264. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the plans to ensure the basic income for the arts scheme is made permanent and expanded beyond the current pilot programme, given the evidence from the recent evaluation that the scheme improves productivity, reduces financial insecurity, enhances well-being and increases community engagement for artists; and if he will make a stateme…
318. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill, including pre-legislative scrutiny by autumn 2025 and completion of the legislative process by Easter recess 2026, to ensure the statutory remediation scheme can open for applications by autumn 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53836/25]
319. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date on the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; the number of applications validated and units covered; to provide an update on the retrospective payments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53837/25]
387. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026 of increasing the income limit to be eligible for fuel allowance for persons aged over 66 to €560 per week for a single person or €1,120 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53847/25]
388. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026 if the living alone allowance increased to €26 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53848/25]
460. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile of the vehicles currently attached to the Garda dog unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53850/25]
542. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider removing the means test as a qualifying criterion for blind welfare allowance, in recognition of the additional financial burden experienced by people who are blind or vision impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53833/25]
543. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations within Dublin 5, 13 and 17 where young parent support programmes are located, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53844/25]
544. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for an occupational therapist to make an assessment for a housing adaptation within CHO 9 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53845/25]
701. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the specific State supports in place to help those looking to quit nicotine inhaling products, such as vapes and nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53834/25]
702. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the plans to expand the QUIT Programme to cater for those looking for specific supports to quit nicotine products, such as vapes and pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53835/25]
703. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of trainee psychologists graduating from doctoral courses in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those graduates who took up positions with the HSE within two months of graduating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53849/25]
720. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address the rise in unregulated hairdressing services operating from homes and informal settings, in view of the impact on legitimate businesses and loss of revenue to the State; if he will consider introducing regulation and formal apprenticeship schemes for the hairdressing industry to ensure proper t…
160. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will urgently address the ongoing disparity in pay, entitlements, and working conditions between early childhood educators and primary school teachers; the timeline for implementing full pay parity and professional recognition for early years educators, particularly those with level eight qualifications working in Montessori an…
37. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans and indicative timeline for the establishment of a community neuro-rehabilitation team to support patients with neurological conditions in north Dublin, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34989/25]
179. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has examined the feasibility of creating a single nationwide parking platform, similar to the UK National Parking Platform, to allow motorists to use one app across all local authority areas; and if not, the reason. [50091/25]
180. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he accepts that motorists currently face unnecessary costs and inconvenience by being forced to download and manage multiple parking apps across different local authorities; and if he will bring forward proposals to introduce an interoperable parking system, similar to the model used successfully for toll tags. [50093/25]
648. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that 'family carer' is formally included as an occupation option on the HSE’s iPass system, given that there are over 500,000 family carers in the State who provide essential care, and given that the system is currently being updated. [50090/25]
1. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Indonesia and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46905/25]
2. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Bahrain and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/25]
200. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on offshore wind energy projects off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/25]
201. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on offshore wind energy projects off the Dublin coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/25]
202. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in Dublin Bay North that availed of the warmer homes scheme in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/25]
203. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of solar PV installations supported by SEAI in Dublin bay north in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47461/25]
208. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average household electricity costs in 2023 compared with 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47477/25]