulance Service, as...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      769. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be made for a person (details supplied). [68505/26]
    • Nursing Education
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, is currently providing adaption-placement programmes for qualified paediatric nurses to return to service...
    • Eating Disorders
      771. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3129 of 7 September 2026, if she will clarify a matter (details supplied). [68525/26]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the position, where children are conceived to a same sex couple through a qualifying DAHR procedure in an Irish clinic and are then born in...
    • Health Services
      775. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 2 July 2026, to state whether she or the Health Service Executive has requested the Comptroller and Auditor...
    • Hospital Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the total number of patients refused private maternity care in each of the 19 maternity units since January 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the waiting time between patients attending an MRI and getting the results of the scan in the Mater Private Hospital on referral...
    • Medicinal Products
      779. To ask the Minister for Health To the current status of HSE pricing and reimbursement negotiations for a drug (details supplied); the expected timeline for concluding these negotiations and...
    • Hospital Services
      780. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised regarding a medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [68589/26]
    • Medical Cards
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the additional costs associated with cancer, including travel, accommodation, parking, medication and loss of income, are taken into...
    • Mental Health Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if she can give an update on establishment of the adult ADHD team for the Integrated Health Areas of DNC and DNCW which is due to be in place by Q3 2026; and...
    • Hospital Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current bed capacity at Cahersiveen Community Hospital; the total number of beds available at the facility; the number currently...
    • Disability Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will address the ongoing exclusion of counties Sligo and Leitrim as the only remaining counties in the Republic of Ireland without a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the removal of an ATM for a hospital (details supplied); and if her Department is aware of plans for a replacement ATM...
    • Nursing Homes
      788. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to approval that has been granted for additional nursing home beds at a nursing home (details supplied) ; the reason these...
    • Hospital Staff
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at a hospital (details supplied), as of 22 September 2026, in tabular form. [68647/26]
    • Disability Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be enrolled in an ASD unit, near their home. [68676/26]
    • Hospital Staff
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that informed the HSE they intended to return from an approved career break; the number of nurses returning from a career break who were...
    • Health Services Staff
      792. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3895 of 7 September 2026, and given that approximately 200 HSE staff are members of an organisation (details supplied),...
    • Health Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3875 and 3877 of 7 September 2026, to identify the HSE working groups, guideline development groups or advisory bodies...
    • Health Services Staff
      795. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3848 of 7 September 2026, whether the HSE independently verified the content of the presentations delivered at the...
    • Pension Provisions
      799. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied). [68634/26]
    • Medicinal Products
      800. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the arrangements governing the provision of medication blister packs, also known as monitored dosage systems, by community pharmacies; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      801. To ask the Minister for Health What steps are being taken to ensure newly qualified midwives can transition directly into employment within the public health service. [68757/26]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      802. To ask the Minister for Health why a constituent (details supplied) is waiting on a hip replacement; can the Minister confirm getting her an appointment as soon as possible, given that she...
    • Hospital Staff
      803. To ask the Minister for Health whether recruitment controls are affecting midwifery posts in the HSE West and North-West region. [68755/26]
    • Home Care Packages
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Louth Meath HSE Integrated Health Area has one of the highest waiting lists in the country for home care support. [68716/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts advertised in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 which remained unfilled at the close of the recruitment campaign,...
    • Home Help Service
      812. To ask the Minister for Health to introduce a national mileage payment scheme for all home care workers. [68710/26]
    • Health Services Staff
      813. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63083/26, the number of consultant appointments made in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 where the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made towards making the drugs enhertu, zongertinib and sevabertinib, which are used to treat HER2 cancers, available for use in Ireland; her...
    • Health Services Staff
      816. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2282 of 9 June 2026, which reported that 1% of 2,216 applicants stated they saw the advertisement in a journal, and the...
    • Primary Care Services
      821. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on HSE plans for primary care accommodation in Lismore and west Waterford; whether the HSE has completed its review of current and future service...
    • Health Services
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of reinstating psychology services for older persons in Ballina, county Mayo, which were withdrawn by the HSE; the measures being taken to restore...
    • Healthcare Policy
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients travelling from county Longford to a hospital (details supplied) for appointments weekly in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      827. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a case (details supplied). [68736/26]
    • Hospital Charges
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations of the 2018 review on hospital car parking charges; and which of these have been actioned since that time. [68823/26]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      832. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the current estimated waiting time between a first referral to the National Gender Service made in September 2026 and a first appointment...
    • Medicinal Products
      836. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the medical cannabis access programme to include chronic pain conditions, including endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      837. To ask the Minister for Health to provide detail on the arrangements in place to provide relief cover for nursing care on Cape Clear island in cases of leave or other absences. [68855/26]
    • General Practitioner Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of GP visits to Cape Clear, from 2024 to date in 2026; and to detail the efforts being undertaken by her Department to expand GP access...
    • Healthcare Policy
      844. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will consider providing full time public health nursing cover on Cape Clear, in line with the Government's commitment in the Our Living Islands...
    • Health Services Staff
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical training placements, supervised clinical training posts, teaching clinics, training chairs and other placement capacity available for...
    • Healthcare Policy
      847. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 66423/26 whether action will be taken against a social media company (details supplied) which continues to have multiple...
    • Health Services Staff
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the measures available to prevent a practitioner, located outside of the State but providing a service to the State, who is the subject of concerns from...
    • Healthcare Policy
      854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60224/26 and 60228/26 of 7 September 2026, whether a formal mechanism exists to record instances of non-compliance by...
    • Health Services Staff
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologist posts filled at Cork University Maternity Hospital in the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Equipment
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT, MRI and PET scanners that are currently available for use in each hospital within Cork as of 18 September 2026; and the hours per week each...
    • Health Services Staff
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for full implementation of the recommendations of the HSE internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment; whether a follow-up audit will be conducted...
    • Hospital Staff
      864. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE plans to extend the internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment to hospitals in the HSE South West region, including Cork University Hospital,...
    • Health Services Staff
      866. To ask the Minister for Health further to the HSE internal audit finding that English-language competency evidence was available for only 27 of 40 doctors examined, the number of cases in...
    • Legislative Measures
      867. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's progression of the sunbeds working group recommendation to ban commercial sunbeds; the engagement her Department has had with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure a cross border reimbursement application (details supplied) is processed without further delay. [68934/26]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      869. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 66553/26 of 22 September 2026, the reason Ireland did not submit an objection, observation, comment or reservation...
    • Health Services Staff
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the steps the HSE has taken since the completion of its internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment to obtain the missing garda vetting and overseas police...
    • Health Service Executive
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees placed on administrative leave, suspended or dismissed following allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment in each of the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      876. To ask the Minister for Health further to PQ45807/26, if further progress has been made to expand access to the shingles vaccine, given that cost-effectiveness is a concern; if there has...
    • Health Service Executive
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE have to increase the capacity of spaces for car parking at Merlin Park Hospital in Galway. [68877/26]
    • Disability Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the lack of transitional and long term community rehabilitation pathways for young people experiencing functional neurological disorder or other...
    • Health Service Executive
      880. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central record of allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment arising in HSE-run or HSE-funded facilities; if not, the reason;...
    • Hospital Services
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the feasibility process for Ireland’s first specialist psychiatric mother and baby unit at St. Vincent’s University...
    • Health Services Staff
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE staffing in post, by discipline, in each specialist perinatal mental health team nationally; the recommended WTE staffing by discipline under...
    • Medicinal Products
      883. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government is currently reviewing the reimbursement status of testosterone products prescribed to women. [68963/26]
    • Departmental Funding
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid out under the transitional care fund for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and the amount of money paid to private...
    • Hospital Services
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical incidents recorded at Bloomfield Hospital in each of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 relating to choking, aspiration, dysphagia, modified...
    • Mental Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the planned date for the opening by CORU of the register for psychotherapists and counsellors. [68902/26]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned graduate entry medicine loan scheme or other schemes of financial support for such students. [68228/26]
    • Third Level Education
      904. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department, the Higher Education Authority, or agencies under his remit have undertaken an assessment of whether the allocation of...
    • Medical Research and Training
      906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he is satisfied that the current balance between EU and non-EU undergraduate medical students at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland...
    • Departmental Data
      909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 14 May 2026, to provide an update on the dentistry enrolment table referenced; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Research and Training
      910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual tuition fees charged to non-EU students in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and veterinary medicine programmes in each...
    • Third Level Admissions
      912. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish citizens, excluding other EU, UK and Northern Ireland students, enrolled in first year medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,...
    • Student Accommodation
      913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that has been spent since 2020 by his Department or by HEI's on procurement or consultancy on student accommodation that has...
    • Departmental Reviews
      915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the Government's strategy for the funding of higher education is predicated on continued growth in international student fee...
    • International Students
      916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details in tabular form of total international non-EU students enrolled in Irish higher education institutions each year since 2021/22...
    • Further and Higher Education
      917. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the level of additional funding provided to address the Funding the Future funding gap has reduced in recent budgets; the reasons the...
    • Disability Issues
      919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a DARE application (details supplied) was refused. [68546/26]
    • Further and Higher Education
      920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for capital investment in higher education facilities in county Leitrim over the next three years. [68644/26]
    • Third Level Education
      921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount detailed in HEI's 2025 annual accounts for non-compliant procurement, revenue payments and write-offs; and if he is concerned by...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department are implementing Action 11 of the ‘Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Higher Education Institutions Implementation...
    • Education and Training Provision
      923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on a case (details supplied). [68735/26]
    • Grant Payments
      925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the SUSI Special Rate Maintenance Grant, if he will consider some flexibility, based on individual circumstance rather than a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rural Schemes
      927. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider including an area of Clare (details supplied) in the next CLÁR programme expansion; if it was assessed...
    • Irish Language
      928. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of additional funding he plans to seek for the Irish language and Gaeltacht sector in Budget 2027; the measures being...
    • Community Development Projects
      929. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the context of Budget 2027, his plans to support community cafes or shops; particularly in relation to staffing costs. [68128/26]
    • Men's Sheds
      933. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a grant scheme for Men's Sheds to assist with their overhead and running costs for the period 1 May 2025 to 31...
    • Community Development Projects
      934. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht about future funding of volunteer centres through the New Communities Fund and whether additional funding streams will be used to...
    • Irish Language
      935. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being considered by his Department in the context of Budget 2027 to further support the Irish language and Gaeltacht...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      936. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil tús curtha leis an staidéar indéantachta maidir le seirbhís chomhroinnte aistriúcháin mar...
    • Rural Schemes
      942. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated 2025 and 2026 Budget allocation for the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, in tabular form. [68653/26]
    • Men's Sheds
      943. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 66834/26 and 66836/26 to provide the figures for 2024 and to date in 2026, which were...
    • Irish Language
      944. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered proposals from Irish language and Gaeltacht organisations seeking additional funding for the Irish language...
    • Rural Schemes
      945. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether any funding under the town and village renewal scheme or any other scheme funded by the Department has been provided to...
    • Irish Language
      946. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht If he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding...
    • Departmental Funding
      947. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be allocated in Budget 2027 to support his Department given that an additional €57.7 million has...

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